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 21 result
The final stage was shortened and raced on a revised Paris circuit, with three climbs of the Butte Montmartre added to the finish on the Champs-Élysées.
Mathieu van der Poel won after attacking on the final climb and staying clear to the line. Jasper Philipsen led the sprint for second, completing an Alpecin-Premier Tech one-two.
Tadej Pogačar’s late move on Montmartre helped animate the finale, but the stage finished with a reduced bunch contest behind Van der Poel.
- 1Mathieu van der PoelALPECIN-PREMIER TECH1:58:49
- 2Jasper PhilipsenALPECIN-PREMIER TECH+0:00
- 3Mads PedersenLIDL-TREK+0:00
- 4Max KanterXDS ASTANA TEAM+0:00
- 5Olav KooijDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM+0:00
- 6Matej MohoricBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS+0:00
- 7Rick PluimersTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM+0:00
- 8Anthony TurgisTOTALENERGIES+0:00
- 9Milan FretinCOFIDIS+0:00
- 10Clément RussoGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED+0:00
General classification
- 1Tadej PogačarUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG73:56:26
- 2Remco EvenepoelRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE+6:26
- 3Isaac del Toro RomeroUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG+9:42
- 4Paul SeixasDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM+11:56
- 5Lenny Sydney MartinezBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS+13:02
- 6Mattias Skjelmose Jennow JensenLIDL-TREK+14:59
- 7Juan Ayuso PesqueraLIDL-TREK+17:48
- 8Richard Antonio Carapaz MontenegroEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST+20:00
- 9Thomas PidcockPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM+29:28
- 10Jordan JegatTOTALENERGIES+33:21
Stage 21Thoiry → Paris Champs-Élysées
The final stage was shortened and raced on a revised Paris circuit, with three climbs of the Butte Montmartre added to the finish on the Champs-Élysées.
Mathieu van der Poel won after attacking on the final climb and staying clear to the line. Jasper Philipsen led the sprint for second, completing an Alpecin-Premier Tech one-two.
Tadej Pogačar’s late move on Montmartre helped animate the finale, but the stage finished with a reduced bunch contest behind Van der Poel.
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.