Tour de France 2027 route revealed: Most time-trial kilometres since 2012 and brutal Pyrenean showdown

Key Points:

• The 2027 Tour de France features two individual time trials totaling 71km, the longest combined distance since 2012, with no team time trial included; the first time trial occurs on stage seven at Blois–Chambord.
• The race begins with a Grand Depart in Scotland, including stages through Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, and a challenging Welshpool–Cardiff stage featuring the steep Cote de Caerffili.
• After transferring to France, the race moves through Normandy and Brittany before the Loire time trial and the first mountain finish at Grand Colombier on stage nine, a climb previously won by Tadej Pogacar and Michal Kwiatkowski.
• The Alpine sequence includes three mountain stages between Annecy and Les Saisies, followed by flatter stages and another mountain test from Montpellier to Mende before a rest day in Toulouse.
• The final mountain tests occur on stages 18 and 19 with summit finishes at Col du Portet and Laruns, before sprinters get a late chance on stage 20 and the race concludes with a traditional finish on the Champs-Elysees on July 25.