The 2027 Tour de France Femmes unveils a historic route featuring a team time trial and a spectacular finish on the Puy de Dôme

The 2027 Women's Tour de France already has its route. The organization has presented in Paris an edition that will start for the first time in Great Britain, will debut the team time trial, and will finish in one of the most emblematic cycling venues, the Puy de Dôme. There will be nine stages, from July 30 to August 7, with a route that omits the Alps and the Pyrenees to concentrate the major difficulties in the Massif Central.

The 2027 Women's Tour de France bets on an explosive finish and debuts the team time trial

The sixth edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will feature 1,156 kilometers and 17,665 meters of positive elevation gain, spread over nine consecutive days without rest days. A proposal that combines stages for sprinters, terrain for classics specialists, and three final mountain days that should decide the overall classification.

The route also represents a new step in the evolution of a race that, since its recovery in 2022, has progressively incorporated some of the most recognized climbs from the men's Tour.

Great Britain will open the Tour with three stages and an unprecedented time trial

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The race will kick off on Friday, July 30, in Leeds, with a first stage of 86 kilometers to Manchester. Despite its short distance, the three categorized climbs could hinder a mass finish.

The second day, between Manchester and Sheffield, will be considerably more demanding. Its 154 kilometers will accumulate nearly 3,000 meters of elevation gain and will recover some roads used by the men's Tour in 2014. The slopes of Jenkin Road, with gradients exceeding 10%, will be one of the decisive points.

The big novelty will arrive on the third day in London, with the first team time trial in the history of the modern Women's Tour de France. It will be 18 kilometers through the center of the British capital, finishing at The Mall, next to Buckingham Palace.

This format will introduce an additional strategic factor in the fight for the yellow jersey, as the differences will depend on both the individual capacity of the favorites and the collective performance of their teams.

Six French stages and all the mountain concentrated at the end

After the three British stages, the peloton will travel to France without enjoying a rest day.

The fourth stage, between Le Touquet-Paris-Plage and Calais, will combine rolling terrain and roads exposed to the wind. A day later, the route to Magnanville will favor attacks thanks to the succession of short and demanding climbs during the last 50 kilometers.

The sixth day, between Orléans and Bourges, will be the clearest opportunity for sprinters, with no categorized climbs.

The scenario will change completely in the seventh stage, with the first mountaintop finish at La Loge des Gardes, a 6.7-kilometer climb at 7.1% that has already been featured in Paris-Nice, with victories by Tadej Pogačar in 2023 and João Almeida in 2025.

The eighth day will traverse the Massif Central with about 3,000 meters of accumulated elevation gain and several chained difficulties, including the Côte de Charade, 6 kilometers at 5.9%. It will be a favorable terrain for significant movements in the general classification before the final outcome.

The Puy de Dôme could decide the yellow jersey in the final stage

The organization has reserved its main attraction for Saturday, August 7. The Tour will conclude with a stage of 170 kilometers and 3,840 meters of positive elevation gain that will take the riders from Clermont-Ferrand to the summit of the Puy de Dôme.

Before facing the final ascent, the peloton will have to overcome several difficulties, including the Côte de La Mouteyre, 5.3 kilometers at 6.2%.

Then comes the Puy de Dôme, with 11.3 kilometers at an average gradient of 7.8% and a final stretch of four kilometers that approaches 12%. An especially demanding ascent that could cause significant differences among the contenders for victory.

The volcanic mountain, the scene of the historic duel between Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor in 1964, returned to the men's Tour in 2023 after 35 years of absence. Now it will debut in the current women's edition of the race.

Demi Vollering, winner of the 2026 Tour, will start as one of the major references for an edition that will require consistency, recovery ability, and a competitive team for the London time trial.

All stages of the 2027 Women's Tour de France

With an unprecedented team time trial, an international Grand Depart, and three final mountain stages, the 2027 Women's Tour de France presents a route where the classification could remain open until the last kilometers. And this time there will be no ceremonial finish to celebrate the yellow jersey: the winner will have to conquer it on the grueling slopes of the Puy de Dôme.