Tour de France Tour de France 2026 route rumours

[Netserk]

2026 GRAND DÉPART: THE CROWNING GLORY OF BARCELONA - Tour de France 2025

South we go. The venue chosen for the Grand Départ of the 2026 Tour de France will set a new record in the history of the event, as Barcelona, straddling the 41

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The Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, hosted the director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, at an official ceremony held this morning to announce that the 113th edition will get under way in the Catalan capital on Saturday, 4 July 2026.
The host city of the 1992 Olympic Games has already rolled out the red carpet for the Tour de France on three occasions (1957, 1965 and 2009). It also provided the backdrop for the opening of the Vuelta in 2023. The 2026 route will feature two stages inside Catalonia and the start of a stage finishing on French soil.

Tour de France 2026: the Grand Départ in Barcelona and more in Catalonia!

With the 111th edition of the Tour de France, the Tour de France 2024, due to start in Italy in just over a week's time, Tour de France organizer Amaury Sport Organisation yesterday announced that the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2026 will take place in Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸.

www.velowire.com

Barcelona confirmed as host of 2026 Tour de France Grand Départ

Opening three days of race to be centred on Catalan capital

www.cyclingnews.com

The Catalan capital will host the race from July 4-6, 2026. It’s been reported that stage 1 will be run off completely within the bounds of the city, and that stage 2 will also start and finish in Barcelona. After another start in the city on stage 3, the Tour then heads towards more familiar terrain in France.

Alpe d'Huez and Finestre have been rumoured as well. I think Haag/Grand Ballon is a good bet too. Will the Pyrenees host the last mountain stages of the race again for the first time since 2022?

As Rotterdam/The Hague are rumoured for the 2027 Grand Départ, there's no need for the 2026 edition to go north of Paris.

 

[RedheadDane]

You are crazy.
They literally just announced the route for next year...

 

[Netserk]

You are crazy.
They literally just announced the route for next year...

Don't worry, I'll wait at least 11 months before opening the 2027 thread.

 

[houtdffan]

Ah yes - if we can drop Prudhomme and Govenou off in The Hague that would be real nice

here in TX, we'd be calling for capital punishment

 

[ashhutch1997]

It's mad that we already know where the TDF will start in two years, but no idea where the Giro will be starting in just over 6 months.

 

[Izzyeviel]

It's mad that we already know where the TDF will start in two years, but no idea where the Giro will be starting in just over 6 months.

The latest rumour is it will start in Italy.

 

[RedheadDane]

Any update on it?

About the 2026 race?