Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026
Quinn Simmons won the 4th stage of the Tour of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and Alex Baudin retained the yellow jersey ahead of Kévin Vauquelin and Oscar Onley. The next stage features a hilly opening and a flat finish. Then it's up to the climbers, as the peloton faces three consecutive mountain top finishes over the weekend. The Saturday and Sunday stages in particular are brutal.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026: Simmons wins breakaway sprint, Baudin retains yellow
In Le Puy-en-Velay, the breakaway holds off the charging peloton before Quinn Simmons outsprints his breakaway companions Finn Fisher-Black and Mattéo Vercher. Alex Baudin remains in the lead of the general classification.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Route stage 4: Le Puy-en-Velay - Montrond-les-Bains
Wednesday 10 June – At 167.4 kilometres, stage 4 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes takes the riders from Le Puy-en-Velay to Montrond-les-Bains. The route begins as a hilly affair before the riders descend towards a flat final run-in of around 35 kilometres.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026: Route
The Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes serves up roughly 22,000 metres of elevation gain over 1,200 kilometres. in other words, there is a significant amount of climbing in store, with the weekend stages standing out as particularly brutal.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Route stage 5: Saint-Chamond - Villars-les-Dombes
Thursday 11 June – The 5th stage is the flattest of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The riders face a 195.8-kilometre journey from Saint-Chamond to the Parc des Oiseaux in Villars-les-Dombes, with all of the day's climbing packed into the first half of the route.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Route stage 6: Saint-Vulbas - Crest-Voland
Friday 12 June – Stage 6 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes packs four climbs into its 182.3-kilometre route. The final two can effectively be seen as one long finishing ascent, with 11.5 kilometres at 5.1% followed by a further 5.9 kilometres at 7.7%. The stage finishes in the ski resort of Crest-Voland.
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Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Route stage 7: La Bridoire - Grand Colombier
Saturday 13 June – Stage 7 of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes starts out as a hilly stage before finishing, 133.6 kilometres later, on a climb of the very highest order. The final ascent of the Grand Colombier measures 8.4 kilometres at an average of 10.2%, while the total elevation gain for such a short stage is also significant: 3,820 metres.
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