France, Oct. 23 -- Organisers of the 2026 Tour de France on Thursday unveiled the routes for the men's and women's races.

The 113th edition of the men's race will start in Barcelona on 4 July and end 3,333km later at the Champs-Elysees in Paris on 26 July after a sweep through the streets of Montmartre.

The women's event will begin in Lausanne on 1 August and finish in Nice on 9 August.

After the success of the road race through northern Paris during the 2024 Olympics, the city's police chief, Laurent Nunez, allowed the 2025 men's race to trundle through Montmartre before the traditional finale along the Champs-Elysees.

Nunez, appointed Interior Minister in Sebastian Lecornu's new cabinet on 13 October, has sanctioned a repeat.

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