Tour de France 2026: Route and stages

Tour de France 2026

Today, the 113th edition of the Tour de France starts 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 on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, after a finale on the cobbles of Montmartre.

Tour de France 2026: Live report stage 1

Tour de France 2026

The Tour de France opens with a team time trial in Barcelona, with each rider's time counting individually. Who will be the first to pull on the yellow jersey? Follow todays action live on Cyclingstage.com.

Tour de France 2026 Route stage 1: Barcelona - Barcelona

Saturday, 4 July - The 2026 Tour de France gets underway with a 19.6-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.

Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 1: Looking for the best finisher

Visma - Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 1: Who is the best finisher?

The yellow jersey awaits the rider who posts the fastest time on the team time trial course. Given the 7% gradient over the final 800 metres, the punchy climbers will almost certainly drop their team-mates in the finale in an attempt to ride into yellow.

Tour de France 2026 stage 1: Start times TTT

Ineos grenadiers - Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 stage 3: Start times TTT

Last March, INEOS Grenadiers – now racing as Netcompany INEOS – set the fastest time in the team time trial at Paris–Nice. Visma | Lease-a-Bike triumphed in last month's Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. What will happen this time? Cyclingstage.com brings you this afternoon’s start times.

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.

Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 2: A puncher’s paradise

Mathieu van der Poel tdf - Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 2:

Stage 2 of the Tour comes to a head on a hilly circuit in Barcelona, tackled three times by the riders, each lap featuring two sharp, punchy climbs. The first is 1.6 kilometres at 9.3%, and the second, which doubles as the finish, is 600 metres at 7%.

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