# Stage 2: Tarragona → Barcelona · Tour de France 2026

Sunday, July 5 (2026-07-05) · 168.5 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:45 local

Page: https://parcours.sh/stage/tour-de-france-2026-stage-2
Race: https://parcours.sh/race/tour-de-france-2026
Profile image: https://parcours.sh/og/tour-de-france-2026-stage-2.png

A hilly stage from Tarragona to Barcelona with a challenging final ramp.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 57 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Côte de Begues** — Cat 2, at km 94.2, 6.1 km long, avg 6.5%
- **Côte du Château de Montjuïc** — Cat 3, at km 141.6, 1.6 km long, avg 9.3%
- **Côte du Château de Montjuïc** — Cat 3, at km 153.8, 1.6 km long, avg 9.3%
- **Côte du Château de Montjuïc** — Cat 3, at km 166, 1.6 km long, avg 9.3%

## Intermediate sprints

- **Viladecans** — intermediate sprint at km 85.6

Total elevation gain: 1774 m · Max elevation: 434 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:50–17:35.

---
Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.