Toue de France 2027 routes revealed with starts in Edinburgh and Leeds

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan (centre), Tour de France 2018 winner Geraint Thomas (right), and director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme. Picture: Zoe Head-Thomas/PA

The 2027 Tour de France will head through Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool and Welshpool after starting out in Edinburgh next July before finishing in Cardiff.

And the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Swift, heading to the United Kingdom for the first time, will depart from Leeds later in July and take in Manchester and Sheffield before finishing in London.