Tour de France 2026: Route and stages
Richard Carapaz won stage 20 of the Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Isaac del Toro. The final stage is unlikely to produce any significant time gaps, so that will probably also be the final podium in Paris. The predominantly flat route in the French capital features three short cobbled climbs on the finishing circuit, the last of which comes 10 kilometres from the finish.
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Tour de France 2026: Carapaz wins dramatic Queen Stage
The Tour de France serves up a dramatic finish to the queen stage. Sepp Kuss is in winning position when he crashes twice in the finale. Richard Carapaz flashes past him, and Kuss gives chase, but the Ecuadorian is already gone. Carapaz takes the stage win.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 20: Bourg d'Oissans - Alpe d'Huez
Saturday, 25 July - The final mountain stage of the Tour de France is a colossus, packing 5,450 metres of elevation gain. Over 170.9 kilometres, the riders take on the Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Télégraphe, Col du Galibier and Col de Sarenne before finishing in Alpe d’Huez.
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Tour de France 2026 Route stage 21: Paris - Paris
Sunday 26 July - At 89 kilometres, the final stage of the Tour starts and finishes on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Just like last year, the Côte de la Butte Montmartre once again features in the finale. This time, the cobbled climb of 1.1 kilometres at 5.9% comes 10.3 kilometres from the finish line.
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Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 21: Heroes of the Elysian Fields
Every rider who reaches the Champs-Élysées is a hero, but two earn a special place in history: the overall winner and the rider who triumphs in the final stage after the cobbled battle on Montmartre. Mathieu van der Poel, how about following in Wout van Aert's footsteps?
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Tour de France 2026: Withdrawals
On 4 July, a 184-rider peloton representing 23 teams rolled out in Barcelona. Not all of them will make it to the finish in Paris. Cyclingstage.com keeps track of every rider who abandons the race.
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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, including race numbers.
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