The 2027 Tour de France will start in Edinburgh on Friday 2 July and cross three British nations before it reaches France. Race director Christian Prudhomme unveiled the route on Thursday at the Palais des Congrès in Paris: 21 stages and 3,479km, ending on the Champs-Élysées on 25 July.
The British opening runs Edinburgh to Carlisle, Keswick to Liverpool, then Welshpool to Cardiff, after which the race moves to Normandy for a rest day and a stage in and around Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The route leans on the clock. Two individual time trials, 38km from Blois to Chambord and 33km around Toulouse, add up to 71km, the most against the clock since 2012. The mountains build towards the Pyrenees in the final week, with the Col du Portet finish on stage 18 the hardest day on paper, after earlier summit days at the Grand Colombier, Les Saisies and Mende.
The Montmartre climb returns to the final stage for a third year, so the last day in Paris is unlikely to be a simple sprint. Tadej Pogačar, the reigning champion, would take a record sixth title with a win.
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Original summary by Proventier.