Amaury Sport Organisation has published a 2027 Tour de France route listed at 3,479 kilometers before homologation, with 71 kilometers of individual time trials — the most for the race since 2012, the organizer says.
The 21-stage race runs from July 2 to July 25, with three rest days. It begins in Edinburgh and finishes in Paris. Its first three stages cross Scotland, England and Wales: Edinburgh to Carlisle over 185 kilometers, Keswick to Liverpool over 223 kilometers, and Welshpool to Cardiff over 223 kilometers.
A.S.O. describes Edinburgh as the farthest-north city ever to host a Tour start. The race has previously begun in Great Britain in London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014; A.S.O. counts the 2027 start as its 28th outside France.
The first time trial is a 38-kilometer course from Blois to Chambord on Stage 7. Stage 16 brings a 33-kilometer test around Toulouse. After the opening in Britain, the route travels through France’s Massif Central, Jura, Alps and Pyrenees.
A.S.O. classifies six stages as mountain stages. The route’s summit finishes are at Grand Colombier, Les Saisies and Saint-Lary-Soulan Col du Portet. On July 22, Stage 18 covers 174 kilometers from Pau to the Col du Portet, with 5,400 meters of elevation gain. A.S.O. names the Col du Portet, at 2,215 meters, as the race’s highest point and lists 53,450 meters of climbing across the route.
The final stage covers 116 kilometers from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to the Champs-Élysées on July 25.
