US EditionTour De France Returns to Montmartre for Grand Finale in 2026, Men Face Alpe d’Huez Double
The 2026 Tour de France returns to Montmartre for the finale and includes two challenging finishes at Alpe d'Huez after this year's successful race.
- On Thursday, race organizers unveiled the 2026 route starting in Barcelona, featuring two stages finishing at Alpe d'Huez including the first ascent via Col de Sarenne, and a finale at Montmartre, Paris.
- Tens of thousands of fans packed Montmartre, Paris this summer, and including Butte Montmartre and the Sacré-Cœur basilica brought fresh excitement to the finale.
- Covering 3,333-kilometer, the Tour visits France's five mountain ranges with eight mountain stages and five summit finishes, while early mountain tests start at Stage 3 with a finish at Les Angles ski station.
- Competitive implications include a time trial at Lake Geneva on Stage 16, adding a decisive solo test after early mountain challenges near Mont Ventoux.
- For the women's calendar, the Tour de France Femmes will start with a Lausanne loop, covering 1,175 kilometers, the longest since its 2022 revival.
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The Tour de France 2026 will pass twice at the Alpe d'Huez at the end of July. The Iseroise ski resort expects a big party and is already preparing to host the Grande Boucle.
The 2026 Tour will start in Barcelona and, after two climbs on Alpe d'Huez, end again with a Parisian spectacle over Montmartre.
The course of the 2026 edition was unveiled this Thursday, 23 October. The peloton will start with hilly stages in Catalonia and then in the Pyrenees, and will find for the second year in a row the Montmartre hill, where Wout van Aert had won at the end of July.
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Tour de France returns to Montmartre for grand finale in 2026
PARIS — After this year's popular success, the Tour de France will return to Montmartre for the grand finale of the 2026 edition that also includes two stage finishes at the Alpe d'Huez.
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