Liverpool announced as a host for the 2027 Tour de France
Liverpool will welcome the finish of stage two of the men’s Tour de France event on Saturday, 3 July 2027.
Competitors will race from the Cumbrian town of Keswick through Lancashire, eventually speeding through the boroughs of Knowsley and St Helens before finishing the stage in a super sprint along Liverpool’s iconic waterfront.
The full routes for both the men’s and women’s races were revealed as ten host towns and cities were illuminated simultaneously in a nationwide “Tour de Skies” moment, marking the next major milestone on the road to the 2027 Grand Départs – set to be the largest free sporting spectacle in British history.
The men’s Tour de France will begin in Edinburgh on Friday 2 July, with the opening stage finishing in Carlisle, before stage two travels from Keswick to finish on The Strand in Liverpool city centre.
To celebrate the announcement, all start and finish venues were lit up simultaneously, with a yellow beam illuminating the sky from the city’s Three Graces, St George’s Dock building and the Mersey Tunnels.
The event will present a huge multi-million pound boost to the Liverpool City Region tourism economy and will put a timely spotlight on the region’s active travel programme, which is delivering more than 600km of new cycling and walking routes.
Alongside the route announcement, organisers also revealed Joy, the social impact programme at the heart of the 2027 Grand Départ, that aims to tackle inactivity and improve mental wellbeing, support communities to thrive, and to make Britain more productive and prosperous.
Six core programmes will be rolled out across the home nations, with organisers working collaboratively with governments, local councils, core delivery partners and community representatives to create opportunities for young people to develop their skills, break down barriers for girls in sport, and to showcase community culture through the voices of Britain.
Additionally, British Cycling will look to recruit more than 7,000 volunteers for the Grand Départ, inviting people across the UK to play a hands-on role in delivering the world’s biggest free-to-watch sporting event. Thousands of opportunities will be available across route operations, spectator support and community engagement, offering people of all ages the chance to be part of Tour history, with more details to be announced when the programme is launched in the spring.
The arrival of the Tour De France completes an impressive hat-trick of global sporting events coming to the Liverpool city region over the next few years, with The Open to be staged at Royal Birkdale this July and the UEFA EURO 2028 Championships to be hosted at Everton FC’s stadium in 2028.
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