The Tour de France Femmes 2027 London route will take the women's peloton past the city's biggest landmarks for the first time next year.
Organizers unveiled the course on Thursday, confirming an 18 km team time trial on August 1st that threads between Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, rolls past St Paul's Cathedral, and wraps up on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace.
Tour de France Femmes 2027 Heads to Britain Next Summer
The Women's Tour de France 2027 landmarks stage caps a three-day British swing that opens July 30th with an 87 km ride from Leeds to Manchester. From there, a 154 km second stage heads to Sheffield over roads the men's race last tackled in 2014.
The dual Grand Départ makes Britain the first nation beyond France to launch both races in a single summer, though only the women's edition is making its inaugural visit.
After London, the peloton heads across the Channel to France for a grueling mountain finish. Riders face over 3,000 m of elevation gain en route to Clermont-Ferrand, with the race for yellow likely settled on the Puy de Dôme.
This latest route announcement adds nine stages in total, marking a significant expansion for an event that has grown rapidly since its 2022 relaunch.