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Tour de France 2027 full route revealed featuring six UK stages

Organisers have announced the route for the 2027 Tour de France, including six British stages to start the men's and women's events.

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Organisers revealed the full route for the 2027 Tour de France in Paris, releasing street-by-street details for six British stages, BBC News reported. Both the men's and women's races will begin with stages based in the United Kingdom, according to BBC News. [1]

The three-week men's event gets under way on July 2 with a stage running from Edinburgh to Carlisle, BBC News reported. A second stage takes riders between Keswick and Liverpool, while Wales hosts the third stage from Welshpool to Cardiff on July 4, according to BBC News. [1]

BBC News reported that the women's event begins on July 30 with a route from Leeds to Manchester. The race moves to Yorkshire with a finish in Sheffield, before completing British stages with a team time trial through central London streets, according to BBC News. [1]

The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage road cycling race held mostly in France. It is the oldest of cycling's three Grand Tours, alongside the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [8]

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In short

  • The 2027 Tour de France route was revealed in Paris.
  • Six UK stages will open both the men's and women's races.
  • The men's race starts in Edinburgh on July 2, 2027.
  • The women's race starts in Leeds on July 30, 2027.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Tour de France UK stages in detail - where can you watch?BBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Is a Tour de France team about to lose its WorldTour license for 2027?The New York Times, 1d ago
  3. [3]Tour de France 2027: The Biggest Rumors Before the Route RevealOutside Magazine, 10h ago
  4. [4]Fans forced to pay to attend Tour de France 2027 opening ceremony and teams presentation for the first time since 2014Cyclingnews, 1d ago
  5. [5]Tour de France 2027 UK stages in detail: Where will you stand?BBC, 1h ago
  6. [6]British opening, three summit finishes and 71km of time trials: Action-packed Tour de France 2027 route announcedCycling Weekly, 2h ago
  7. [7]Scotland set for Tour De France as full 2027 route announcedThe Scotsman, 1h ago

Background

  1. [8]Tour de France on Wikipedia
  2. [9]France–United Kingdom relations on Wikipedia
  3. [10]French President Emmanuel Macron convenes security meeting before planned weekend protests FTMQ News, 3h ago
  4. [11]Emmanuel Macron begins Gulf tour following violent domestic protests FTMQ News, 2d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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