Nicolas Sitter
L’Étape du Tour 2026

Bib #8143 · M2

Axel COTTENOT-FOUCHER

Compare with other riders
10:30:54
Finish time
7,898 / 12,733
Overall
Where you finished
PoolPlaceOf
Overall7,89812,733
Men7,56112,071
M21,2531,853
What it took
PoolWinnerMedian
Overall5:20:20+5:10:349:55:19+35:35
Men5:20:20+5:10:349:53:09+37:45
M25:24:31+5:06:239:38:50+52:04

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 23rd fastest Axel of 30. The quickest one did 5:37:37, the median Axel 9:10:14.

See the whole Axel ranking →

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

Room to improve: your biggest relative loss vs. the M2 median was on Descente du Galibier 30:11 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

You placed 7,898th of 12,733 in M2, and the descent off the Galibier was by far your costliest segment — about 30 minutes 11 seconds slower than the category median, dwarfing every climb on the stage. The Col du Galibier climb itself only cost around 21 minutes, meaning the way down hurt you more than the way up. You were actually slightly ahead of the median on the Col de la Croix de Fer and Col du Télégraphe. Given the size of that Galibier descent number, dedicated descending practice on technical terrain is the clearest opportunity.

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 / valley29:428,970
Col de la Croix de FerClimb1:52:166,116
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley1:37:289,434
Col du TélégrapheClimb1:04:085,055
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley13:066,349
Col du GalibierClimb2:13:059,460
Descente du GalibierDescent1:27:0112,306
Col de SarenneClimb1:14:473,250
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent19:213,358
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined5:09:297,267
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined1:46:2211,665

“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 Fer29:42Hugo VALADIER 20:51
Col de la Croix de Fer1:52:16Simon COMBES 1:05:13
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne1:37:28Antoine BERGER 52:00
Col du Télégraphe1:04:08Luca CAVALLO 33:04
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)13:06Robin BOURDIER 7:46
Col du Galibier2:13:05Luca CAVALLO 50:25
Descente du Galibier1:27:01Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38
Col de Sarenne1:14:47Luca CAVALLO 39:52
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez19:21Gustave BRUYER 3:39
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)5:09:29Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)1:46:22Thibaut 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 Fer29:428,803
Col de la Croix de Fer2:21:586,436
Pied de Col du Télégraphe3:59:267,758
Col du Télégraphe5:03:347,044
Pied de Col du Galibier5:16:406,528
Tunnel du Galibier7:21:538,261
Activation Canyon7:22:587,526
Col du Galibier7:29:457,872
Pied de Col de Sarenne8:56:468,998
Col de Sarenne10:11:337,938
FINISH10:30:547,898

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