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London set for historic team time trial in 2027 Tour de France Femmes
- On Monday, organizers revealed the 2027 Tour de France Femmes will host its first three stages in the UK, including a London team time trial for the first time in competition history.
- This marks the first time both races will kick off in the same country outside France, with the women's tour stepping foot on British soil for the first time in its sixth year.
- Stage one begins July 30, 2027, in Leeds with 3,000m of climbing, including Winnats Pass at 12.3% gradient and Snake Pass at 4.6%, while British Cycling and ASO estimate 10 million spectators will line the routes.
- Dame Sarah Storey, active travel commissioner for Greater Manchester, expects the event to inspire women and girls to take up cycling, while Manchester council leader Bev Craig called it "epic on so many levels."
- Race director Marion Rousse described the British Grand Depart as a "huge step forward for women's cycling," though she cautioned the three stages are "harder than they seem," with stage two containing "not one single flat kilometre.
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A first for the 2027 women’s Tour de France: A team time trial through London
The 2027 women's Tour de France will feature a team time trial in London. Organizers also unveiled the routes for the first two stages in England.
·United States
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Three stages of the Tour de France Femmes 2027 will be held in England, including a team time trial organized in the streets of London, the contours of which were unveiled this Monday. A new course for the race re-launched in 2022.
·Paris, France
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Since his return in 2022, the Tour de France Feminine had not yet proposed this type of event.
For the first time in the history of the Tour de France women, London will host a team time trial in the third stage of the 2027 edition.
·Paris, France
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