Tour de France 2026 stage 16 preview
July 21, 2026; Évian-les-Bains - Thonon-les-Bains, 26km
- Stage 16: Évian-les-Bains - Thonon-les-Bains ITT
- Date: July 21, 2026
- Distance: 21.1km
- Start time: 13:00 CET
- Finish time: 17:50 CET


Stage 16, the Tour’s only individual time trial will provide the chance for specialists to claw back time lost to the climbers in the Vosges and Alps. The 16.1km route, along the shores of Lake Geneva, can really be divided into three parts: one third uphill, a third downhill and a third flat.
From Évian-les-Bains, the road climbs immediately, rising 9.7 kilometres at 4.3% to the summit of the Côte de Larringes at 799 metres, for the second time check. A technical descent then brings the riders down to the third intermediate check at kilometre 18.1, before the final flat run-in to Thonon-les-Bains with at least seven corners to negotiate in the last five kilometres before the finish line at the Château de Ripailles.
Mountains
- Côte de Larringes (cat. 2, 9.7km at 4.3%), km. 9.7
Time checks
- L’X, km. 4.8
- Côte de Larringes, km. 9.7
- Thonon-les-Bains-Bord de Dranse, km. 18.1
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