Nicolas Sitter
L’Étape du Tour 2026

Bib #3476 · M3

7:16:33
Finish time
793 / 12,733
Overall
Where you finished
PoolPlaceOf
Overall79312,733
Men78312,071
M31261,822
What it took
PoolWinnerMedian
Overall5:20:20+1:56:139:55:19−2:38:46
Men5:20:20+1:56:139:53:09−2:36:36
M35:36:41+1:39:529:41:59−2:25:26

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 only Hoel to finish. Undefeated, unchallenged.

See the whole Hoel 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
4:14:59 · 392nd overall

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

Strong across the board: you beat the M3 median on every climb and descent — closest margin on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire).

Your AI ride analysis

Among 12733 finishers, your 793rd-place ride shows a pace that held up on every timed section. There isn't a single segment where you fell behind the category M3 median. Your standout split was Col du Galibier, where you came in about 34 minutes ahead of the category M3 median. The closest thing to a weak point was Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire), and you were still about 4 minutes up on the category median there. There's real evidence there of a rider who paces climbing sections well, so keep leaning into it.

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 / valley24:212,174
Col de la Croix de FerClimb1:33:271,646
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley1:03:42993
Col du TélégrapheClimb51:021,065
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley9:09601
Col du GalibierClimb1:18:51674
Descente du GalibierDescent40:43478
Col de SarenneClimb1:00:48542
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent14:3067
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined3:43:20920
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined55:13148

“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 Fer24:21Hugo VALADIER 20:51
Col de la Croix de Fer1:33:27Simon COMBES 1:05:13
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne1:03:42Antoine BERGER 52:00
Col du Télégraphe51:02Luca CAVALLO 33:04
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)9:09Robin BOURDIER 7:46
Col du Galibier1:18:51Luca CAVALLO 50:25
Descente du Galibier40:43Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38
Col de Sarenne1:00:48Luca CAVALLO 39:52
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez14:30Gustave BRUYER 3:39
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)3:43:20Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)55:13Thibaut 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 Fer24:212,164
Col de la Croix de Fer1:57:481,658
Pied de Col du Télégraphe3:01:301,382
Col du Télégraphe3:52:321,227
Pied de Col du Galibier4:01:411,112
Tunnel du Galibier5:14:23972
Activation Canyon5:15:14928
Col du Galibier5:20:32963
Pied de Col de Sarenne6:01:15861
Col de Sarenne7:02:03674
FINISH7:16:33793

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