{"id":63574,"date":"2026-08-10T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/63574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:29:17","slug":"2027-tour-de-france-route-uk-start-famous-climbs-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/63574\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Tour de France route: UK start, famous climbs and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 Tour de France<\/a> and Tour de France Femmes<\/a> have now come to an end. While we\u2019re still savoring the victories of Tadej Pogacar and Demi Vollering<\/a>, IDL Pro Cycling is already looking ahead to the 2027 editions. Here\u2019s what we know so far about the 2027 routes for the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes<\/a>.The men\u2019s Tour de France is set to begin on July 2, 2027, and it has been known for some time that it will start in<\/a> Edinburgh, Scotland. There will be no time trial or team time trial, but rather a standard stage heading toward Carlisle, across the English border. The riders will face 184 kilometers and 2,000 meters of elevation gain, but we can still expect a sprint finish.<\/p>\n

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\"tour-de-france-2027-etappe-1\"\/2027 Tour de France stage 2 details<\/p>\n

The same applies to the second stage. It begins in Keswick, south of Carlisle, the finish line for Stage 1. From beautiful Cumberland, the peloton will ride through the famous Lake District, with stunning views. It will also be quite hilly: there are five categorized climbs on the route, mostly in the middle section.<\/p>\n

The final “climb” is 40 kilometers from the finish line: by then, the riders will have already covered well over 180 kilometers. So it\u2019s a long stage\u2014a full 223 kilometers. Along the way, the riders will climb 2,800 meters, but the final stretch is relatively flat, so it looks like the sprinters will \u201cjust\u201d be in the driver\u2019s seat again. Or do the attackers still have a chance? If so, they\u2019ll have to make their move before the finish in Liverpool.<\/p>\n

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\"tour-de-france-2027-etappe-2\"\/2027 Tour de France stage 3 details<\/p>\n

In the third stage, the fast riders will have a much harder time. The start is in Welshpool, and that says it all: we\u2019re in Wales, the home of Geraint Thomas. Once again, a 223-kilometer stage is on the schedule, but this one is a lot tougher than the one to Liverpool. The start is still easy, but after 80 kilometers, the hills loom ahead. And they\u2019re no walk in the park.<\/p>\n

The course features no fewer than eight climbs, six of which are in the final 80 kilometers. It\u2019s a sort of \u201cwall-climbing\u201d stage, with gradients that regularly reach double digits. The finish is in Cardiff, Wales. A great way to wrap up three days in the United Kingdom!<\/p>\n

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\"tour-de-france-2027-etappe-3\"\/Where will the 2027 Tour de France start (in France)?Next up is the first rest day and, consequently, the crossing to France. According to Ouest France, it\u2019s likely that Stage 4 will start in Cherbourg, located on the Cotentin Peninsula. The finish could be on the C\u00f4te de la Glacerie, where Peter Sagan won a stage in 2016 ahead of Julian Alaphilippe and Alejandro Valverde.<\/a> Stage five would also start in Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

Of course, what the riders will encounter for the remainder of the stage has yet to be decided. Given that the \u201cSuper World Championships\u201d in cycling will be held in the Haute-Savoie region in late August\/early September 2027, there\u2019s a chance we\u2019ll get a dress rehearsal for that event in the area around Sallanches and the grueling C\u00f4te de Domancy.<\/p>\n

According to Le Dauphine<\/a>, the Col du Granon, where Jonas Vingegaard defeated Tadej Pogacar in 2022, is also said to have been proposed as a finish location. The Col de la Loze is reportedly another option. The ski resorts of Samiens 1600, where Primoz Roglic won a Dauphin\u00e9 stage in 2024, and Sestrieres, with the possibility of crossing the Colle delle Finestre<\/a>, have also put themselves forward.<\/p>\n

In addition, ski resorts such as Courchevel, M\u00e9ribel, Tignes, La Plagne, and Les Belleville have also indicated that they would be interested in hosting a stage of the Tour de France.<\/p>\n

Does the 2027 Tour de France Femmes also start in the UK?Just like the men, the women will also start in the United Kingdom: the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift begins in Leeds<\/a>. So, no Scotland, and no Wales either: the first stage goes from Leeds to Manchester, after which the next stage starts from Manchester and heads to Sheffield via a hilly course (where Vincenzo Nibali won the men\u2019s race in 2014, ed.). The third and final stage on English soil will take place in London, where a team time trial will be held, finishing on The Mall.Other than that, the main question seems to be how long the 2027 Tour de France Femmes will be. This year\u2019s route consisted of 9 stages, but there have already been calls here and there to increase the number of stages. \u201cWe could make it tougher, and the riders could certainly handle it, but I\u2019m not in favor of increasing the difficulty,\u201d race director Marion Rousse told RMC<\/a> in Nice .<\/a><\/p>\n

“Sometimes, if you make the stages too difficult, the excitement fades because everyone is keeping an eye on each other. A stage like Saturday\u2019s is a joy to watch; you throw in two climbs in the final stretch, and it\u2019s fantastic. We don\u2019t necessarily want to make it harder,\u201d said Rousse, who did, however, already hint at the need to showcase the entire route.<\/p>\n

In late October, the A.S.O. will announce the routes for the 2027 edition of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes, at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s in Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes have now come to an end. While we\u2019re…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1428,5,3506,22119,6499],"class_list":["post-63574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-cycling","tag-france","tag-previews","tag-tour-de-france-2026","tag-tour-de-france-femmes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}