Your ultimate guide to the 2026 Tour de France. We break down the brutal 21-stage route, the top GC favorites, and the essential historical stats.
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He hasn’t even raced the Tour de France yet, but 19-year-old Paul Seixas is reportedly at the center of an unprecedented €13 million transfer war. Billionaire-backed Pinarello-Q36.5 is looking to make the French phenom the highest-paid rider in pro cycling.
The corporate fashion world has finally come for the peloton. Pharrell Williams just debuted a bespoke, Louis Vuitton-monogrammed Pinarello Dogma F at Paris Fashion Week, and we have some very unfiltered thoughts about it.
We traded the romance of the sport for live data and Strava files. Looking back at the golden age of 90s Channel 4 Tour de France highlights, where Pete Shelley’s theme and Gary Imlach’s deadpan wit ruled the teatime television slot.
The ultimate teatime cycling ritual is officially back. Channel 5 has penned a multi-year deal with TNT Sports to bring daily, free-to-air Tour de France highlights straight to UK television screens at 7:00 PM every evening this July.
A masterclass in sheer horsepower and tactical patience. Spain’s David Valero Serrano conquers his HERO Dolomites debut on a massive 36-tooth chainring, while Italian Marathon Champion Claudia Peretti puts on a wire-to-wire climbing clinic in the Alps.
A 330-kilometer death march packing 9,000 meters of relentless elevation gain across Italy, Switzerland, and France. The Randonnée du Mont Blanc is returning for its second edition, offering riders a strictly unsupported, clock-free voyage into deep, existential suffering.
No W’s for Visma. Wout van Aert has officially been ruled out of the 2026 Tour de France after a training crash led to a nasty, lingering elbow infection, leaving Visma | Lease a Bike scrambling for a replacement.