Vuelta 2026: Route and stages
The Grand Départ of the 81st edition of La Vuelta a España will take place in Monaco on Saturday 22 August. It marks the third consecutive foreign start, following Portugal in 2024 and Italy in 2025. Stage 1 is a 9.6-kilometre individual time trial held entirely on Monegasque territory. From there, the red caravan heads through southern France and Andorra into Spain. The bulk of the route runs through the scorching south, before the Vuelta concludes in Granada on Sunday 13 September.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 1: Lausanne - Lausanne
Saturday 1 August – The Tour de France Femmes opens with a 138-kilometre loop north of Lausanne. After two climbs along the way, the road rises at an average gradient of 4.5% over the final 2.6 kilometres.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 2: Aigle - Geneva
Sunday 2 August – The 2nd stage of the Tour de France Femmes features a hilly middle section, while the opening and closing sections are flat. The 147.9-kilometre race from Aigle to Geneva serves up more than 1,700 metres of elevation gain.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026 Route stage 3: Geneva - Poligny
Monday 3 August – Stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes features roughly 2,500 metres of elevation gain, most of which comes in the first half of the 156.5-kilometre route from Geneva to Poligny.
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Tour de France Femmes 2026: Riders
Giro winner Demi Vollering is determined to dethrone defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, while Anna van der Breggen lines up for her third Grand Tour of the year. Vuelta winner Paula Blasi is also in the field. Voilà, the start list for the Tour de France Femmes.
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Vuelta 2026: Riders
Two years after winning the Vuelta for the fourthtime, record holder Primoz Roglic returns to Spain to try and win back his crown. Who else is on the start list?
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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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