Tour de France 2026 GC & stage previews, stages, favourites & predictions - Pogacar versus Vingegaard, Seixas and Evenepoel

The 2026 Tour de France is scheduled to run from July 4 to July 26 across 21 stages, beginning with a Grand Départ in Barcelona. The race features a team time trial on Stage 1 and an individual time trial on Stage 16, alongside mountain stages including climbs of Alpe d'Huez, Col du Galibier, and Plateau de Solaison. The main GC contenders are identified as Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Paul Seixas, and Remco Evenepoel, with approximately seven stages expected to end in bunch sprints.