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 Suisse 2026: Riders
Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel, Primoz Roglic, Richard Carapaz, Matthew Brennan, Tim Wellens, Mikel Landa, and Lenny Martinez are among the headliners in Switzerland. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list for the Tour de Suisse.
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Tour de Suisse 2026: Route
This year’s Tour de Suisse has been condensed into five stages, each starting and finishing in the same town. The riders face a total of 11,751 metres of elevation gain across 634.5 kilometres. After three hilly stages, the fight for the overall title is set to be decided by the time trial and the Queen Stage during the final weekend.
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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
The 2026 Tour de France starts on Saturday 4 July in Barcelona and finishes on Sunday 26 July in Paris.
The Pyrenees feature as early as the opening week, while the Massif Central and the Vosges will also provide plenty of tough climbing. In the final three days, the riders will tackle two stage finishes in Alpe d’Huez.
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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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