London, March 20 -- The men's and women's Tour de France will both begin in Britain in 2027, with Edinburgh to host the men's Grand Depart, media reports said.
Scotland, Wales and England will put on a stage in each of the events, with route details and the Grand Depart for the Tour de France Femmes to be announced in the autumn.
The men's version of the world's most famous cycling race has been partly staged in Britain four times before, in 1974, 1994, 2007 and 2014, the BBC reported.
This will be the first time both men's and women's events have come to the same nation outside France in the same year.
Crowds at the roadside for the three English stages in 2014 were estimated at 4.8 million.
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