Tour de France 2026: Route and stages
Visma | Lease a Bike won the opening team time trial of the Tour de France in Barcelona, with Jonas Vingegaard claiming the first yellow jersey. La Grande Boucle remains in Catalonia for the next two stages and heads into the Pyrenees from Monday onwards. Later in the race, the Tour returns to Le Lioran, Le Markstein, the Orcières-Merlette ski resort and Alpe d'Huez. The race concludes on Sunday 26 July with a finale over the cobbles of Montmartre before the finish in Paris.
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Tour de France 2026: Visma wins TTT, Vingegaard takes yellow jersey
Visma | Lease a Bike produce a flawless team time trial to open the Tour de France with victory. Jonas Vingegaard attacks on the final climb and rides clear to claim the first yellow jersey. Filippo Ganna finishes second, with Tadej Pogačar in third.
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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 19.6-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.
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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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Tour de France 2026 Favourites stage 2: A puncher’s paradise
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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Tour de France 2026: Route
The Tour de France serves up 54,450 metres of elevation gain over 3,321.2 kilometres. The Pyrenees feature in the opening week, while the Massif Central, the Vosges and the Alps also deliver significant climbing challenges over the course of the race. The final weekend includes two back-to-back summit finishes at Alpe d’Huez.
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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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