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)

Pick a rider for each competition (officially called classifications). If they win their classification, or place well, they earn points — see the Point Scales table in Rules. 500 pts for winning the General Classification; 400 for winning any other. These picks also earn points for finishing in the top 15 of any stage. It's possible, though rare, for a rider to win more than one classification — you can pick the same rider for multiple slots if you wish, but they'll only score for stage placement once. Example: pick a rider for 2 classifications, they win 1 stage → still just 100 stage pts.

Bonus picks · winner-only flat bonus — no placement scale

Bonus picks earn a flat 50-pt award for picking the winner. They are not eligible for stage placement points.

Pool picks · pick up to 5 · earn points for top-15 stage finishes

Pick 5 more riders. Any time one of them finishes in the top 15 for a stage, you bank points — a stage win is worth 100, and the scale goes down from there (see Stage Results Scale in Rules). A rider who places T-15 in multiple stages scores you points each time. Your classification picks earn stage placement points automatically, so you don't need to (and can't) add them here.

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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

Classification picks — each pick earns points based on final standings position. GC uses the GC Scale; Points, KOM, Young Rider, and Team each use the Classification Scale. These picks also earn stage points any time they finish in the T-15 of a stage.

Pool picks — your 5 pool riders earn points for every top-15 stage finish using the Stage Results Scale.

Bonus picks — Souvenir Henri Desgrange (Stage 20, first over Col du Galibier) and Super Combative Prize (race-end award for most aggressive rider): 50 pts flat for picking the winner. No placement scale; not eligible for stage placement points.

Daily bonuses — 25 pts each stage your pick wins the combativity award (any rider pick). 1 pt per km any eligible pick spends in the race lead.

Ties broken by closest predicted GC winner total time.

Point Scales

GC Scale — General Classification

Classification Scale — Points, KOM, Young Rider, Team

There are only 23 teams in the Tour, so the team classification scores positions 1–23 only (23rd place earns 55 pts).

Stage Results Scale — Pool picks and classification picks (per stage finish)

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.
Bonus prizes
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Souvenir Henri Desgrange
A one-off bonus prize — awarded to the first rider over the race's highest point, the Col du Galibier, on Stage 20. Named for Henri Desgrange, who founded the Tour in 1903. Usually a pure climber in the day's breakaway.
Super
Super Combative Prize
Awarded at the finish in Paris to the most attacking and aggressive rider of the entire Tour — someone who spent lots of time in breakaways and animated the race. Usually a climber or breakaway specialist, not a GC contender.
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.

Pool picks — Pick up to 5 riders. Any time one of them finishes in the top 15 for a stage, you earn points on the Stage Results Scale (100 for a win, down to 1 for 15th). Your GC/Points/KOM/Young Rider picks also earn stage placement points automatically, so you can't add them to your pool picks.

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.