Tour de France 2026 route revealed - does it pass near you?
Both the men’s and women’s races will begin outside of France
Find out where the 2026 Tour de France cycling races will pass
Tour de France
The 2026 Tour de France routes have been announced.
The 113th edition of the men’s race will cover 3,333 km over three weeks, and will set off from Barcelona (Spain) on July 4.
After this year’s race was held exclusively in France, the first three stages of next year’s race will pass through Catalonia before heading north through the French Pyrénées.
The final stage will take place on July 26, when cyclists will once again pass through the Montmartre district of Paris - a popular location during the 2024 Olympic cycling events - before reaching the finish line on the the Champs-Elysées.
The full route can be seen in the main image above.
It was also confirmed earlier this year that the 2027 men’s Tour de France will begin in the Scottish city of Edinburgh.
From the Pyrénées to the Alps
Early stages of the route feature arrivals in sites including Foix (Ariège), Gavarnie-Gèdre (Hautes-Pyrénées), and Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
The race will then pass diagonally from Bordeaux through the Massif Central, with the 10th stage heading towards mountain resort Le Lioran (Cantal) and the Col de la Griffoul.
Stage 14 finishes in the Markstein ski station (Haut-Rhin), after crossing the Vosges mountains in eastern France.
The riders will head to the Alps for the race’s final week, featuring a 26-km individual time trial between Evian-les-Bains and Thonon-les-Bains (Haute-Savoie).
Difficult mountain passes include the Col de Sarenne (on a 7.3% gradient) and the legendary Alpe d'Huez (Isère), which will be scaled twice, back-to-back, on stages 19 and 20.
Women’s route revealed
The route for the women’s competition has also been revealed, running from August 1 to 9, 2026.
The cyclists will leave from Lausanne (Switzerland), before covering a total of 1,175 km through Franche-Comté, Burgundy, Rhône-Alpes and Provence, finishing on Nice’s seafront walkway, the Promenade des Anglais.
The tour is split into nine stages with no rest days.
See the full route in the main image above.
