How to watch Tour de France 2026: TV channel, highlights and streaming online

Two-time champion and recent Giro d’Italia winner Jonas Vingegaard remains his biggest competition, while former third-place finisher and Vuelta a Espana champion Remco Evenepoel is back after a disappointing edition last year, when he withdrew partway through.

French wunderkind Paul Seixas leads home hopes on his debut at the sport’s biggest race.

The Tour gets underway with a team time trial in Barcelona on Saturday, with three stages of the Grand Depart in Spain before heading to France.

Here’s everything you need to know to watch the race.

When is the Tour de France 2026?

The Tour de France begins in Barcelona on Saturday 4 July, and runs for 21 stages – plus two rest days – until the finale in Paris on Sunday 26th July.

How can I watch it?

This year marks the first without full free-to-air coverage of the Tour de France in the UK, after ITV failed to bid for streaming rights beyond 2025.

The Tour de France will be shown exclusively and in full on TNT Sports and HBO Max, while there will be a free daily highlights show at 7pm BST on Channel 5. A TNT Sports subscription to watch the Tour starts from £30.99 a month.

Tour de France 2026 route

Stage

Date

Start

Finish

Distance

Type

1

Saturday 4 July

Barcelona

Barcelona

19.6km

Team time trial

2

Sunday 5 July

Tarragona

Barcelona

168.5km

Hilly

3

Monday 6 July

Granollers

Les Angles

195.9km

Mountain

4

Tuesday 7 July

Carcassonne

Foix

181.9km

Hilly

5

Wednesday 8 July

Lannemezan

Pau

158.3km

Flat

6

Thursday 9 July

Pau

Gavarnie-Gedre

186.2km

Mountain

7

Friday 10 July

Hagetmau

Bordeaux

175.1km

Flat

8

Saturday 11 July

Perigueux

Bergerac

180.4km

Flat

9

Sunday 12 July

Malemort

Ussel

185.5km

Hilly

10

Tuesday 14 July

Aurillac

Le Lioran

166.6km

Mountain

11

Wednesday 15 July

Vichy

Nevers

161.3km

Flat

12

Thursday 16 July

Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours

Chalon-Sur-Saone

179.1km

Flat

13

Friday 17 July

Dole

Belfort

205.8km

Hilly

14

Saturday 18 July

Mulhouse

Le Markstein Fellering

155.3km

Mountain

15

Sunday 19 July

Champagnole

Plateau de Solaison

183.9km

Mountain

16

Tuesday 21 July

Evian-les-Bains

Thonon-les-Bains

26.1km

Individual time trial

17

Wednesday 22 July

Chambery

Voiron

174.7km

Flat

18

Thursday 23 July

Voiron

Orcieres-Merlette

185.2km

Mountain

19

Friday 24 July

Gap

Alpe d’Huez

127.9km

Mountain

20

Saturday 25 July

Le Bourg d’Oisans

Alpe d’Huez

170.9km

Mountain

21

Sunday 26 July

Thoiry

Paris Champs-Elysees

133km

Flat