The 114th edition of the Tour de France begins on July 2, 2027, in Edinburgh, launching 21 stages over 24 days before the finish in Paris on July 25. The northernmost Grand Départ in Tour history takes the race through all three nations of Great Britain, beginning in Scotland before stages to Liverpool and Cardiff.
An unusually early rest day follows for the transfer to Normandy, giving the race three rest days in total before it continues across France toward the Jura, Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees. The British start is the Tour’s third in Great Britain after London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014.
The route shifts some of the balance back toward racing against the clock. A 38 km individual time trial between Blois and Chambord and a 33 km test around Toulouse provide 71 km of solo time trialing, the most in the Tour since 2012. The mountains are more concentrated, with summit finishes on the Grand Colombier, at Les Saisies and on the Col du Portet. The final week brings the race to the Pyrenees, where a demanding stage over the Soulor, Tourmalet and Hourquette d'Ancizan ends atop the 2,215-meter Portet before one final mountain stage through the Basque country to Laruns.
Tadej Pogačar enters the new season pursuing a record sixth Tour victory, but with an unfamiliar question surrounding the dominance he has established in recent years. His 2026 season ended abruptly while leading the Vuelta a España, when a heavy crash left him with a concussion and fractured collarbone and C7 vertebra, and ruled him out for the remainder of the year. He returns to training in the autumn with the Tour again among his principal objectives, but the severity of the crash introduces uncertainty over whether he can immediately return to the level and aggressive style that have defined his recent seasons.
That uncertainty adds another dimension to a field already suited to the character of the route. Remco Evenepoel, runner-up in 2026, has an especially favorable course for another challenge with 71 km of individual time trialing, while two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard remains a central rival. Isaac del Toro and Paul Seixas represent a younger group pressing into the general classification picture as the established hierarchy begins to face challenges from both recovery and a new generation.
