2 h. ago Tour de France 2027 to set off from Scotland in 'historic moment'

Coming to Scotland for the first time in 2027, the Tour de France will set off from the Scottish capital before making its way through England and Wales.

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2 h. ago Sophie joins celebrations in Scotland after Tour de France 2027 announcement

The Duchess of Edinburgh, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney and UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy were all in Edinburgh.

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4 h. ago Tour de France races to start in UK in 2027 in historic dual first

It is the first time that both the men’s and women’s Grand Departs will take place in the same country, with the men’s race beginning in Edinburgh

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4 h. ago Tour de France to start in Edinburgh in 2027 in 'tremendous honour'

Scottish capital to host global cycling extravaganza Tour de France

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4 h. ago Edinburgh to provide ‘magnificent backdrop’ to start of 2027 Tour de France

Scotland, England and Wales will share six stages of the world’s biggest cycling event.

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5 h. ago Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes to start in the UK in 2027

The Tour de France will make its return to UK shores for the first time since 2014, with the women’s race set to make its first appearance

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5 h. ago Tour de France to return to the UK with England, Scotland and Wales to all host stages

The Tour de France will return to the UK for the first time over a decade as the both the men's and the women's event will host stages on these shores in 2027

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5 h. ago Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027

Men’s and women’s races will both visit UK for three days‘The biggest free spectator event ever hosted in the UK’The men’s Tour de France will return to Britain in July 2027 with a spectacular city-centre Grand Départ in Edinburgh and three stages that trace a route from Scotland through England and into Wales.It will be the third Tour race start in Britain in the last 20 years, after London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014, and the most logistically demanding Grand Départ in the century-long history of the race. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Official Tour de France announcement made as Wales to host huge sporting event

Wales will host part of the Grand Depart in 2027 for the first time, it has been confirmed

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47 h. ago King Charles's historic meet with 'fragile' Pope Francis WILL go ahead despite health fears

King Charles will become the first British monarch to visit the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome during a planned tour next month of Italy to meet Pope Francis

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58 h. ago Wales to stage Tour de France race as major announcement to be made this week

The UK is expected to host the Grand Depart of the 2027 Tour de France

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7 d. ago ‘You get hooked so quickly!’ How Formula 1: Drive to Survive became the apex of TV documentaries

Netflix’s motor-racing extravaganza is one of the most influential shows of the decade. How did it turn such a tedious sport into such gripping television?Tennis has Break Point. Rugby union has Six Nations: Full Contact. Nascar has Full Speed. Golf has Full Swing. Basketball has Starting 5. Cycling has Tour de France: Unchained. American football has both Quarterback and Receiver. Athletics has Sprint. What do all these documentaries have in common? They have all sprung up in the past five years or so, and are basically all the same show: if they are not full clones of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, they are heavily inspired by it.Drive to Survive thus has a claim to be one of the most influential TV documentaries of the past decade, having pioneered a simple but effective format. Every 12 months since 2019, it has delivered a new season – last week it released the seventh – that recaps what happened in the previous year’s F1 championship, using behind-the-scenes access, race-day foo...

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8 d. ago Stirling 'open to opportunity' to play host to Tour de France Grand Depart 2027

Stirling Council says it would be "open to opportunities" over taking part in the 2027 'Grand Depart' of the Tour de France, with the famous race set to head to the UK.

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8 d. ago The Lions should break their outdated, tiresome traditions and tour new countries

CHRIS FOY'S WORLD OF RUGBY: The Lions is based around history and tradition, old colonial ties, nostalgia and the established routine of visiting three far-flung locations.

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9 d. ago Tour de France femmes champion reveals her brutal injuries after being taken to hospital following dramatic crash

Kasia Niewiadoma has shared the aftermath of her dramatic crash at Strade Bianche, revealing the extent of her injuries on social media.

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1 week ago Bradley Wiggins bravely opens up on drug addiction, horrendous abuse and bankruptcy

The former Tour de France winner and London 2012 gold medallist was one of the biggest stars in British sport a decade ago before his life spiralled out of control in retirement

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1 week ago Bradley Wiggins opens up on his drug addiction battle and filing for bankruptcy

Bradley Wiggins has opened up on his post-retirement struggles, as the cycling legend detailed his drug addiction battle and the financial issues which declared him bankrupt in June last year.

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2 w. ago The Leopard in My House by Mark Steel review – finding the funny side of living with cancer

The comedian reflects on mortality and the new course his life has now taken in this warm account of his cancer diagnosis and treatment There are enough cancer memoirs to fill a small bookshop, with bookcases for all the affected body parts. It can feel churlish to apply critical faculties to this of all subjects, but if there is a high bar for the genre, then it’s one Mark Steel clears like Dick Fosbury on a good day.Sporting metaphors are a feature of The Leopard in My House, a new entry in the “throat” section by the comedian, broadcaster and campaigner. While waiting for a radiotherapy appointment in the basement of a London hospital, Steel meets Jules, an army general. As the treatment weakens them, they resolve to take the stairs rather than lift back up to ground level. “We’d describe the previous day’s climb as ‘set off at a good pace but only the first stage of the Tour de France. By the third week it was ‘two sets and a break down with a heavily bandaged ankle, but determi...

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2 w. ago Inside the Unibet Tietema Rockets and three YouTube friends who dream of the Tour de France

EXCLUSIVE The cycling season starts proper on Saturday as the peloton takes to the cobbled roads of Belgium in the Omloop Nieuwsblad - and the Unibet Tietema Rockets will be part of the pack

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2 w. ago ‘I feel like I’ve been let off the lead’: Tom Pidcock on his Ineos exit, Netflix editing and not riding Le Tour

Olympic gold medallist on his strained departure from Ineos Grenadiers, moving to Q36.5 and feeling revitalisedIt’s July 2022 and Tom Pidcock is flying down the towering Col du Galibier at 100km an hour, pushing the boundaries of what is achievable on a road bike, his rear wheel sliding through each snaking vertiginous bend, leaving his peers far behind and French TV commentators aghast.A couple of hours later, he raises his arms at the top of Alpe d’Huez, one of the Tour’s most feared climbs, taking an exhilarating stage win in his debut Tour de France. A new star is born. Few doubt that it’s only a matter of time until he wears the yellow jersey. Continue reading...

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