Tour de France to start in Barcelona in 2026

The Tour de France will commencement successful Barcelona for nan first clip successful 2026.

The opening 2 stages will beryllium successful Catalonia, pinch nan 3rd shape starting successful nan Spanish region earlier crossing into France.

It will beryllium nan 3rd juncture Spain has hosted nan race's Grand Depart, having antecedently done truthful successful San Sebastian successful 1992 and successful Bilbao past year.

The 2026 title - which is group to commencement connected 4 July - will person nan astir southerly Grand Depart successful Tour history.

"This is simply a historical milestone. It confirms Barcelona's domiciled arsenic an world sports capital," said nan city's politician Jaume Collboni.

"Barcelona will beryllium nan only metropolis successful nan world to big nan Olympics, nan World Cup, nan America's Cup and nan Tour de France, nan 4 astir influential sporting events successful nan world."

The 2024 Tour starts successful Florence, Italy, connected 29 June, while successful 2025 it will statesman successful nan French metropolis of Lille.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard will effort to declare his 3rd consecutive victory astatine this year's Tour but is recovering from injuries sustained successful a clang successful April.