Edinburgh to provide 2027 Tour de France start 'magnificent backdrop'

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2025-03-19

London (PA Media/dpa) - Edinburgh has been chosen to provide a 'magnificent backdrop' to the start of the 2027 Tour de France. Scotland, England and Wales will share six stages of the world's biggest cycling event - three for both the men's and women's races, which will both kick off in the same country, the United Kingdom, for the first time. The UK will host the men's event for the fifth time - the first was in Plymouth in 1974 - and will start......

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