Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost holds the Tour de France polka dot jersey, won in 2026 with 156 points, 56 ahead of Tadej Pogačar. The 2027 Tour starts in Edinburgh on Friday, July 2, with six mountain stages and three summit finishes, and no sportsbook price on the polka dot jersey was found when we checked on November 1, 2026 at 16:21 UTC.
The 2026 mountains classification
The polka dot jersey goes to the rider with the most points from the categorized climbs. This is the final standing after Stage 21 on July 26, with each rider’s place overall.
| Place | Rider | Team | Points | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Carapaz | EF Education-EasyPost | 156 | 8th |
| 2 | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 100 | 1st |
| 3 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Soudal Quick-Step | 99 | 44th |
| 4 | Sepp Kuss | Visma-Lease a Bike | 55 | 13th |
| 5 | Remco Evenepoel | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 50 | 2nd |
| 6 | Lenny Martinez | Bahrain Victorious | 41 | 5th |
| 7 | Isaac del Toro | UAE Team Emirates XRG | 40 | 3rd |
| 8 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM | 36 | 4th |
| 9 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | 29 | 12th |
| 10 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 28 | 15th |
Carapaz won by 56 points, more than the 45 between second and fourth. He finished eighth overall, 20′ 00″ behind Pogačar, and was also named the most combative rider of the Tour.
Six of the top eight in the mountains also finished in the top eight overall. The two who did not were Paret-Peintre, 44th, and Kuss, 13th.
The 2027 mountain stages
The organizer has published the full 2027 route: 21 stages, 3,479 km and 53,450 m of climbing, finishing in Paris on Sunday, July 25. The mountains come in this order: the Massif Central, the Jura, the Alps and the Pyrenees.
| Stage | Date | Start and finish | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Sun, July 11 | Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux to Grand Colombier (summit finish) | 162 km |
| 10 | Tue, July 13 | Annecy to Sallanches | 171 km |
| 11 | Wed, July 14 | Cluses to Les Saisies (summit finish) | 150 km |
| 14 | Sat, July 17 | Montpellier to Mende | 199 km |
| 18 | Thu, July 22 | Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet (summit finish) | 174 km |
| 19 | Fri, July 23 | Hasparren to Laruns | 160 km |
The Col du Portet, at 2,215 m, is the highest point of the race and the finish of Stage 18. Seven stages are labelled hilly, including Stages 2 and 3 in Great Britain, and the first mountain stage does not come until Stage 9 on July 11.
How to read polka dot jersey odds
A polka dot price is a chance written as a payout: +300 implies 25%, +600 implies 14.3% and +1500 implies 6.3%. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate a rider’s chance higher than the price does. In 2026 the jersey went to a rider who was also eighth overall, and the overall winner was second in the mountains with 100 points.
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