The Tour de France Femmes headed to Nice on Saturday 8 August 2026, with stage eight taking the race from Sisteron to the Mediterranean.
The official route listed the stage at 171.9 kilometres and classified it as flat. It was the eighth stage of the race and came before the final day of the event.
The route gave the peloton a different test after the previous mountain finish at Mont Ventoux. After the climbing demands of that stage, the race moved south on a long flat leg towards Nice.
Sisteron served as the start point for the stage, with Nice listed as the finish. The distance made it a substantial day on the road even without a mountain classification, carrying riders across 171.9 kilometres of the race route.
Nice’s place in the schedule was significant because the stage brought the Tour to the Mediterranean before the finale. The route listing placed the city at the end of the penultimate day’s racing, setting the location for the race’s move into its closing stage.
For the peloton, stage eight was defined by its distance, its flat profile and its position after Mont Ventoux. The essential details of the day were the Sisteron start, the Nice finish and the 171.9-kilometre route that carried the Tour de France Femmes towards its final day.