The 2027 Tour route: the history behind every stage

Where Edinburgh comes up in the app

• The Professor from HoylakeAt 17 he won a Commonwealth Games bronze medal for England in the team pursuit, at Edinburgh in 1986.Graeme Obree and Chris Boardman: The Hour Duel
• Glasgow, 2023: Down and Back UpGlasgow, 6 August 2023: 271.1 km from Edinburgh, then ten laps of a city circuit with rain on parts of it.Rainbow Colors: The World Champion's Jersey
• Glasgow: Two Dutchmen, Four Belgians, 2023The race left Edinburgh and ended with ten laps of a 14 km city circuit in Glasgow, all corners and short ramps.Mathieu van der Poel: The Flying Dutchman

Where Cardiff comes up in the app

• Home to CardiffHe raced for the last time on 7 September 2025, into Cardiff, a mile from the velodrome where he started.Geraint Thomas: 140th, Then Yellow
• Four-Stone CoppiAt Cardiff in 1958 he won silver in the 4,000 m individual pursuit for England at the Commonwealth Games.Tom Simpson: Mister Tom

Where Plumelec comes up in the app

• Record on the Balmberg, 1985At the Tour prologue in Plumelec he was fourth, 19 seconds down, and the Journal de Genève named him the man most often set against Bernard Hinault for the overall victory.Phil Anderson: The First Australian in Yellow
• Second at Roubaix, Yellow at 38A year later, on stage 1 of the Tour de France Femmes, her own leader Pauline Ferrand-Prévot led into the final climb at Plumelec, and Vos came past her in the last metre to take the stage and yellow ...Marianne Vos: Rainbows in the Mud and on the Road

Where Vannes comes up in the app

• Second AgainIn 1925 he won four stages, at Vannes, Les Sables, Perpignan and Mulhouse.Nicolas Frantz: Yellow from First to Last
• Brambilla's Jersey, 1947The race against the clock from Vannes to Saint-Brieuc ran 139 km.Jean Robic: Yellow on the Last Day
• 139 Kilometres Alone, 1947Stage 19 ran 139 km from Vannes to Saint-Brieuc against the clock: each rider alone, no shelter, no teammates.René Vietto: The King Who Gave Away His Wheel
• Three Stages in 1954On 15 July he won stage 8, Vannes to Angers, and stood fifth overall that evening.Fred De Bruyne: Six Monuments in Four Springs
• First on the Champs-Élysées, 1993At the Tour he won stage 3 from Vannes to Dinard, ahead of Nelissen and Mario Cipollini, then stage 18 from Orthez to Bordeaux, ahead of Andreu and Sørensen.Djamolidine Abdoujaparov: The Tashkent Terror
• Chalk, slate and a pillion seatIn 2010 Claire Pedrono, 25, from Vannes, became the first woman to hold the slate at the Tour, after a trial at the Tour de Picardie.Ears and Eyes: Radio, Television and the Race

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Where Angers comes up in the app

• One Minute at Angers, 1951On 10 July 1951 a 26-year-old Swiss in his first Tour rode 85 km alone against the clock to Angers, and the officials gave the stage to Louison Bobet by one second.Hugo Koblet: Le Pédaleur de Charme
• Skin on the Road at Angers, 2004Wearing the green jersey in 2004, he crashed in the last kilometre at Angers and lost it to Stuart O'Grady.Robbie McEwen: The Pocket Rocket
• Thirty-One Men out of Muzillac, 1956On 11 July 1956 a regional rider nobody had picked went up the road with 30 others and rode into Angers in the yellow jersey.Roger Walkowiak: The Regional Rider Who Won the Tour
• Three Stages in 1954On 15 July he won stage 8, Vannes to Angers, and stood fifth overall that evening.Fred De Bruyne: Six Monuments in Four Springs
• Four Stages in Yellow, 1963On the afternoon of 28 June came the time trial at Angers.Shay Elliott: Ireland's First Yellow Jersey
• Eight Stages in July, 1976He won the next day into Angers and the 37 km time trial at Le Touquet, with Michel Pollentier second at 1'37".Freddy Maertens: Le Revenant

Where Blois comes up in the app

• The Crash at Blois, 1969Weeks after Paris a falling derny brought him down at Blois; his pacer died, and the back pain stayed with him for years.Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal
• El Extraterrestre, 1992In the 64 km time trial to Blois he put about three more minutes into him.Miguel Induráin - Big Mig
• Yellow, Then the Broom WagonThe Blois stage, ridden with a strong tailwind, went at 50.355 km/h, the fastest road stage the Tour had seen.Mario Cipollini: The Lion King

Where Bourges comes up in the app

• Yellow Lost, Yellow Won Back, 2001After her win in Bilbao, Joane Somarriba kept yellow until stage 7, Montmorillon to Bourges, 164 km and the longest day of the race.Joane Somarriba: Out of the Fog on the Tourmalet

Where Le Creusot comes up in the app

• Merckx on the GranierHe sealed the race in the final time trial, 27 km from Le Creusot to Montceau at 44.648 km/h, and finished 54 seconds ahead of Luis Ocaña, with Bernard Thévenet third.Critérium du Dauphiné, Now the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Alpine Rehearsal
• Paris: The Double, 1998In the 52 km time trial to Le Creusot he was third, 2'35" down.Marco Pantani: Il Pirata

Where Grand Colombier comes up in the app

• Pink on the GravelAt the 2020 Tour he lost more than seven minutes on the Grand Colombier and abandoned before stage 17.Egan Bernal: Yellow on the Iseran
• Alone against Jumbo-Visma, 2020Pogačar won on the Grand Colombier on stage 15 and stood 40 seconds off yellow.Tadej Pogačar: Fifty-Seven Seconds
• Tour Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesIsaac Del Toro of UAE won on the Grand Colombier, then attacked 9 km from the top of Solaison and finished alone.Critérium du Dauphiné, Now the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Alpine Rehearsal

Where Annecy comes up in the app

• The Skier from AnnecyJeannie Longo was born in Annecy, in Haute-Savoie, on 31 October 1958, the youngest of three daughters.Jeannie Longo: Twelve Years to Gold
• Fifteen Seconds in 1947, 1947Gino Sciardis won the first half, from Annecy to Geneva, and Emile Baffert rode alone from Geneva to Thonon and Annemasse in the second.Critérium du Dauphiné, Now the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Alpine Rehearsal
• 144 Kilometres Alone, 1959Thursday 16 July 1959, stage 20, Annecy to Chalon-sur-Saône, 202 km.Brian Robinson: The Builder from Mirfield
• Semnoz, 20 July, 2013Saturday 20 July 2013, Colombia's independence day: 125 km from Annecy to Mont Semnoz, the last mountain stage.Nairo Quintana: El Cóndor de los Andes

Where Sallanches comes up in the app

• Wet Lenses at Sallanches, 1964Sunday 6 September 1964, Sallanches, in the French Alps: 25 laps of an 11.6 km circuit, 290 km in all.Jan Janssen: The Man in Glasses
• The Grocer's SonThat title came on Saturday 5 September 1964 at Sallanches, in rain.Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal
• Third Behind MerckxOn 5 September 1964, at the amateur world championship in Sallanches, Eddy Merckx won the road race, the Belgian who later won the 1970 Tour de France.Gösta Pettersson: The Swede in Pink
• Twenty Times Up the Domancy, 1980On 31 August he lined up for the world championship at Sallanches: 268 km, 20 laps, each over the steep Côte de Domancy.Bernard Hinault: Le Blaireau

Where Les Saisies comes up in the app

• The Plan for Sestriere, 1992Stage 13 of the 1992 Tour ran 254.5 km from Saint-Gervais to Sestriere in Italy, over the Saisies, the Cormet de Roselend, the Iseran and the Mont-Cenis before the final climb.Claudio Chiappucci: El Diablo
• One Hundred Kilometres to La Plagne, 1995They catch Muñoz on the Col des Saisies, 1,673 metres up.Alex Zülle: Two Pairs of Glasses

Where Chambéry comes up in the app

• The Car after Chambéry, 1935After Chambéry a car ahead braked, and Magne and Danneels rode into the back of it.Antonin Magne: Yellow on a Borrowed Bike
• A Car Outside Chambéry, 1935A little after Chambéry a rider stopped, a car braked, and Antonin Magne, leader of the French team, rode into the back of it with the Belgian Danneels.Francisco Cepeda: Number 60 on the Road to Grenoble
• Four Minutes Behind Longo, 1989At the 1989 world championships in Chambéry she took silver behind Jeannie Longo, more than four minutes down.Catherine Marsal: Alone at Utsunomiya
• A Year in France, 1989In 1989 the World Championships came to France, and she won the road race at Chambéry by four minutes and two more world titles on the track at Lyon.Jeannie Longo: Twelve Years to Gold
• Three Days in a Row, 1912They passed Chambéry together at 7.48, and at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Alavoine came through first, Christophe one minute later.Eugène Christophe: The Man at the Forge
• Anquetil's Saturday FlightIn 1965 Raymond Poulidor pushed him all week, and on stage 6 from Thonon to Chambéry the two Frenchmen duelled for the stage.Critérium du Dauphiné, Now the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Alpine Rehearsal

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Where Valence comes up in the app

• The Patron and the Bonus Seconds, 1982Hinault, the patron of the peloton, chipped at the lead in the sprints, and a 57.3 km time trial at Valence d'Agen ended the Australian's reign.Phil Anderson: The First Australian in Yellow
• Hinault in the Jersey, 1977After stage 5, from Vienne to Valence, Hinault led the Dauphiné.Critérium du Dauphiné, Now the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Alpine Rehearsal
• Spokesman, Then Yellow, 1978On 12 July 1978 the Tour reached Valence-d'Agen on stage 12a.Bernard Hinault: Le Blaireau
• The Lifeline, 2021Châteauroux and Valence followed.Mark Cavendish: The Manx Missile

Where Aubenas comes up in the app

• Crosswind near Marseille, 2009On 24 July, over 178 km from Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas, he sprinted to 7th, on the same time as Mark Cavendish, who took his fifth stage of the Tour.Fumiyuki Beppu: Nine Seconds at the Bell
• Renshaw's WheelOn stage 19 to Aubenas, Cavendish got over the Col de l'Escrinet and beat Hushovd for his ninth, passing Barry Hoban's British record of eight.Mark Cavendish: The Manx Missile

Where Montpellier comes up in the app

• Ne Me Touchez Pas, 1960Rostollan stopped to raise the alarm, the Tour doctor reached him in the ravine, and a helicopter carried him to Montpellier with a broken back.Roger Rivière: The Hour and the Ravine
• A Fractured Skull at MeninAt the finish of stage 11 into Montpellier, the touriste-routier official Marcel Durand saw Jef Demuysère push him to take the stage place and the prime for first touriste-routier from Fernand ...Lucien Buysse: The Helper Who Kept His Promise
• The Consul's Door, 1933On 12 July the stage from Montpellier finished in Perpignan, and the Spaniards of the town came for him.Vicente Trueba: The Flea of Torrelavega
• The Belgian Train, 1936Maes was credited with three team time trials, at Montpellier, Perpignan and La Rochelle, where a whole national team rode together against the clock.Sylvère Maes: Sly Peer of Zevekote
• Foundations in NootdorpAt Montpellier, Maurice De Muer, director of the French team Pelforth, offered him a contract, paid in Belgian francs.Jan Janssen: The Man in Glasses
• Yellow at Luchon, 1951At Montpellier, in crushing heat, he won again while Coppi collapsed and lost more than half an hour; only a time limit raised from 10% to 15% kept the Italian in the race.Hugo Koblet: Le Pédaleur de Charme

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Where Montpellier comes up in the app

• Ne Me Touchez Pas, 1960Rostollan stopped to raise the alarm, the Tour doctor reached him in the ravine, and a helicopter carried him to Montpellier with a broken back.Roger Rivière: The Hour and the Ravine
• A Fractured Skull at MeninAt the finish of stage 11 into Montpellier, the touriste-routier official Marcel Durand saw Jef Demuysère push him to take the stage place and the prime for first touriste-routier from Fernand ...Lucien Buysse: The Helper Who Kept His Promise
• The Consul's Door, 1933On 12 July the stage from Montpellier finished in Perpignan, and the Spaniards of the town came for him.Vicente Trueba: The Flea of Torrelavega
• The Belgian Train, 1936Maes was credited with three team time trials, at Montpellier, Perpignan and La Rochelle, where a whole national team rode together against the clock.Sylvère Maes: Sly Peer of Zevekote
• Foundations in NootdorpAt Montpellier, Maurice De Muer, director of the French team Pelforth, offered him a contract, paid in Belgian francs.Jan Janssen: The Man in Glasses
• Yellow at Luchon, 1951At Montpellier, in crushing heat, he won again while Coppi collapsed and lost more than half an hour; only a time limit raised from 10% to 15% kept the Italian in the race.Hugo Koblet: Le Pédaleur de Charme

And 4 more in the app.

Where Mende comes up in the app

• Mende: The Côte de la Croix-Neuve, 1995Two hundred kilometres in a break, ten minutes on Induráin, and one last climb at ten percent into Mende.Laurent Jalabert: From the Sprint to the Summits
• The Steep Finishes, 2010In 2010 he became a leader at Katusha and won where the road kicked up hardest: Catalunya, Mende and Peña Cabarga.Joaquim Rodríguez: Purito and the Sixteen Seconds
• The Brewer's BoyHis father was a brewer from Mende, in the Lozère, and the family traded in wood, coal and beer.Octave Lapize: First Over the Tourmalet
• Three Crashes, Then the PyreneesOn stage 14 to Mende a spectator threw a cup of urine at him and shouted “doper”.Chris Froome: Seven Grand Tours from Kikuyu
• Froome Takes the Dots, 2015On 18 July his teammate Steve Cummings won stage 14 at Mende for MTN-Qhubeka.Daniel Teklehaimanot: Three Hills to Le Havre

Where Rodez comes up in the app

• Uphill Past Sagan in Rodez, 2015On 17 July 2015 he won a Tour de France stage on his own for the first time, beating Peter Sagan in the uphill sprint at Rodez.Greg Van Avermaet: Golden Greg

Where Albi comes up in the app

• Albi: The Positive Test, 2007He crossed the line first twice in the 2007 Tour, then a test from the Albi time trial showed a blood transfusion and Astana left the race.Alexandre Vinokourov: The Strength of Two Men
• Merckx Strikes Back, 1971After the rest day Merckx attacked from the start to Marseille, then won the Albi time trial.Luis Ocaña: The Man Who Tamed Merckx
• A Night at the Vel d'HivIn 1953, riding for the regional Sud-Ouest team, he won his first stage of the Tour de France, Luchon to Albi.André Darrigade: The Greyhound of the Landes
• Yellow at Luchon, a Ditch near Béziers, 1953Then came Albi to Béziers.Jean Robic: Yellow on the Last Day
• Bidot's Team, Robic's Ditch, 1953Albi to Béziers.Louison Bobet: The Baker of Saint-Méen
• The Motorbike and the Portet d'Aspet14 July 1968, stage 15 from Font-Romeu to Albi, Poulidor riding for the France national team.Raymond Poulidor: Poupou, the Eternal Second

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Where Toulouse comes up in the app

• Toulouse, the Second Stage Win, 1903Three days after Marseille he won again at Toulouse, by more than half an hour.Hippolyte Aucouturier: Le Terrible of the Ballon
• Two Men to Toulouse, 1904On stage 3 of the 1904 Tour, from Marseille to Toulouse, he rode 424 km with Hippolyte Aucouturier and reached the finish eight minutes clear of everyone else.Henri Cornet: The Joker Who Won at Nineteen
• Alone into Bayonne, 1907On 24 July 1907 he rode 299 km from Toulouse to Bayonne and arrived 25 minutes before anyone else.Lucien Petit-Breton: The Man Who Caught Up Fourteen Times
• Aucouturier Comes Back, 1903He won stage 2 to Marseille and stage 3 to Toulouse, the only rider besides Garin to win more than one stage that July, then abandoned again on stage 4, which Laeser won.Maurice Garin: The Little Chimney Sweep
• A Bike on CreditOn the seventh stage, to Toulouse, he gave up and took the train home.François Faber: The Giant of Colombes
• A Rival in His Own Jersey, 1939On stage 9, Pau to Toulouse, the only Pyrenean stage, Vissers attacked with about 200 km to go, crossed all three climbs first and won.Sylvère Maes: Sly Peer of Zevekote

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Where Muret comes up in the app

• Uphill Past Sagan in Rodez, 2015Stage 13 of the 2015 Tour de France ran 198.5 km from Muret to Rodez and finished uphill.Greg Van Avermaet: Golden Greg

Where Laruns comes up in the app

• One Day in YellowHe won at Laruns in the 2023 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for a day; two years later a crash took him out of the Giro.Jai Hindley: The Patience of the Fedaia
• Alone against Jumbo-Visma, 2020Two days later, on the road to Laruns, Marc Hirschi had been alone in front for about 90 km.Tadej Pogačar: Fifty-Seven Seconds

Where Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines comes up in the app

• The Director Shown the Door, 1987That spring 98 women were entered for its fourth edition, due to start on 8 July at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.The Race Owners: Who Holds the Road