Nicolas Sitter
L’Étape du Tour 2026
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Bib #7835 · M3

9:17:14
Finish time
4,706 / 12,733
Overall
Where you finished
PoolPlaceOf
Overall4,70612,733
Men4,55312,071
M37481,822
What it took
PoolWinnerMedian
Overall5:20:20+3:56:549:55:19−38:05
Men5:20:20+3:56:549:53:09−35:55
M35:36:41+3:40:339:41:59−24:45

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 7th fastest Rafael of 10 (all spellings of Rafael, including Rafaël). The quickest one did 5:59:47, the median Rafael 9:01:26.

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

Strong across the board: you beat the M3 median on every climb and descent — closest margin on Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer.

Your AI ride analysis

There's a lot to unpack in your M3 splits from a 4706th-place day out of 12733 starters. The descent and valley run through the Maurienne was where you were strongest, as you grabbed about 6 minutes versus the M3 median. You were at or ahead of the M3 median on every comparable segment; the flat opening stretch up to the foot of the Croix de Fer was the closest call, and you still had 15 seconds in hand there. Whatever you're doing well shows up most on the descent and valley run through the Maurienne; lean on that again next time out.

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

Watch the ride 🎬

0:00:00
Croix de FerTélégrapheGalibierSarenneFinishkm 0km 170R#
Rafaël #78350 km

Rider move along the real course profile, positions interpolated between the timing mats from their split times.

Rafaël #7835 moving along the real course at their own recorded splits. Between two timing mats the dot is interpolated, so it glides where the rider may well have been suffering.

Race position along the course

overall rank along the course (up = better)

Climbs & segments

SegmentTimeRank
Start → Pied de la Croix de FerFlat / valley27:556,149
Col de la Croix de FerClimb1:47:224,665
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley1:20:044,933
Col du TélégrapheClimb1:03:224,743
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley12:265,417
Col du GalibierClimb1:51:255,494
Descente du GalibierDescent54:325,265
Col de SarenneClimb1:20:194,978
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent19:493,924
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined4:42:094,702
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined1:14:214,598

“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 Fer27:55Hugo #945 20:51
Col de la Croix de Fer1:47:22Simon #527 1:05:13
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne1:20:04Antoine BERGER 52:00
Col du Télégraphe1:03:22Luca CAVALLO 33:04
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)12:26Robin #10 7:46
Col du Galibier1:51:25Luca CAVALLO 50:25
Descente du Galibier54:32Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38
Col de Sarenne1:20:19Luca CAVALLO 39:52
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez19:49Gustave #1746 3:39
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)4:42:09Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)1:14:21Thibaut 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 Fer27:556,074
Col de la Croix de Fer2:15:174,814
Pied de Col du Télégraphe3:35:214,730
Col du Télégraphe4:38:434,636
Pied de Col du Galibier4:51:094,338
Tunnel du Galibier6:34:585,084
Activation Canyon6:36:054,680
Col du Galibier6:42:344,883
Pied de Col de Sarenne7:37:064,796
Col de Sarenne8:57:254,583
FINISH9:17:144,706

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