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Tour de France Grand Départ 2027
What is the Tour de France Grand Départ 2027?
In summer 2027, the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will both begin in Great Britain – the first time both Grand Départs have taken place in the same country, outside France.
The men’s Tour de France is the world’s largest annual sporting event with over 120 years of history, featuring the very best professional teams and riders, and has visited Britain on four occasions.
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was launched in 2022 and is the world’s biggest women’s professional cycle race. It will be visiting Britain for the first time, and like the men’s race is completely free-to-attend for spectators.
The joint UK Grand Départs mark an important moment for cycling, with both the men’s and women’s Tours showcased on one of the world’s greatest sporting stages. With millions of spectators expected, it will be the largest free-to-watch sporting event in UK history.
Stage 3 / Étape 3
The route from Welshpool to Cardiff
Stage 3 / Étape 3
Route details from Welshpool to Cardiff
Frequently Asked Questions
Britain will host six stages of racing as a part of the 2027 Grand Départ. Firstly, in July three stages of the men’s Tour de France between Friday 2 and Sunday 4 July in the following locations:
- Friday 2 July, Edinburgh to Carlisle
- Saturday 3 July, Keswick to Liverpool
- Sunday 4 July, Welshpool to Cardiff
An incredible, colourful spectacle as the world’s largest annual sporting event comes to Britain for only the fifth time, a spectacle that mixes fast-paced action and world-class sport, with a free-to-attend family friendly atmosphere.
The Tour de France will be preceded by the famous publicity caravan. For two hours, the Tour de France and its partners put on a show, handing out many gifts and surprising, delighting, and entertaining the fans waiting for the riders to pass by!
No. The Tour de France is a free-to-attend event, meaning that you can enjoy the colourful spectacle of the world’s top professional cyclists racing through your community free of charge.
The exact times of the race are still to be finalised and announced, but typically each stage will start around lunchtime (11am-2pm) and finish around 4-5pm, depending upon the length of the stage.
Closer to the race exact start and approximate finish times for each stage will be published and listed on each day’s detailed timetable that will provide estimated arrival timings along each route for both the race and the promotional publicity caravan that will precede every stage.
The Tour de France will require full road closures.
This means that there will be extensive road closures required along the length of each of the stages. Diversions and other temporary traffic management measures will be put in place to provide road users with alternative routes.
Full details of the closures, the roads affected, and the timings of closures, will be published on letourgb.com during the second half of 2026 and communicated to residents and businesses along the routes.
Additionally, further road closures involving the surrounding areas of each start and finish location are required due to the size of the event and the infrastructure required. These closures will be finalised well in advance of the race taking place and published locally, including how long the roads will be closed for.
To safely deliver a world-class sporting event, we must secure the route and remove all parked vehicles. This protects the riders and spectators alike and will involve road closures and parking restrictions in affected areas.
Road closures are necessary to prepare the race route and to install equipment such as the finish gantry, protective barriers, deploy stewards and volunteer marshals along the route and to allow for some minor highway works to be carried out – all crucial for the race to take place. These closures facilitate the event and allow for millions of spectators to enjoy the race safely at the roadside.
The road closures will allow the publicity caravan, which entertains fans ahead of both races, and race to pass, and then for race infrastructure to be removed and spectators to disperse safely once the race has passed by.
Due to the scale of the Tour de France and large footfall of spectators, road closures will be necessary in all start and finish venues. Together with our local authority partners we will do our utmost to ensure that local businesses can continue trading as usual and capitalise on the interest in the race and the presence of spectators in their respective locations.
We, together with local authorities, will be in touch in due course to discuss arrangements in every location to help businesses plan in advance for the event, through information and drop-in sessions.
Planning for the Grand Départs is well underway, but with 18 months to go until the races, we appreciate that we may not have answers for every question now. We will be continually updating our website and social media channels with the latest news and information, so please do check back regularly for the latest.
If you do have a question about the Grand Départs that hasn’t been answered here, please get in touch with us via enquiries@letourgb.com
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