Tour de France Barcelona 2026

'Grand Départ' - Stage 1

Dates:
July 4 to 6 2026

Location: 
Barcelona 

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#TDF2026:

Information:
The Tour de France 2026 will start from Barcelona. Barcelona's hosts the iconic 'Grand Départ' and the first three stages of the world's most famous bicycle race will be in Catalonia, Spain from July 4 to 6, 2026. The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bike race, which of course is mostly in France, but often begins, or has stages, in other countries.

Barcelona has hosted stages of the Tour before, but never hosted the first stage, the Grand Départ. The last time the Tour de France bike race had a stage in Barcelona was in 2009. The Catalan capital becomes third city in Spain to host a Grand Départ. Last year's race started in Bilbao, in the Basque Country, while the first time the race started in Spain was in San Sebastián in 1992.