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Mark Cavendish says 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ in UK will be 'bigger than you can ever imagine'

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE NOVEMBER 10 Mark Cavendish of The United Kingdom and Astana Qazaqstan Team celebrates at podium as race winner during the 3rd Tour de France Prudential Singapore 2024 Criterium a 575km one day race from Singapore to Singapore on November 10 2024 in Singapore Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images.

Mark Cavendish has said that the 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ in Great Britain – which will bring together stages in Scotland, England, and Wales – will be "bigger than you can even imagine" following ASO's official announcement on Wednesday.

The men's race is set to start in Edinburgh in two summers' time, marking the most northerly start to a Tour in history, with the latest visit to the UK following on from Grand Départs in London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014.

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