Tour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 4: Conthey - Villars
Saturday, April 30, 2016 – At 173.2 kilometres, stage 4 in the Tour de Romandie serves the riders a hearty mountain meal. The stage from Conthey to Villars concludes with an irregular 15.8 kilometres climb.
All in all, stage 4 contains 3,311 metres of climbing. The race brings three category 1 cols and two category 3 cols. At the top of Col des Planches the highest point of the day is crested after around 80 kilometres in the saddle. The climb is 11.4 kilometres at 8.2%.
The arrival place is called Villars-sur-Ollon, but is usually referred to as Villars. Located at an elevation of 1,255 metres, the climb comes with an average gradient of 5.3%, but that is exactly what it is: an average. The middle section is by far the steepest of the whole ascent. The lower slopes are doable, while the slopes flatten out considerably under the top.
Before the finale the riders have had a taste of what’s in store as the closing climb is on the menu twice. After the first toil up the irregulare slopes the top crested with 140 kilometres done. A drop brings them back to the foot of the col.
In 2014 the Villars-climb was the last climb in stage 3. Crested with 15 kilometres left, the race went to Aigle with Simon Spilak outperforming Chris Froome in a sprint-à-deux.
Race results/race report stage 4, Tour de Romandie 2016.
Tour de Romandie 2016 Stage 4: Route maps, height profiles, etc.
Click on the images to zoom
Watch the highlights of recent races here:
Related articles Favourites - Tour de Romandie 2016 Overview - Tour de Romandie 2016 Stage 5 – Albasini brings early break home, Quintana overall winner - Tour de Romandie 2016 Stage 3 - Thibaut Pinot takes win, Quintana retains lead - Tour de Romandie 2016 Stage 2 - Quintana wins first mountain stage and is new leader - Tour de Romandie 2016 Stage 1 - Kittel to take shortened race, Izagirre retains lead - Tour de Romandie 2016 Prologue - Ion Izagirre first leader, Tom Dumoulin in second - Tour de Romandie 2016 Route prologue: La Chaux-de-Fonds - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Tour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 1: Mathod - Moudon - Tour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 2: Moudon - Morgins - Tour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 3: ITT in Sion - Tour de Romandie 2016 Route stage 5: Ollon - Geneva - Tour de Romandie 2016 More articles Cycling Calendar 2025
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025: The Route
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025: Riders
UAE Tour 2025: The Route
UAE Tour 2025: Riders
UAE Tour 2025 Route stage 1: Madinat Zayed - Liwa
Ruta del Sol 2025: The Route
Ruta del Sol 2025: Riders
Ruta del Sol 2025 Route stage 1: Torrox Costa - Cueva de Nerja
Tour de France 2025: The Route
Tour de France 2025: Riders
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 1: Lille - Lille
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 2: Lauwin-Planque - Boulogne-sur-Mer
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 7: Saint-Malo - Mûr-de-Bretagne
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 10: Ennezat - Le Mont-Dore
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 12: Auch - Hautacam
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 13: Loudenvielle - Peyragudes
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 14: Pau - Superbagnères
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 16: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 18: Vif - Col de la Loze
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 19: Albertville - La Plagne
Tour de France 2025 Route stage 21: Mantes-la-Ville - Paris
Giro 2025: The Route
Giro 2025 Route stage 1: Durazzo - Tirana
Giro 2025 Route stage 9: Gubbio - Siena
Giro 2025 Route stage 19: Biella – Champoluc
Giro 2025 Route stage 20: Verrès – Sestrière
Strade Bianche 2025: The Route
Strade Bianche 2025: Riders
Vuelta 2025: The Route