Tour de France 2026: Route and stages
The 113th edition of the Tour de France will start on 4 July in Barcelona with a team time trial. The first three stages of La Grande Boucle will all take place on Catalan soil, with the Pyrenees already featuring in the opening week. Later in the race, Le Lioran, Le Markstein, the Orcières-Merlette ski resort and Alpe d’Huez all make their return to the Tour. The race will finish on Sunday 26 July, with a finale on the cobbles of Montmartre in Paris.
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Tour de France 2026: Route
The Tour de France serves up 54,450 metres of elevation gain over 3,333 kilometres. The Pyrenees feature in the opening week, while the Massif Central, the Vosges and the Alps also deliver significant climbing challenges over the course of the race. The final weekend includes two back-to-back summit finishes at Alpe d’Huez.
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Tour de France 2026: Grand Départ
In the first three days of the Tour de France, the riders race through Catalonia. Stage 1 is a team time trial featuring a punchy uphill finish on Montjuïc, while the 2nd stage also serves up a compelling finale on the iconic hill overlooking Barcelona. On day three, the peloton crosses the Pyrenees into France, delivering – this early in the Tour – a full-on mountain stage.
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Tour de France 2026: Riders
The best cyclists in the world go head to head in the greatest cycling contest on the planet. Paul Seixas, Remco Evenepoel, Florian Lipowitz and Jonas Vingegaard try to prevent Tadej Pogacar from claiming his fifth victory, while Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen are among those hunting for stage wins. Voilà, the start list for the 113th edition of the Tour de France.
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Cycling Calendar 2026
Throughout the year, Cyclingstage.com covers the races we are passionate about – including the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, but there's so much more… Please take a look at our 2026 cycling calendar!
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 1: Barcelona - Barcelona
Saturday, 4 July - The 2026 Tour de France gets underway with a 19.7-kilometre team time trial. After a flat opening section, the finale is hilly. Unlike in a traditional time trial, where the time of the fifth rider counts, each rider’s individual time is recorded.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 2: Tarragona - Barcelona
Sunday, 5 July - In stage 2 of the Tour de France, the riders face 2,500 metres of climbing over a 168.5-kilometre route. Almost all of the climbing comes in the second half of the stage, with the toughest part centred on the finishing circuit on and around Montjuïc, Barcelona’s iconic city hill.
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