Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2027 is a 184km flat stage from Edinburgh to Carlisle.
There's rolling terrain through countryside in the first half of the stage, with the day's one categorised climb the Côte de Melrose after 64km.
Hawick is around the half-way point, then the peloton enters England with about 35km to go.
There's a short finishing straight in Carlisle, which may be contested as a bunch sprint.
Race Details | Poll | Map & Profile | Timings | Videos | Food & Drink | Route Notes | Favourites
| Date | Friday 2nd July 2027 |
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| Stage classification | Flat |
| Distance | 184km |
| Intermediate sprint | TBC |
| Climbs | Côte de Melrose |
| Total climbing | TBC |
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This is a map of the route of Stage 1, Tour de France 2027.
This is the profile of Stage 1 Tour de France 2027.
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This is a video of the route of Stage 1 Tour de France 2027.
Stage 1 starts in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Another Scottish speciality is cullen skink, a soup made with smoked haddock, onions and potatoes. Arbroath smokies are salted and smoked haddock.
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The stage starts in Edinburgh (départ fictif).
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, with a population of 500,000.
'Edin' comes from the Brittonic Celtic Eidyn. Eidyn was a region centred on a hillfort at Castle Rock.
Edinburgh is also referred to as Auld Reekie, meaning Old Smoky. Residents of the surrounding countryside gave it that name as there was always a cloud of smoke over the old town.
People call it the Athens of the North, too, and it has a replica of the Parthenon on Calton Hill.
The Brittonic Celtic tribe here in the 1st century AD when the Romans came into the area were the Votadini. They transitioned into the Gododdin Kingdom.
In 638, King Oswald of Northumbria besieged the Gododdin stronghold at Castle Rock, and the region was then controlled by the Angles until 950.
King David I of Scotland founded the Royal Burgh here in the early 1100s.
Edinburgh was under English control for periods in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
From the 1400s, Edinburgh was the capital of Scotland. In 1582, James VI of Scotland (and I of England) gave the city a royal charter that permitted the founding of a University. Scotland and England did not merge into one kingdom until 1707.
In the late 1700s, Edinburgh developed a reputation as an academic centre, with Enlightenment thinkers such as David Hum and Adam Smith. Around this time, the wealthier residents of the city tended to move from the Old Town to the New Town.
In the 1800s and 1900s, Edinburgh became an industrial centre with industries such as printing, brewing, distilling, and rubber and engineering works.
Since the 1990s there has been a new financial district on disused railway land to the west of the castle. The Edinburgh International Conference Centre is here.
The 1998 Scotland Act set up a Scottish Parliament and government. The Parliament meets in a building at Holyrood, near the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Old Town is perched on the remnant of an extinct volcano. The Royal Mile runs down from the castle at the top to Holyrood Palace at the bottom.
Gerry Rafferty sang about the Royal Mile.
The New Town was designed by 27-year-old architect James Craig after he won a competition in 1766.
The streets make a grid pattern. George Street was to be the centrepiece, but Princes Street has become better known, and is Edinburgh's main shopping street.
Edinburgh's economy is stronger than any other UK city outside London.
It is based on government and the legal system, education, defence, health and social care, scientific and technical services, and construction and manufacturing.
There is tourism too, with 4.4 million people attending the Edinburgh Festivals.
Edinburgh has plenty of museums and galleries, including The Scottish National Gallery and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Edinburgh Castle is Scotland's top paying tourist attraction.
The oldest part, St Margaret's Chapel, dates from the 1100s. The Honours, or Crown Jewels, of Scotland are in the castle, as is the Mons Meg fun and the One o'Clock Gun.
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A tram system was built, with the project overrunning in terms of time and cost.
A 9 mile stretch opened in 2014. It was later extended to reach the port of Leith.
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Authors from Edinburgh include Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde is based in the Scottish capital, and was inspired by the real-life villans Deacon Brodie and Burke and Hare.
Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Edinburgh in his early years.
More modern Edinburgh-based writers include Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and J K Rowling.
Greyfriars Bobby was a terrier who kept watch over his dead master's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard for 14 years.
The départ réel will be in Edinburgh, with the exact location to be confirmed.
It looks as though the riders start near North Bridge and head south on the A7 through Southside.
They then take the A772 Gilmerton Road through Moredun and Gilmerton.
They cross the A720 Edinburgh Bypass, cross the North and South Esk rivers, and continue to Newtongrange.
Then the race goes south over Gore Water to North Middleton.
At Middleton Hall, there's a right turn on the B7007.
It takes the peloton up into the hills, and the high point of the day at Broad Law (407m).
It's then downhill, and the race follows the Leithen Water to Innerleithen.
Now Stage 1 goes east on the A72 alongside the river Tweed through Clovenfords and to Galashiels.
The race appears to be on Abbotsford Road out of Galashiels, on the A6091 over Galafoot Bridge, then on the B6374 Waverley Road to Melrose.
Now comes the day's only categorised climb, the Côte de Melrose.
It's on the B6359 Dingleton Road, and it's 2.2km at an average 6.7% gradient.
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Next, Stage 1 turns right and heads west on the A699 to Selkirk.
Then it picks up the A7, cross the Ale Water, and continues south to Hawick.
Information about Hawick to follow.
From Hawick, the riders take the B6399 south, by Slitrig Water and up into the hills of Wauchope Forest.
They come back down to Hermitage Water, and take the B6357 by Liddel Water to Newcastleton.
Still on the B6357, they make their way through countryside to Canonbie, on the river Esk. Soon after Canonbie, they join the A7 to Longtown.
Longtown is in Cumbria, England.
Now the race is on the A6071 Albert Street to Brampton.
It seems the riders are on Greenhill out of Brampton, then the A69 to Carlisle.
Stage 1 finishes in Carlisle.
As far as I can tell, the route is Warwick Road, then Spencer Street, the A7 Georgian Way, and curving round Castle Way to finish near Carlisle Castle.
Stage 1 favourites to follow. They will include the top sprinters.
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