The route
Tour de France 2026 — Étape 1
Next edition4 July 2026
19.9 km and 231 m of climbing across Barcelona, from Parc del Fòrum to the Montjuïc climb, with 98 m gained in the longest ascent.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 19.9 km
- Elevation gain
- 231 m
- Highest point
- 102 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 288
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The course starts in Barcelona, at Parc del Fòrum, at an altitude of 8 m, and stays on urban asphalt from start to finish. The first kilometres follow the Avinguda del Litoral. At km 8.1 you pass Carrer de Cantàbria, at 19 m, then the Rambla de Guipúscoa at km 9.3, at 24 m.
At km 10.5, Carrer d'Aragó sits at 36 m, then comes the Sagrada Família at km 11.9, at 49 m. The Passeig de Gràcia follows at km 13.6, at 61 m. You then drop back down to the Plaça d'Espanya, at km 17.5, at 36 m.
The finish is on Montjuïc, in the climb to the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, at 102 m: the highest point of the course. From the Plaça d'Espanya, you climb from 36 m to 102 m up to the line. Overall, the longest ascent gains 98 m, from km 2 all the way to the finish. In total, the course adds up to 231 m of climbing over 19.9 km.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the course, from Parc del Fòrum to Montjuïc, takes shape as contour lines: our pen plotter draws it with a pen, line by line. Your finisher name and time go in the cartouche, in A4, A3 or A2.
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.