Preview and Analysis of the 2026 Tour de France Route
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Patrick Redford
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The article provides an in-depth preview and analysis of the 2026 Tour de France route. It covers the 3,321-kilometer course spanning Spain and France, with 54,450 meters of vertical gain making it the third-most demanding Tour in 20 years. The piece notes that the difficulty is distributed across many intermediate hilly stages rather than concentrated in traditional mountain stages, and discusses key riders and strategic implications of the route design.
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DefectorPreview and Analysis of the 2026 Tour de France Routedefector.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThis year's Tour will span 3,321 kilometers of Spain and France while flirting with the Swiss and German borders.
The route's 54,450 meters of vertical gain make it the third-most demanding Tour of the last 20 years.
A lot of that gain is distributed across the many intermediate, hilly stages rather than condensed in set-piece mountain stages.
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