2026 Tour de France: The Route, All Maps, and Stage Profiles

The 2026 Tour de France route will cover 3,333 km, 21 stages, and more than 54,000 m of elevation gain. After a Grand Départ from Barcelona featuring a team time trial on the first day, the riders will get down to business on the second stage with a finish suited for sprinters around Montjuïc Park. The Pyrenees will be tackled as early as the third stage, though without any particularly grueling climbs. However, the race will offer no respite, as the riders will face two difficult stages in the Massif Central, followed by a quick transition to the Vosges, then the Alps, featuring the only individual time trial, before a final week that promises to be decisive, notably featuring two finishes at Alpe d’Huez. The 20th and penultimate stage is expected to be spectacular, with 5,600 meters of elevation gain over 171 km. Finally, the last stage between Thoiry and the Champs-Élysées will see the peloton ride down Rue Lepic three times, just as in 2025, for yet another unforgettable finish. In total, eight mountain stages (including five summit finishes), two time trials, six sprinter finishes, and five breakaway finishes make for a particularly well-balanced route. To follow the race closely, check out the maps, profiles, and mountain passes for each stage, as well as the TV broadcast schedules for this 113th edition of the Tour de France.

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How can you watch the 2026 Tour de France on TV?

The 2026 Tour de France will be broadcast live on France Télévisions (France 2, France 3, and France Télévisions’ digital platforms), as well as on Eurosport 1, the Eurosport.fr website, and the Eurosport app.

Stage broadcasts generally begin between 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. and end around 5:30 p.m. You can also find recorded broadcasts on Eurosport 1 and 2.

The Route of the 2026 Tour de France

Stage-by-Stage Distances for the 2026 Tour de France

Profiles and maps of the 2026 Tour de France stages

Stage 1 – Saturday, July 4 – Barcelona / Barcelona (19.7 km, 200 m elevation gain)

Stage 2 – Sunday, July 5 – Tarragona / Barcelona (182 km, 2,500 m elevation gain)

Stage 3 – Monday, July 6 – Granollers / Les Angles (196 km, 3,850 m elevation gain)

Stage 4 – Tuesday, July 7 – Carcassonne / Foix (182 km, 2,700 m elevation gain)

Stage 5 – Wednesday, July 8 – Lannemezan / Pau (158 km, 1,600 m elevation gain)

Stage 6 – Thursday, July 9 – Pau / Gavarnie-Gèdre (186 km, 4,100 m elevation gain)

Stage 7 – Friday, July 10 – Hagetmau / Bordeaux (175 km, 850 m elevation gain)

Stage 8 – Saturday, July 11 – Périgueux / Bergerac (182 km, 1,150 m elevation gain)

Stage 9 – Sunday, July 12 – Malemort / Ussel (185 km, 3,300 m elevation gain)

Stage 10 – Tuesday, July 14 – Aurillac / Le Lioran (167 km, 3,800 m elevation gain)

Stage 11 – Wednesday, July 15 – Vichy / Nevers (161 km, 1,400 m elevation gain)

Stage 12 – Thursday, July 16 – Nevers Magny-Cours Circuit / Chalon-sur-Saône (181 km, 1,800 m elevation gain)

Stage 13 – Friday, July 17 – Dole / Belfort (205 km, 2,400 m elevation gain)

Stage 14 – Saturday, July 18 – Mulhouse / Le Markstein-Fellering (155 km, 3,800 m elevation gain)

Stage 15 – Sunday, July 19 – Champagnole / Plateau de Solaison (184 km, 3,950 m elevation gain)

Stage 16 – Tuesday, July 21 – Évian-les-Bains / Thonon-les-Bains (26 km, 500 m elevation gain)

Stage 17 – Wednesday, July 22 – Chambéry / Voiron (175 km, 2,200 m elevation gain)

Stage 18 – Thursday, July 23 – Voiron / Orcières-Merlette (185 km, 3,900 m elevation gain)

Stage 19 – Friday, July 24 – Gap / L’Alpe d’Huez (128 km, 3,500 m elevation gain)

Stage 20 – Saturday, July 25 – Le Bourg-d’Oisans / L’Alpe d’Huez (171 km, 5,450 m elevation gain)

Stage 21 – Sunday, July 26 – Thoiry / Paris Champs-Élysées (130 km, 1,000 m elevation gain)

The Top 10 of the 2025 Tour de France

Winners of the last 10 editions of the Tour de France

2025 (112th edition) – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Florian Lipowitz
2024 (111th edition) – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel
2023 (110th edition) – Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Adam Yates
2022 (109th edition) – Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Geraint Thomas
2021 (108th edition) – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Richard Carapaz
2020 (107th edition) – Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Richie Porte
2019 (106th edition) – Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Steven Kruijswijk
2018 (105th edition) – Geraint Thomas, Tom Dumoulin, Christopher Froome
2017 (104th edition) – Christopher Froome, Rigoberto Urán, Romain Bardet
2016 (103rd edition) – Christopher Froome, Romain Bardet, Nairo Quintana
2015 (102nd edition) – Christopher Froome, Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde