US EditionThe 2026 Men's Tour De France Route
The 3,333 km race features 30 major climbs, including five mountain-top finishes and two time trials designed to challenge defending champion Tadej Pogacar’s rivals.
- On Thursday, organisers unveiled the 2026 men's Tour de France route and said it starts from Barcelona on July 4, with Stage 2 running from Tarragona to Barcelona.
- Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme said `It's designed to maintain the suspense until the end`, routing the course through the Pyrenees to showcase France's mountain ranges.
- The 21-day race covers 3,333 kilometres and finishes beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on July 26, featuring a 19km team time trial and a 26km individual time trial.
- Barcelona's Grand Depart faces intensified scrutiny after pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted stages earlier this year, while organisers noted the route offers rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel more competitive opportunities than in 2025.
- Race director Christian Prudhomme said, `If you put those two races together, you'll see we've managed to get most of France in,` as the route passes the Pyrenees, Bordeaux, Bergerac and Beaujolais.
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The race route of the next Grand Boucle was unveiled on Thursday, in front of several riders, who were generally seduced by the route of the 113th edition.
The director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme, who presented the course 2026 this Thursday morning at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, believes that the stages Granollers-Les Angles and Carcassonne-Foix will not favor...
It presents the Tour in Paris and talks about Barcelona, the Sagrada Familia, the Mediterranean and the sun, the sustainable world and the bikes that circulate around the Condal City. Barcelona is the departure of the Tour de France 2026, with three stages on Spanish soil (Tarragona and Granollers). The third time that the Tour takes off from Spanish cities, San Sebastián in 1992 and Bilbao in 2023. "They are many years fighting for being the ex…
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The Straits TimesThe 2026 men's Tour de France route
PARIS :The route for the 2026 men's Tour de France, which will start from Barcelona on July 4, was unveiled by the race's organisers on Thursday.July 4 – Stage 1 – Barcelona to Barcelona, 19 km (team time trial)July 5 – Stage 2 – Tarragona to Barcelona, 182 kmJuly 6 – Stage 3 – Granollers to Les A
The 113th edition of the Tour de France, which will take place from July 4 to 26, 2026, will have an unprecedented start: the first three stages will be run on Spanish soil, combining urban, coastal, and mountainous sections. For the first time, Catalonia will be the starting point for the French tour, a project that seeks to blend spectacle, tradition, and strategy from the very first day. The opening stage, on Saturday, July 4, will be a 19.7-…
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