For the 3^rd and final stage of the 2024 Forest’Cime, the peloton will follow the banks of Lac de Vouglans to the village of Meussia, the start of the stage’s timed section. The 7.8km climb has a maximum gradient of 7%. Riders will then take in the Upper Nanchez comb before the first feed station on the shores of the mountain lake at Abbaye en Grandvaux. From there, riders will move on to Saint-Claude via a small forest road taking in the village de Cuttura. From the capital of the Upper Jura, riders will then climb the 15km-long Chaumons ascent to the village of Lamoura, the final feed station of the day, before the run to the finish in Arbent. Crossing the Upper Jura valleys via the villages of Lajoux, Les Moussières and Les Bouchoux, riders will then quit the Jura for the Ain at the summit of the Col de la Serra, before returning to the event start point 3-days earlier, the “Espace Loisirs” Leisue Centre in Arbent.

For those who don’t feel up to covering all 145 kms of the third and final stage, there’s a short cut via the Col de la Serra from Saint-Claude for in total 111 km instead of the scheduled 145 km.