The Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will each happen within the UK in 2027, creating historical past as the primary males’s and ladies’s Grand Départs to happen in the identical nation outdoors of France.
The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has by no means been staged within the UK earlier than however will move by way of England, Scotland and Wales within the 2027 occasion.
The boys’s race will get beneath method in Edinburgh because it returns to Britain for the primary time since three phases have been held throughout Yorkshire and London in 2014. The UK first performed host to the occasion in 2007.
Tour de France Common Director Christian Prudhomme mentioned: “The Tour de France and the UK share a wealthy historical past, and I’m delighted to deliver the Grand Départ to the nation in 2027.
“Britain has all the time welcomed the Tour with enthusiasm and satisfaction, and this collaboration throughout England, Scotland, and Wales guarantees to make the occasion much more particular.”
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The primary version of the Tour de France Femmes befell in 2022 when Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands was victorious. The feminine model of the lads’s blue riband occasion in biking had beforehand been identified by varied names between 1984 and 2009 earlier than changing into the La Course by Le Tour de France between 2014 and 2021.
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, mentioned: “It’s a large honour to welcome the Tour de France to Scotland. We all know it is among the most iconic and galvanizing contests in sport, and that Scotland supplies the proper stage for main occasions.
“Internet hosting the Tour guarantees to be a novel alternative to showcase our nation to its many followers world wide as a part of a timeline of unimaginable sporting occasions in Scotland from 2026 to 2028.”
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar of UAE Workforce Emirates clinched his third Tour de France crown final 12 months, whereas Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma of the Canyon-SRAM workforce is the reigning Tour de France Femmes champion.
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First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan added: “The Welsh stage of the 2027 UK Grand Départ guarantees to be a memorable expertise for rivals and followers alike. Boasting gorgeous landscapes, heat and welcoming communities and an ever-growing fanbase of biking fanatics, Wales will present the last word problem and a novel Welsh ‘Croeso’ for the world’s largest cycle race.
“We are going to construct on our profitable observe file of internet hosting street biking occasions, guaranteeing the Tour de France has a constructive and lasting impression on biking in Wales, by showcasing Wales as a prime worldwide vacation spot for cyclists and inspiring extra folks in Wales to get into biking.”
‘Twin Grand Départs to create lasting legacy’
“The chance to host the Grand Départs of each the lads’s and ladies’s Tour de France will cement Britain’s popularity as a vacation spot for main worldwide sporting occasions,” mentioned Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy. “This may stimulate progress, appeal to new guests and go away a long-lasting legacy for athletes and followers alike.
“Staging the Tour de France Femmes in Britain for the primary time will even be an historic event and encourage the following era of feminine cyclists whereas supporting our mission of breaking down obstacles for ladies and ladies to get extra concerned in sport.”
The UK’s largest free spectator occasion in historical past
Director of Occasions at UK Sport Simon Morton added: “We got down to host the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes as a result of we consider that reside sport is a basic a part of our nation’s social material, and that we must be internet hosting occasions which might be accessible to folks and communities throughout the nation.
“This would be the largest free spectator occasion ever hosted within the UK, providing the general public front-row entry to world-class sport throughout villages, cities and cities. We won’t wait to share extra particulars later within the 12 months about this really outstanding route.”
‘Not simply concerning the race’
“The return of the Tour de France Grand Départ to Britain is an thrilling second for biking within the UK,” mentioned CEO of British Biking Jon Dutton OBE. “Internet hosting each the lads’s and ladies’s races collectively can be a primary, and we consider it has the potential to encourage extra folks to find the enjoyment and advantages of biking.
“This isn’t simply concerning the race – it is about making a nationwide second that encourages more healthy existence, helps cycle tourism, and brings communities collectively.”
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