Tour de France
The 2026 Tour de France runs from 4 to 26 July, opening with a team time trial in Barcelona and three days on Catalan roads before crossing into France. The Pyrenees come early, with the Col du Tourmalet and a first ever summit finish at Gavarnie-Gèdre on stage 6. The race is settled in the Alps, where the closing week stacks the Col du Galibier, the Col de la Croix de Fer and two finishes at Alpe d'Huez, including a queen stage with more than 5,600 metres of climbing. Twenty-one stages, 3,344 kilometres, Barcelona to the Champs-Élysées.
Stage 9Malemort → Ussel
Stage 9 was run in very hot conditions and finished in Ussel after a selective day over the climbs of Corrèze. A strong breakaway formed early and stayed clear into the finale.
Mathieu van der Poel made the decisive move on the final climbs and held off Tobias Halland Johannessen and Tom Pidcock in a sprint from a four-rider lead group. The peloton, including several overall contenders, arrived a few seconds later.
Tour de France 2026 route
The 113th Tour de France covers 3,333 kilometres and around 54,450 metres of climbing across 21 stages, from 4 to 26 July 2026. The Grand Départ is in Barcelona, opening with a 19.7km team time trial and three days on Catalan roads before the race crosses into France.
The Pyrenees arrive almost immediately. Stage 6 climbs the Col du Tourmalet and finishes at Gavarnie-Gèdre, a cirque the Tour has never visited. The race is settled late, with the Alps and two finishes at Alpe d'Huez in the closing week.
Key climbs and the queen stage
The marquee climbs are the Col du Tourmalet (17.1km at 7.3%) on stage 6, the Plateau de Solaison (11.3km at 9%) on stage 15, and the Col du Galibier (17.7km at 6.9%) on stage 20.
Stage 20 from Le Bourg d'Oisans is the queen stage, with more than 5,600 metres of climbing over the Col de la Croix de Fer, the Col du Télégraphe, the Galibier and the Col de Sarenne before the final haul to Alpe d'Huez.
Stage-by-stage guide
Every stage has its full route, elevation profile and categorised climbs on the interactive map above. Use it to scrub each day, from the Barcelona time trial to the Montmartre finish in Paris.
How to watch the Tour de France 2026
The race runs daily from Saturday 4 July to Sunday 26 July 2026, finishing on the Champs-Élysées after a return to the Montmartre cobbles. Broadcast details will follow closer to the start.