Fans cheer during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 168.5 kilometers (104.3 miles) with start in Tarragona and finish in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
FRANCE (AP) — Here is a look at some of the photo highlights so far in the 113th Tour de France. Cycling’s elite race kicked off in neighboring Spain on July 4 and will cover more than 3,300 kilometers (2,050 miles). The three-week event ends on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 26.
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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
The break away ride during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Malemort and finish in Ussel, France, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Norway’s Torstein Traeen, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, center, rides with the pack during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 158.3 kilometers (98.1 miles) with start in Lannemezan and finish in Pau, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Netherland’s Mathieu van der Poel kisses his girlfriend, Roxanne Bertels, after he won the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Malemort and finish in Ussel, France, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Team cars share equipment during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 181.9 kilometers (112.4 miles) with start in Carcassonne and finish in Foix, France, Tuesday, July 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)A woman draws as Britain’s Fred Wright rides during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial with start in Evian-Les-Bains and finish in Thonon-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Little girls watch the pack during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, from Champagnole to Plateau de Solaison, France, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)France’s Hugo Page rides during the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial with start in Evian-Les-Bains and finish in Thonon-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)The pack rides during the eleventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Vichy and finish in Nevers, France, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)A woman takes a photo of the riders during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with start in Chambery and finish in Voiron France, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Spectators stand on bales of hay during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with start in Chambery and finish in Voiron France, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, climbs the Galibier pass ahead of Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, center, and France’s Paul Seixas, right, during the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Le Bourg d’Oisans and finish in Alpe d’huez, France, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, left, and Mexico’s Isaac Del Toro, right, react as they cross the finish line of the twentieth stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start in Le Bourg d’Oisans and finish in Alpe d’huez, France, Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Quinn Simmons of the United States, center, races through the cobbled streets of Montmartre during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, flashes the v-sign in front of the Arc de Triomphe during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, cycles past the Sacre-Coeur basilica during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, races through the cobbled streets of Montmartre during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides past the Arc de Triomphe during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, races through the cobbled streets of Montmartre during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Etienne Garnier/Pool Photo via AP)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates with his UAE Team Emirates XRG teammates during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Etienne Garnier/Pool Photo via AP)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, races through the cobbled streets of Montmartre during the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Etienne Garnier/Pool Photo via AP)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium with Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, left, who finished second, and Mexico’s Isaac Del Toro, right, who came third, after the last stage of the Tour de France cycling race with start and finish in Paris, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)
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