Start Times & Order Tour de France 2026 Stage 1 TTT | Who will take first Yellow Jersey of the race as Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel and INEOS do battle
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The 2026 Tour de France is here. The world’s premier race begins with a distinctive team time trial in Barcelona as the Grand Départ. From the gun, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Movistar Team and company will battle for the yellow jersey in the general classification. Below, start times and start order.
This team time trial has been the talk for months, with everyone chasing the win to seize early control of the GC. The riders will tackle a 19.6 km route through Barcelona in team blocks, finishing with 800 metres at 7% average gradient. For teams such as UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Team Visma | Lease a Bike and Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, it will be a pivotal day.
The first team down the ramp will be Caja Rural - Seguros RGA, starting at 17:05 (CET). The squad, riding the first Tour de France in its history, brings a line-up built for breakaways, sprints with Fernando Gaviria and perhaps GC ambitions with Sebastian Berwick and Abel Balderstone. Expectations are modest for this Barcelona TTT, but anything can happen.
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As for the favourites, Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma rolls at 18:50, Tadej Pogacar’s UAE at 18:55, Remco Evenepoel’s Red Bull at 18:45, Paul Seixas’s Decathlon at 18:30 and NetCompany INEOS at 18:15.
The full timetable and start order for this Barcelona team time trial, which opens the 2026 Tour de France, are listed below.
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Team time trial start times and order Tour de France 2026
| Order | Start time (CET) | Team |
| 1 | 17:05 | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
| 2 | 17:10 | Team Picnic PostNL |
| 3 | 17:15 | TotalEnergies |
| 4 | 17:20 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| 5 | 17:25 | Groupama-FDJ United |
| 6 | 17:30 | Pinarello-Q36.5 |
| 7 | 17:35 | Cofidis |
| 8 | 17:40 | Lotto Intermarché |
| 9 | 17:45 | Movistar Team |
| 10 | 17:50 | NSN Cycling Team |
| 11 | 17:55 | Uno-X Mobility |
| 12 | 18:00 | Team Jayco AlUla |
| 13 | 18:05 | Alpecin-Premier Tech |
| 14 | 18:10 | Soudal Quick-Step |
| 15 | 18:15 | Netcompany INEOS |
| 16 | 18:20 | Bahrain Victorious |
| 17 | 18:25 | XDS Astana Team |
| 18 | 18:30 | Decathlon CMA CGM Team |
| 19 | 18:35 | EF Education - EasyPost |
| 20 | 18:40 | Lidl-Trek |
| 21 | 18:45 | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe |
| 22 | 18:50 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 23 | 18:55 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
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