Stages
The 1986 Tour de France started on 4 July, and had one rest day, after the finish on the Alpe d'Huez.
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | 4 July | Boulogne-Billancourt | Individual time trial | 4 km (2.5 mi) | Thierry Marie (FRA) |
| 1 | 5 July | Nanterre – Sceaux | Plain stage | 85 km (53 mi) | Pol Verschuere (BEL) |
| 2 | 5 July | Meudon – Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Team time trial | 56 km (35 mi) | Système U |
| 3 | 6 July | Levallois-Perret – Liévin | Plain stage | 214 km (133 mi) | Davis Phinney (USA) |
| 4 | 7 July | Liévin – Évreux | Plain stage | 243 km (151 mi) | Pello Ruiz (ESP) |
| 5 | 8 July | Évreux – Villers-sur-Mer | Plain stage | 124 km (77 mi) | Johan van der Velde (NED) |
| 6 | 9 July | Villers-sur-Mer – Cherbourg | Plain stage | 200 km (120 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
| 7 | 10 July | Cherbourg – Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët | Plain stage | 201 km (125 mi) | Ludo Peeters (BEL) |
| 8 | 11 July | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët – Nantes | Plain stage | 204 km (127 mi) | Eddy Planckaert (BEL) |
| 9 | 12 July | Nantes | Individual time trial | 62 km (39 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 10 | 13 July | Nantes – Futuroscope | Plain stage | 183 km (114 mi) | Jose-Angel Sarrapio (ESP) |
| 11 | 14 July | Poitiers – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 258 km (160 mi) | Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) |
| 12 | 15 July | Bayonne – Pau | Stage with mountain(s) | 217 km (135 mi) | Pedro Delgado (ESP) |
| 13 | 16 July | Pau – Superbagnères | Stage with mountain(s) | 186 km (116 mi) | Greg LeMond (USA) |
| 14 | 17 July | Luchon – Blagnac | Stage with mountain(s) | 154 km (96 mi) | Niki Rüttimann (SUI) |
| 15 | 18 July | Carcassonne – Nîmes | Plain stage | 226 km (140 mi) | Frank Hoste (BEL) |
| 16 | 19 July | Nîmes – Gap | Hilly stage | 246 km (153 mi) | Jean-François Bernard (FRA) |
| 17 | 20 July | Gap – Serre Chevalier | Stage with mountain(s) | 190 km (120 mi) | Eduardo Chozas (ESP) |
| 18 | 21 July | Briançon – Alpe d'Huez | Stage with mountain(s) | 163 km (101 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 19 | 23 July | Villard-de-Lans – Saint-Étienne | Hilly stage | 179 km (111 mi) | Julián Gorospe (ESP) |
| 20 | 24 July | Saint-Étienne | Individual time trial | 58 km (36 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) |
| 21 | 25 July | Saint-Étienne – Puy de Dôme | Hilly stage | 190 km (120 mi) | Erich Mächler (SUI) |
| 22 | 26 July | Clermont-Ferrand – Nevers | Plain stage | 194 km (121 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
| 23 | 27 July | Cosne-sur-Loire – Paris (Champs-Élysées) | Plain stage | 255 km (158 mi) | Guido Bontempi (ITA) |
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