2026 Tour de France to start in Barcelona with team time trial
The Grand Départ of the 2026 Tour de France will be held in Barcelona, Spain, opening with a team time trial.
The Grand Départ of the 2026 Tour de France takes place in Barcelona, Spain, opening with a team time trial, confirmed by multiple news outlets.
According to biketips.com, the race runs from 4 July to 26 July 2026, consists of 21 stages covering 3,333 km, and is the 113th edition organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is the first Tour since 1971 to open with a team time trial.
Biketips.com also reports that Stage 1 is a 19.7 km team time trial through Barcelona and that the opening two stages finish on Montjuïc hill beside the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys of the 1992 Olympics. The 2026 edition is only the third time the race has begun in Spain, after San Sebastián in 1992 and Bilbao in 2023.
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