On Thursday, officials unveiled the 2027 route of the Tour de France inside the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The presentation was dominated at first by a display of British flags. The announcement confirmed that the race will begin outside France. This will mark the eighty‑second occasion that the event starts in a foreign country. The Tour is now in its eighty‑seventh edition overall. Over the past decade, the race has started abroad six times. The choice of a foreign start continues a trend of internationalizing the competition.