Tour de France 2027 route unveiled with British Grand Depart

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 12:29 · Archive

The 2027 Tour de France will start in Britain for the first time, with both men's and women's races beginning in the same country outside France.

The 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes routes have been unveiled by race organisers ASO at a presentation in Paris. Both races will begin in Britain, marking the first time both editions start in the same country outside France.

The men's race runs from Friday 2 July to Sunday 25 July, with three race days and a three-day opening week. Stage one travels from Edinburgh to Carlisle, stage two from Keswick to Liverpool and stage three from Welshpool to Cardiff, before a rest day allows transfer to France. The race then continues through Normandy to the Alps, with the final week culminating in the Pyrenees featuring the Col du Tourmalet and Col du Portet.

The women's race begins on Friday 30 July and runs until Saturday 7 August. The women will tackle the iconic Puy de Dome during their race.

How it is being reported

• Tour de France 2027 routes revealed with British stages, time-trials and a volcanoWales test labelled by director as ‘Liège-Bastogne-Liège’ Tour de France Femmes will conclude on Puy de Dôme Edinburgh will host the most northerly Tour de France start in 2027 while the Pyrenees will provide the competitive finale of next year’s route, which was announced in Paris on Thursday, while the Tour de France Femmes will conclude on a volcano, the Puy de Dôme. A year after the race’s most southerly start in Barcelona, the Scottish capital will surpass the 2022 Grand Départ in Copenhagen in the opposite direction as, for the fifth time in six years, the Tour sets off from abroad.…Guardian Sport · 22 Oct, 12:11
• Tour de France 2027 routes unveiled as Britain hosts Grand Depart and Montmartre returnsThe men’s race will be decided in a thrilling finale in the Pyrenees while the Tour de France Femmes visits the Puy de DomeIndependent Sport · 22 Oct, 11:44

In this story: Tour de France · Tour de France Femmes · ASO · Britain · France · Pyrenees

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