Tour de France

St Helens Borough will welcome the world's most famous bike race, the Tour de France, next year as its roads will make up part of stage two of the men's race on Saturday, 3 July 2027.

Competitors will race from the Cumbrian town of Keswick eventually speeding through the borough, entering in Crank, crossing the East Lancs and heading down through Eccleston, before finishing the stage along Liverpool's iconic waterfront.