Tour de France Grand Depart, Barcelona team time trial

sportsJul 4, 202617210

The 113th Tour de France starts today with a 19.6 km team time trial in Barcelona, the first team time trial to open the race since 1971. Teams will race the Barcelona-Barcelone loop with the first start at 17:05 for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and the final team, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, due off at 18:55. Tadej Pogacar, who has won the Tour in 2020, 2021, 2024, and 2025, arrives aiming for a fifth victory and faces main rivals Jonas Vingegaard and French debutant Paul Seixas. Remco Evenepoel, riding for Belgium and among 31 Belgian starters, is a contender for the overall classification and could claim his first-ever yellow jersey if his team posts a strong TTT. Race organizers and previews describe the opening stage as already crucial for general classification contenders because early time gaps can shape the race and the only individual time trial favors riders like Evenepoel later on. Sprinters Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier are also highlighted as stage winners to watch later in the Tour.

Gravel Influencer

@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

And the Tour de France starts tomorrow. We are truly all spoiled as sports fans.

877h ago

Gravel Influencer31

My goal is to have all of BlueSky screaming, "Campy!!!!" and "GC Kuss!!!" by mid-July

Tara Goddard7

It is good that I'm not teaching rn because between the World Cup and Western States last weekend and the Tour starting, my productivity is basically nonexistent.

Paddy_boy1

I think we can raise the profile of Le Tour here on Bluesky - The Sports App🚴

Sean Jones KC

@seanjones.org

Given I live in Wimbledon, I was about to force myself to be interested in the tennis but have realised the Tour de France starts today.

241h ago

Sean Wilken KC3

Having overdone the coppicing yesterday, the TdF start is very welcome. <preps couch <locates tea and painkiller supplies

David Higham2

Receiving less publicity than usual? Nothing in yesterday’s Times about it which I found surprising. The Guardian had a good guide to the teams and the stages.

Ian McLaughlin1

Apparently there is a TV channel called 5, which will show highlights every day

AliQuack1

I got very excited when I saw C5 have a nightly highlights show. Even if it isn't presented by the saintly Gary Imlach and the rest of the ITV4 team.

Tonke

@tonke.bsky.social

Happy start of the Tour de France day for all who celebrate! 🥳 I’ll be kicking the day off with a nice long ride with friends before enjoying the TTT spectacle tonight 🚴🏻‍♀️ #TDF26

152h ago

Charles Petersen

@cpetersen.bsky.social

I finally did it: I made a podcast. The Tour de France starts tomorrow. As the most historical of sports, what you need is three historians (myself, @stschrader1.bsky.social, @theotherjude.bsky.social) chatting about why 2026 is the year to get into cycling. www.patreon.com/historianson...

810h ago

Charles Petersen3

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Sam Klug2

Whoa!! This rocks, can't wait to listen.

Larry Glickman2

Very cool, Charles. Will listen with interest.

Tim Bonville-Ginn

@timbonvilleginn.bsky.social

Tour de France 🇫🇷 2026 Pogačar 🇸🇮, Vingegaard 🇩🇰, Lipowitz 🇩🇪, Del Toro 🇲🇽, Seixas 🇫🇷, Ayuso 🇪🇸, Evenepoel 🇧🇪, Philipsen 🇧🇪, Pedersen 🇩🇰, Jorgenson 🇺🇸, Carapaz 🇪🇨, Kooij 🇳🇱, Vauquelin 🇫🇷, Arensman 🇳🇱, Ganna 🇮🇹, Van der Poel 🇳🇱, Girmay 🇪🇷, Merlier 🇧🇪, Pidcock 🇬🇧, Grégoire 🇫🇷 and many many more riding.

119h ago

Edward Philips Art

@edwardphilips.co.uk

Tour de France starts today. A good excuse to have a grand tour of these here TDF posters. Amusez-vous bien, mes bons amis. xx www.edwardphilips.co.uk/sports-poste... #TDF2026

51h ago

Tour Tracker

@tourtracker.bsky.social

Only 24 hours to go until our 2026 Tour de France coverage kicks off. Grab an app and ride along! 🚴🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ 📱 tinyurl.com/tourtrackera... tinyurl.com/tourtrackerios

512h ago

Linda Lovely

@lindalivesinfrance.bsky.social

Morning ORCs, morning Cathy. 38km bike ride with 1457m of climbing yesterday to top of Superbagneres. Feeling rather tired so rest day today and Tour de France is starting! The climb up to Superbagneres was one of the most beautiful rides, well worth the pain.

81h ago

Hilary3

Well done - that looks fabulous! And thanks for the heads-up for the TdF - I love watching it, though sometimes the cyclists get in the way of the scenery, the people, the tableaux

Linda Lovely2

Today there is a mountain ultramarathon taking place on the tracks that we went on yesterday. It's mad..85km with 4000m of climbing up and down trails that I would struggle to walk on.

Cathy1

Morning my god great pictures I bet you are tired rest up today 🙂 hope you have a great Saturday x

NormandieCJ1

The views! 😍 And the satisfaction of achieving that climb. 👏

Mearn (season)

@mearn.me

I am in no condition to compete in this year's Tour de France, maybe next time

84h ago

go loud

@stillicides.bsky.social

inspite of being unable to go a bike, the Tour de France is the sporting event that I care about more than any other. T and I have been watching it together longer than we've been married (he got me into it) and it very much feels like Our Thing.

811h ago

Domestique

@domestiquecycling.com

The 🇫🇷 Tour de France is here! Stage 1 brings the team time trial to Barcelona 🇪🇸. Who will take the first yellow jersey? PREVIEW 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/star...

51h ago

Richmond Eustis

@reustis.bsky.social

Tomorrow the Tour de France starts and between that and the Cup I've pretty much accepted that Peacock/Telemundo will be streaming all day.

76h ago

Le Monde

@lemonde.fr

Tour de France 2026 : le parcours de la première étape (Barcelone-Barcelone)

42h ago

Meghan

@ormeghan.bsky.social

These days are my extended Super Bowl—World Cup knockout rounds every day and Tour de France starts tomorrow at 8? Magical days.

55h ago

Prestigelisten.dk

@prestigelisten.dk

Greatest riders at the start line of the Tour de France: 🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar (1) 🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel (3) 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard (4) 🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel (5) 🇫🇷 Julian Alaphilippe (8) 🇪🇨 Richard Carapaz (9) 🇩🇰 Mads Pedersen (10) 🇵🇱 Michal Kwiatkowski (11) 🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rankings/...

42h ago

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