This is what the Tour de France 2027 will be like: a lot of time trials, mythical ports and a challenge for the five-time champion Pogacar

He Paris Congress Palace has dressed up to host the presentation of the sixth edition of the Women’s Tour de France and the 114th for men. After Marion Rousse will advance all the details of the women’s test, Christian Prudhomme He has done the same with the male.

If this year the best cycling race in the world started from Barcelonain 2027 the Grand Départ moves to Great Britainhaving Edinburghor, the capital of Scotland, to kick off the race. Unlike the start in Barcelona, ​​the 2027 Tour will not begin with a team time trial, but with a 185-kilometer stage ideal for sprinters. But let no one be fooled, it will be a race in which the time trial will play an important role, with two CRIs located in the 7th and 16th stages for a total of 71 kilometers, the longest time trial distance in 15 years in the history of the Tour. A route that seems designed to put in difficulties Pogacar, given the less hardness than in other editions and the greater presence of the time trial, which Remco Evenepoel will surely have liked, with a Jonas Vingegaard waiting and a Paul Seixas who will study it in detail.

Sprinters and explosive runners will have their work cut out for them as the race goes through Scotland, England and Walesbefore heading back to France through Normandy. Once on French territory, the road will tilt towards the sky at the Morvan and the Alps, and then lead the cyclists to Mendes and towards the decisive outcome in the Pyrenees. A special challenge awaits climbers in the Côte de Domancy, road to Sallanches.

On the other side of the English Channel, the paradise for altitude specialists will continue in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (stage 4) and in Plumelecafter a double passage through the Côte de Cadoudal (stage 5). The plains will be equally harsh. After delighting in the Loire castlesthe most powerful riders will have another chance at victory in Toulouse (stage 16). The French mountain ranges offer endless opportunities. The ascent of the Signal d’Uchon and the arrival at Le Creusot (stage 8) will remind fans of that frenetic day in July 2021, in which Matej Mohoric won the victory, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel They staged an intense duel, and Primož Roglič He lived a day to forget. A week later, the route between Montpellier and Mende (stage 14) will serve, once again, to remember that a runner with sufficient determination does not need to wait to reach the high mountains to attack. The Côte de La Croix Neuve will put the finishing touch to an unexpected sequence in the region of the Cévenneswhich accumulates a total difference in elevation of 4,300 meters and includes the first visit to the Cirque de Navacelles.

In the direction of Sallanches (stage 10), the peloton will face terrain that could well crown the heir of Bernard Hinaultwith two ascents to the Côte de Domancy. As a nod to the World Championships scheduled for August 2027, the 21st and final stage will depart from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, home of the track cycling and BMX competitions.

Pure climbers await their moment to face long, hard mountain sequences. He Col du Berthiand and the Col de Richemond will stand between the peloton and the finish line at the top of the Grand Colombier (stage 9). On July 14, mountain specialists will use el Col du Pré and the Montée de Bisanne as a springboard to the station Les Saisies, which debuts in the Tour (stage 11). In the Pyrenees, the imposing Col du Tourmalet (2115 m) and the Col du Portet (2215 m) will be combined for the first time (stage 18), followed by Le Soulor and the Hourquette d’Ancizan. The following day, the final mountain battle of the Tour will take place in the Basque Country, with a climactic moment in the Cabbage Marie-Blanque before a dizzying descent towards Laruns (stage 19).

The Tour may be won in the Pyrenees, but it could also be lost anywhere else, such as the beautiful Montmartre circuit way to the Champs Elysées, where Pogacar He will try to become the first cyclist in the world capable of winning six editions of the Tour de France. Will he get it?