Tour de France 2027: from Edinburgh to Paris, 3,479 km through the UK, the Alps and the Pyrenees with two time trials

A Tour that starts in Edinburgh The 2027 Tour de France runs from Friday 2 to Sunday 25 July: 21 stages, three rest days, 3,479 kilometres and 53,450 metres of climbing. The race starts in Édimbourg, goes through Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, then reaches France at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and finishes in Paris on the Champs-Élysées. The route features six flat stages, seven hilly ones, six mountain stages and two individual time trials. Three stages in the United Kingdom Stage 1 – Fri 2/7: Édimbourg-Carlisle, 185 km (flat). Stage 2 – Sat 3/7: Keswick-Liverpool, 223 km (hilly). Stage 3 – Sun 4/7: Welshpool-Cardiff, 223 km (hilly). The first rest day is Monday 5 July in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. From Normandy to the Massif Central Stage 4 – Tue 6/7: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin-Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 171 km (hilly). Stage 5 – Wed 7/7: Pontorson-Plumelec, 178 km (hilly). Stage 6 – Thu 8/7: Vannes-Angers, 193 km (hilly). Stage 7 – Fri 9/7: Blois-Chambord, 38 km individual time trial. Stage 8 – Sat 10/7: Bourges-Le Creusot, 224 km (hilly), the longest of the Tour. The Alps: Grand Colombier, Sallanches and Les Saisies Stage 9 – Sun 11/7: Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux-Grand Colombier, 162 km (mountain). Stage 10 – Tue 13/7: Annecy-Sallanches, 171 km (mountain). Stage 11 – Wed 14/7: Cluses-Les Saisies, 150 km (mountain). The second rest day is Monday 12 July, in Haute-Savoie. Towards the south and the Pyrenees Stage 12 – Thu 15/7: Chambéry-Valence, 162 km (flat). Stage 13 – Fri 16/7: Aubenas-Montpellier, 164 km (flat). Stage 14 – Sat 17/7: Montpellier-Mende, 199 km (mountain). Stage 15 – Sun 18/7: Rodez-Albi, 169 km (hilly). Stage 16 – Tue 20/7: Toulouse-Toulouse, 33 km individual time trial. Stage 17 – Wed 21/7: Muret-Pau, 186 km (flat). Stage 18 – Thu 22/7: Pau-Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet, 174 km (mountain). Stage 19 – Fri 23/7: Hasparren-Laruns, 160 km (mountain). Stage 20 – Sat 24/7: Maubourguet-Libourne, 198 km (flat). Stage 21 – Sun 25/7: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines-Paris Champs-Élysées, 116 km (flat). The third rest day is Monday 19 July in Toulouse, the day before the second time trial. Two time trials for the general classification riders The first race against the clock is the 38 km Blois-Chambord, in the middle of the first week in France. The second is the 33 km Toulouse-Toulouse, after the Massif Central and before the Pyrenees, where two mountain stages and the Col du Portet are still to come. The route asks riders to defend themselves both alone and uphill. Radiociclismo will follow the Tour stage by stage, with start lists, results and standings.