Tour de France 2026 prediction pool.

Tour de France 2026 Pool
Barcelona → Paris · July 4–26
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Classification picks · scored by final position (PCS scale)
Stage wins pool · pick up to 5 · 100 pts per stage win

Pick up to 5 riders. Any time one of them wins a stage, you bank 100 points. A rider who wins multiple stages scores you 100 pts each time. Bonus: your GC, Points, KOM, and Young rider picks also earn you 100 pts each time they win a stage — so picking Pogačar for GC and your stage pool stacks to 200 pts per stage win.

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Tiebreaker — winner's total time

Predict the GC winner's total elapsed time across all 21 stages. Closest guess breaks any points tie.

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Past winners + how each route stacks up:
YearWinnerTimeDistanceClimbingDensity
2026this year2,071 mi~178,600 ft86.3 ft/mi
2025Pogačar76h 00′ 32″2,052 mi~172,200 ft84.0 ft/mi
2024Pogačar83h 38′ 56″2,174 mi~171,400 ft78.8 ft/mi
2023Vingegaard82h 05′ 42″2,116 mi~188,200 ft89.0 ft/mi
2022Vingegaard79h 33′ 20″2,068 mi~159,200 ft77.0 ft/mi
2021Pogačar82h 56′ 36″2,122 mi~168,300 ft79.3 ft/mi
Density = vertical feet climbed per mile; higher means hillier. 2026 is the second-steepest of these six, just behind 2023 — though 2025's record-fast 76h on a similar profile shows a steep route doesn't lock in a slow time.

Picks lock at the Grand Départ on July 4.

Admin passcode

The passcode was set when the pool was deployed. Results are validated server-side — the code never touches the leaderboard.

How it works

Everyone submits picks before the Grand Départ on July 4, drawn from the confirmed 2026 startlist. Results are entered (or pulled automatically) through the three weeks, and the leaderboard scores itself using the PCS (ProCyclingStats) point scale — the same system used for real-world rankings.

Scoring
GC / yellowOverall winner standings — 500/1st, 380/2nd, 340/3rd … 25pts pos 36–75GT.A scale
Points / greenBest sprinter standings — 400/1st, 290/2nd, 240/3rd … 20pts pos 31–75GT.B scale
KOM / polka-dotKing of the Mountains — same GT.B scale as pointsGT.B scale
Best young riderBest GC time among riders 25 or under — same GT.B scaleGT.B scale
Team classificationBest combined team GC time — same GT.B scaleGT.B scale
Souvenir HDFirst over Col du Galibier — 50/1st, 30/2nd, 18/3rd … 1pt/10thHD scale
Stage win (pool pick)Each time one of your 5 pool riders wins a stage100 ea
Stage-win bonusEach time your GC/Points/KOM/Young pick wins a stage (stacks with pool)100 ea
Combativity awardEach stage your pick wins the most combative rider award25 ea

GT.A (GC): 500 · 380 · 340 · 300 · 280 · 260 · 240 · 220 · 210 · 200 … tapering to 25pts for positions 36–75.
GT.B (others): 400 · 290 · 240 · 220 · 200 · 190 · 180 · 170 · 160 · 150 … tapering to 20pts for positions 31–75.
HD scale: 50 · 30 · 18 · 13 · 10 · 7 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1 (top 10 only).

Ties on total points are broken by whoever's predicted winning time is closest to the real thing.

The startlist

Built from the confirmed preliminary startlist as of June 26 — 117 of 184 riders across all 23 teams. Final rosters land by July 1.

What is the Tour de France?

The world's most prestigious cycling race: 21 stages across three weeks in July, starting in Barcelona on July 4 and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 26. Each stage is one day's racing — some flat, some through the Alps and Pyrenees, some individual races against the clock (time trials).

About 180 riders from 23 teams start together. The overall winner is whoever finishes all 21 stages with the lowest total elapsed time.

The four jerseys

Alongside the overall race, three other competitions run the whole three weeks. Each leader wears a different jersey.

Yellow
GC — General Classification
The big one. Worn by whoever has the lowest cumulative time after each stage. The rider in yellow in Paris wins the Tour.
Green
Points — The Sprinters' Jersey
Points are awarded for finishing positions on each stage (more for flat stages) and at intermediate sprints during the day. The best sprinter, not the fastest overall, wins this.
Polka-dot
KOM — King of the Mountains
Points awarded to the first riders over each designated mountain climb. The best climber over the whole race. Hardest to predict — pure climbers can dominate without threatening GC.
White
Young Rider
Same standings as GC, but only among riders 25 or younger. The Tour's best young talent. Often won by a future GC contender.
HD
Souvenir Henri Desgrange
A special one-off prize — awarded to the first rider to reach the race's highest point, the Col du Galibier. Named for Henri Desgrange, the journalist who founded the Tour in 1903. Usually a pure climber in the day's breakaway.
How a stage works

Each stage starts with all riders together and ends at a finish line. Most of the pack rides as the peloton — 100+ riders drafting together, which is much faster than riding solo. Early in the day, a small group called the breakaway races off the front, hoping to build enough of a lead to hold on to the finish. More often the peloton catches them in the final kilometers and a sprinter wins.

On mountain stages, the GC leaders race each other over the climbs, and the overall standings shift based on time gaps. One bad day in the mountains can end a GC campaign.

Cycling terms you'll see

Grand Départ — French for "the big start." The official opening stage of the Tour. This year it's in Barcelona on July 4. Once the Grand Départ happens, your picks lock.

TTT (Team Time Trial) — A stage where the whole team races the clock together. The team's time is usually taken on a designated finisher. You'll see "TTT" next to a stage name when one comes up.

Stage pool — Instead of picking one outright stage winner, you pick up to 5 riders as a pool. Every time any one of them wins a stage, you score 100 points. Your GC/Points/KOM/Young picks also score 100 pts per stage win (stacks with the pool).

Time tiebreaker — If you and another player end up with the same points total, whoever predicted the GC winner's total elapsed time more accurately wins the tie.