Tour de France

Road · Stage Race
DateJul 4–24, 2026
Time4:00–9:30 am ET
Location🇫🇷 France
Most recent winner🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar (2025)
BroadcastPeacock
CourseStage Race
Why watch?

Barcelona starts it, the Alps decide it, and Paris finishes it after 3,333km, two time trials, and a route built to keep the yellow jersey under pressure.

Stage Preview

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Stage 18: Voiron to Orcières-Merlette | Tour de France 2026 Preview

Stage 18 of the 2026 Tour de France covers 185 kilometers from Voiron to Orcieres-Merlette, marking the first true Alpine summit finish in the race's final mountain sequence. This is the kind of stage that decides general classification podiums rather than outright winners, and it arrives at a point in the third week when fatigue becomes as important as form. Voiron sits in the Isere valley northwest of Grenoble, a market town known more for Chartreuse liqueur than cycling drama. The route heads south and east through rolling terrain before the road begins to tilt upward in the final third of the stage. Orcieres-Merlette is a ski station in the…

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