Tour de France reveals the six UK stage plans for historic 2027 Grands Départ

• British roads will host the start of both races next year

• First time both Grands Depart have been outside France

The men's Tour de France will start in Scotland for the first time in 2027 and make its first visit to Wales when Britain stages the Grand Depart of the men's and women's races in the biggest festival of elite cycling on the isles since London 2012.

Across six days of racing on British roads, the men's Tour will visit Edinburgh, Carlisle, Keswick, Liverpool, Welshpool and Cardiff, while the Tour de France Femmes races from Leeds to Manchester, then to Sheffield and also includes a central London stage. On Thursday night all host cities were illuminated by yellow beams in recognition of them staging the Tour.