Tour de France 2026: Route and stages
Tadej Pogacar leads the Tour de France ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Isaac del Toro. After the rest day, the Tour race with an individual time trial, while Wednesday serves up a hilly opening before a flat finale. La Grande Boucle reaches its climax next weekend with two back-to-back summit finishes in Alpe d'Huez.
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Tour de France 2026: Start times ITT, stage 16
Can Remco Evenepoel make it back-to-back stage wins? On paper, Filippo Ganna and Joshua Tarling look to be his main rivals. Then there's the man in yellow, Tadej Pogacar... Cyclingstage.com brings you the key start times for the time trial.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 16: Evian-les-Bains - Thonon-les-Bains
Tuesday, 21 July - The Tour de France’s final week kicks off with a 26-kilometre individual time trial. Starting and finishing by Lake Geneva, the course winds through the hills before plunging down to the shores. The route takes in around 500 metres of elevation gain.
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Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 16: Evenepoel versus Ganna
Multiple world champions Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna are the leading favourites to win the individual time trial to Thonon-les-Bains, while Joshua Tarling will be hoping to steal the limelight. At the same time, the GC contenders also have a big day ahead of them.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 17: Chambéry – Voiron
Wednesday, 22 July - The Tour de France’s 17th stage is billed by ASO as a flat stage over 174.7 kilometres. Flat is a matter of perspective, as the route includes nearly 2,400 metres of climbing.
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Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 17: Sprinters or attackers
Earlier in the Tour, the 17th stage would almost certainly have ended in a bunch sprint. With just four days to go before Paris, however, that is far from certain. The opening phase is fairly hilly, and if a strong breakaway slips clear, the outcome could be very different.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 18: Voiron - Orcières-Merlette
Thursday, 23 July - Stage 18 of the Tour de France takes the race into the Alps. It's the first of three alpine stages, with 3,900 metres of elevation gain across 185.2 kilometres. The race finishes in the ski resort of Orcières-Merlette after a 7.1-kilometre ascent at an average gradient of 6.7%.
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