The route for the 101st edition of the Tour de France has been confirmed, starting with three stages in Britain, with next year’s route set to include five mountain finishes, with nine challenging cobbled sections on stage five in northern France, as well as one individual time trial.
The Tour will begin in Yorkshire on 5th July where riders will cycle the 191km from Leeds to Harrogate before travelling the 198km from York to Sheffield the following day. This will be followed by the return of the tour to London for the first time since 2007 when the peloton will make its way from Cambridge to the Capital on 7th July. It will be the fourth time that cycling’s biggest event will pass through the UK, with previous visits in 1974, 1994 and 2007.
