2027 Tour de France to start in Edinburgh on July 2

The 2027 Tour de France will begin in Edinburgh on July 2 and finish in Paris on July 25, with the men’s race opening in Britain before crossing France and concluding with a Pyrenean summit finish. The route for the 114th edition was announced in Paris on October 22. The men’s opening stage will travel from Edinburgh to Carlisle through parts of Scotland and England. The published stage table lists the stage at 185 kilometres, while Edinburgh Council’s route account gives 184 kilometres. The opening stage starts near the Palace of Holyroodhouse and proceeds through central Edinburgh before heading south through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders. The route then crosses into England, with the finish in Carlisle. The first three stages take place in Britain: the second runs from Keswick to Liverpool, and the third from Welshpool to Cardiff. Two individual time trials, in stages 7 and 16, total 71 kilometres. The route coverage describes that as the Tour’s most time-trial distance since 2012. The first is a 38-kilometre course from Blois to Chambord; the second is 33 kilometres around Toulouse. The race includes six mountain stages and three summit finishes, at the Grand...