Tour de France to travel through the UK in 2027

The Tour de France started in Yorkshire in 2014, the last time the event came to the UK

The men's and women's Tour de France will both begin in Britain in 2027.

Organisers of the famous cycling race have confirmed that the men's race will set off from Edinburgh - and that Scotland, Wales and England will put on a stage in each of the events.

While the UK has hosted the men's event a number of times before, it'll be the first time that women's event - also called the Tour de France Femmes - will start here.

It'll also be the first time that both men's and women's events will kick off in the same nation, outside of France, in the same year.

What has been announced?

The Tour de France is the world's biggest annual sporting event.

Normally held in July, the event sees nearly 200 cyclists race over 2,000 miles in just 23 days - before finishing on the streets of Paris.

While most of the race takes part in the towns, cities, countryside and mountains of France it often starts in a different country.

Organisers say the 2027 men's event will start in Edinburgh with the first three stages taking place in Scotland, England and Wales.

It'll be the fifth time that the UK has partly staged the men's event - it has previously come to the UK in 1974, 1994, 2007 and 2014.

The women's Tour de France will also start in the UK in 2027, from a location yet to be revealed.

More details about the route details will be announced later this year, in the autumn.

Organisers say they hope staging "inspire a new generation of cycling fans and riders while boosting cycle tourism".