The 2026 Tour de France Femmes will run August 1-9, start in Switzerland and cover nine stages.
This is our page for the women's 2026 TDF route - see here for the men's Tour de France route.
- 2026 Tour de France race guide and official program
- Finding Tour de France accommodation
- Tour de France road closures
The Tour de France Femmes 2026 marks the fifth edition following the return of a French stage race for women.
The 2026 edition will start in Switzerland and cover nine stages totalling 1175km. It's the same number of stages as the 2025 edition, which was won by French cycling superstar Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
After the start in Switzerland, the Tour will move to the east and south-east of France, and see two mountain stages, 3 sprint stages and 18,795 m of vertical gain, which is a new record for the women's event.
The showpiece stage will undoubtedly be stage 7, which ends atop the Ventoux.
There will also be an Étape du Tour for women, which will run as an official sportive for amateur cyclists on closed roads. It will run on August 6 from Vaison-la-Romaine to Mont Ventoux.
Stage 1: Saturday, August 1 – Lausanne to Lausanne - 137km
Stage 2: Sunday, August 2 – Aigle to Geneva, 149km
Stage 3: Monday, August 3 - Geneva to Poligny, 157km
Stage 4: Tuesday, August 4 - Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon, 21km individual time trial
Stage 5: Wednesday, August 5 - Maçon to Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 140km
Stage 6: Thursday, August 6 - Montbrison to Tournon-sur-Rhone, 153km
Stage 7: Friday, August 7 - La Voulte-sur-Rhone to Mont Ventoux, 144km
Stage 8: Saturday, August 8 - Sisteron to Nice, 175km
Stage 9: Sunday, August 9 - Nice to Nice, 99km
- 2026 Tour de France state-by-stage
- 2026 Tour de France race guide and official program
- Finding Tour de France accommodation
- Tour de France road closures
