The wait is over, the route of the 2026 Tour de France has been revealed. The Grande Boucle reaches its 113th edition and will take place from July 4th to 26th.

A grand start from Barcelona , with a 19.7km team time trial in the charm of the Catalan city and then the second stage, also in Catalonia, from Tarragona to Barcelona of 178km , before the return to France with the stage from Granollers to Las Angles.

The biggest surprise is the double finish at Alpe d'Huez on two consecutive days in the nineteenth and twentieth stages. Stage twenty, in particular, will be a sensational spectacle, with climbs of the Col de la Croix de Fer, Telegraphe, Galibier, Sarenne, and the finish at Alpe d'Huez .

But the 2026 Tour won't end there, because the organization, given the success of the last edition, has decided to propose a more lively stage on the arrival in Paris, once again including the Montmartre circuit .

Finally, the unmissable start and finish in Pau , with the fifth stage from Lannemezan to Pau, 158 km long, and the sixth stage, starting from Pau and finishing in Gavarnie-Gèdre.  

Below is the complete list of stages of the 2026 Tour de France:  

Stage 1 (04/07): Barcelona – Barcelona (19.7 km – team time trial)

Stage 2 (05/07): Tarragona – Barcelona (178 km)

Stage 3 (06/07): Granollers – Les Angles (196 km)

Stage 4 (07/07): Carcassonne – Foix (182 km)

Stage 5 (08/07): Lannemezan – Pau (158 km)

Stage 6 (09/07): Pau – Gavarnie-Gèdre (186 km)

Stage 7 (10/07): Hagetmau – Bordeaux (175 km)

Stage 8 (11/07): Périguex – Bergerac (182 km)

Stage 9 (12/07): Malemort – Ussel (185 km)

Rest day

Stage 10 (14/07): Aurillac – Le Lioran (167 km)

Stage 11 (15/07): Vichy – Nevers (161 km)

Stage 12 (16/07): Magny-Cours – Chalon-sur-Saône

Stage 13 (17/07): Dole – Belfort

Stage 14 (18/07): Mulhouse – Le Markstein

Stage 15 (19/07): Champagnole – Plateau de Solaison

Rest day in Thonon-les-Bains

Stage 16 (21/07): Thonon-les-Bains – Evian-les-Bains (time trial)

Stage 17 (22/07): Chambery – Voiron

Stage 18 (23/07): Voiron – Orcières-Merlette

Stage 19 (24/07): Gap – Alpe d'Huez

Stage 20 (25/07): Le Bourg d'Oisans – Alpe d'Huez

Stage 21 (26/07): Thoiry – Paris Champs-Elysées

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency