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Tour de France 2027 Starts in Edinburgh, Finishes on Champs-Élysées in Paris
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Grand Depart in Edinburgh, Scotland, kicks off the 2027 Tour de France. Finish on the Champs-Élysées in Paris after a 3,479-kilometer route.
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Grand Départ in Edinburgh
The 2027 Tour de France will run from July 2 to 25, with the men’s race starting in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 2 and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 25. The route unveiled in Paris on Thursday, October 22, sets the men’s opening stages in the United Kingdom, with a stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle on 2 July, followed by a route between Keswick and Liverpool, and then a Wales stage from Welshpool to Cardiff on 4 July. The Tour’s organisers also scheduled the women’s Tour de France with the start on July 30, with the first three stages taking place in Leeds, England, before the route moves back across the Pennines to Yorkshire with a finish in Sheffield.
Christian Prudhomme framed the UK opening as a way to tie the two races together, saying: "Just a few weeks apart, the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will each take their respective pelotons on a journey through the roads of the United Kingdom." Paul Bush, managing director of the Grand Départ GB 2027, called the moment historic, saying: "These routes showcase what a spectacular stage Scotland, England and Wales will provide,".
Time trials and Montmartre
The edition offers 71 km of individual time trials, with the first between Blois and Chambord and the second in Toulouse, and it ties the schedule to the return of the Montmartre hill in the new tradition. The time trial distance is "the longest time-trial distance in 15 years,". The queen stage is the 18th, with the Col du Soulor, the Tourmalet, Hourquette d’Ancizan, and the final ascent toward Saint-Lary-Soulan col du Portet, the Tour’s roof at 2,215 m.
Christian Prudhomme defended the design choice, saying: "If you want to go find other cols, you have to accept at some point that we do not always have the most famous ones,". The queen stage is on July 22 between Pau and Saint-Lary-Soulan, and the sequence Soulor, Tourmalet, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Col du Portet is described as causing extensive damage.
Pyrenees queen stage
The route’s mountain focus arrives after the first UK stages, with the high mountains not appearing until the tenth stage and the Pyrenees set to deliver an explosive finish. The next day finishes wearing out the riders, with a detour through the Basque Country and concluding with the Cols de Soudet and Marie-Blanque before the Tour reaches Paris. The queen stage is the 18th, with the Col du Soulor, the Tourmalet, Hourquette d’Ancizan, and the final ascent toward Saint-Lary-Soulan col du Portet, the Tour’s roof at 2,215 m.
"If you want to go find other cols, you have to accept at some point that we do not always have the most famous ones," is how Prudhomme defended the design choice. The next day will finish wearing out the riders, with a detour through the Basque Country and concluding with the Cols de Soudet and Marie-Blanque before the Tour reaches Paris.