Nicolas Sitter
L’Étape du Tour 2026

Bib #11722 · M1

8:31:53
Finish time
2,900 / 12,733
Overall
Where you finished
PoolPlaceOf
Overall2,90012,733
Men2,82812,071
M19622,488
What it took
PoolWinnerMedian
Overall5:20:20+3:11:339:55:19−1:23:26
Men5:20:20+3:11:339:53:09−1:21:16
M15:20:20+3:11:339:06:24−34:31

Winner and median are over classified finishers only. The gap is what you add to their time to get yours: + means you were that much slower, that much faster.

The fun ranking

The 4th fastest Rafael of 10. The quickest one did 5:59:47, the median Rafael 9:01:26.

See the whole Rafael ranking →

Among classified finishers only, ties sharing a place. Not an official classification — no timekeeper has ever scored this.

Also rode L'Étape du Tour Femmes 2026name match
4:24:07 · 550th overall

One of the 1,586 riders who entered both Étapes this year — see the doublé analysis.

Room to improve: your biggest relative loss vs. the M1 median was on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) 1:29 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

Among the 12,733 riders in M1, your 2,900th-place result was earned unevenly across the different segments. The clearest bright spot was Col du Galibier: about 13 minutes better than the M1 median. The clearest opportunity is Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire): you were about a minute slower than the M1 median there. On the descents, your combined time was about 8 minutes quicker than the M1 median, consistent with how the individual downhill splits played out. The clearest path to a faster overall time next time is closing the gap on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire).

Generated once from the numbers on this page — not reviewed by a human, may be imperfect.

Race position along the course

overall rank along the course (up = better)

Climbs & segments

SegmentTimeRank
Start → Pied de la Croix de FerFlat / valley27:395,792
Col de la Croix de FerClimb1:44:253,887
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley1:20:235,001
Col du TélégrapheClimb55:402,137
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley13:206,614
Col du GalibierClimb1:32:052,033
Descente du GalibierDescent49:433,391
Col de SarenneClimb1:11:082,343
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent17:301,516
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined4:12:102,324
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined1:07:132,535

“Top %” = segment rank as a share of riders timed on that segment. “vs median” = time ahead of (green) or behind (red) the median rider.

How you compare, climb by climb

SegmentYouStage winner
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer27:39Hugo VALADIER 20:51
Col de la Croix de Fer1:44:25Simon COMBES 1:05:13
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne1:20:23Antoine BERGER 52:00
Col du Télégraphe55:40Luca CAVALLO 33:04
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)13:20Robin BOURDIER 7:46
Col du Galibier1:32:05Luca CAVALLO 50:25
Descente du Galibier49:43Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38
Col de Sarenne1:11:08Luca CAVALLO 39:52
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez17:30Gustave BRUYER 3:39
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)4:12:10Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)1:07:13Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15

“Stage winner” = fastest rider on that segment, field-wide. “GC” = the whole classified field. Rows with no result for this rider (missed timing mat) are omitted here — see the table above for why.

Checkpoint splits

CheckpointTimeRank
START0:00
Pied de Col de la Croix de Fer27:395,702
Col de la Croix de Fer2:12:044,108
Pied de Col du Télégraphe3:32:274,394
Col du Télégraphe4:28:073,669
Pied de Col du Galibier4:41:273,545
Tunnel du Galibier6:06:173,342
Activation Canyon6:07:193,102
Col du Galibier6:13:323,217
Pied de Col de Sarenne7:03:153,170
Col de Sarenne8:14:232,805
FINISH8:31:532,900

Times are chip times from the official race timekeeping. Search another rider.