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World-class road cycling will return to the Scottish Borders in 2022 when the area hosts the prestigious Tour of Britain and Tour Series events.

Galashiels will welcome Britain’s leading male and female cyclists for the first time when it hosts the Tour Series, the fun, free and family-friendly cycling event, on Wednesday 4 May.

The historic town, famed for its links to the textile industry, will host round two of the UK’s leading televised cycle race series. It will be the first time that the event has come to the Borders.

Stage two of the Tour of Britain – the UK’s most prestigious cycle race – will then take place solely within the Scottish Borders on Monday 5 September. The Borders has previously welcomed the race on eight previous occasions, including a stage start in Hawick last year, as well as a stage that started and finished in Kelso in 2019.

Both events are organised by SweetSpot, the award-winning company who are also behind the Women’s Tour cycle race.

Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain and Tour Series race director, said: “Few places lend themselves more to cycling than the Scottish Borders, owing to the mix of historic, unforgettable towns and stunning countryside roads. To be able to take the Tour Series there for the first time and return with the Tour of Britain once again shows the appetite for our world-famous events in the area. My gratitude goes out to everybody at the Scottish Borders Council for their continued support, dedication and passion.”

Sam Smith, Scottish Borders Council’s Chief Officer for Economic Development, said: “We are delighted to be able to bring back the Tour of Britain to the Borders again this year, and to be hosting a round of the televised Tour Series for the first time too.

  “These will be fantastic occasions for the area and will bring in visitors and provide great exposure for the Borders, further strengthening our position as Scotland’s leading cycling destination.

“I’d like to thank our partners Live Borders and Energise Galashiels for their support in bringing the Tour Series to Galashiels and their commitment to help make it an amazing event for the community and visitors.”

Galashiels will become the sixth Scottish host venue in Tour Series history, with this new-for-2022 round taking place on a technical circuit that starts and finishes adjacent to the idyllic Bank Street Garden.

Riders will also pass by the Burgh Chambers and War Memorial, and the Great Tapestry of Scotland Visitor Centre during the 900-metre (0.6mi) lap that twists its way through the town, known locally as Gala. Initial information for local residents and businesses can be found at www.scotborders.gov.uk/TourSeries

Highlights of both the men’s and women’s Tour Series races will once again be broadcast on ITV4.

More details of the Tour of Britain’s return to the Borders – including the start and finish locations, and full stage route – will be unveiled on Wednesday 6 April.

ITV4 will continue to broadcast live flag-to-flag coverage of every stage, as well as a nightly highlights show, allowing fans in the UK to watch wherever they are. The race will also be shown in over 150 countries worldwide, in part thanks to the event’s partnerships with Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network.

Last year’s star-studded race was won by Belgian rider Wout Van Aert (Team Jumbo – Visma), with reigning world road race champion Julian Alaphilippe finishing third overall. A roadside crowd of over one million spectators resulted in the Tour of Britain generating £29.96m of net economic benefit for the UK economy, according to research by Frontline.

With the cycling industry enjoying a continued boom in the UK, there are a range of sponsorship opportunities available with the Tour of Britain and Tour Series for 2022. Packages range from the title partnership of the events to sponsorship of individual classifications, daily awards, and digital and broadcast opportunities. Visit sweetspotgroup.co.uk/partnerships/ for more.

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World-class road cycling will return to the Scottish Borders in 2022 when the county hosts the prestigious Tour of Britain and Tour Series events.

Galashiels will welcome Britain’s leading male and female cyclists for the first time when it hosts the Tour Series, the fun, free and family-friendly cycling event, on Wednesday 4 May.

The historic town, famed for its links to the textile industry, will host round two of the UK’s leading televised cycle race series. It will be the first time that the event has come to the Borders.

Stage two of the Tour of Britain – the UK’s most prestigious cycle race – will then take place solely within the Scottish Borders on Monday 5 September. The Borders have previously welcomed the race on eight occasions, including a stage start in Hawick last year, as well as a stage that started and finished in Kelso in 2019.

Both events are organised by SweetSpot. Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain and Tour Series race director, said: “Few places lend themselves more to cycling than the Scottish Borders, owing to the mix of historic, unforgettable towns and stunning countryside roads. To be able to take the Tour Series there for the first time and return with the Tour of Britain once again shows the appetite for our world-famous events in the area. My gratitude goes out to everybody at the Scottish Borders Council for their continued support, dedication and passion.”

Galashiels will become the sixth Scottish host venue in Tour Series history, with this new-for-2022 round taking place on a technical circuit that starts and finishes adjacent to the idyllic Bank Street gardens.

Riders will also pass by the Burgh Chambers and War Memorial, and the Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre during the one-kilometre (0.7mi) lap that twists its way through the town known locally as Gala. Initial information for local residents and businesses can be found at scotborders.gov.uk/TourSeries.

Highlights of both the men’s and women’s Tour Series races will once again be broadcast on ITV4.

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Tour of Britain 2022 routes include Hawick and Duns

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Race organisers SweetSpot have today released more details of  stage two  of the UK’s most prestigious cycle race, taking place on Monday 5 September, including the start and finish locations.

The Tour of Britain ’s ninth visit to the Borders promises to be an unforgettable sporting spectacle, featuring some of the best backdrops that Britain has to offer and a first-ever finish in Duns.

One year on from hosting its first stage start, Hawick will return to the Tour of Britain in September, and will once again be where the riders depart from.

The 178-kilometre (110-mile) route will pass through Jedburgh, Kelso, Coldstream – all places familiar to the Tour – as it heads north east to visit the historic coastal town of Eyemouth for the first time, before turning inland for the finish in Duns.

The route’s toughest climbs are saved for the final 30 kilometres, including ascents of Wanside Rig, Blairdardie Drive and Hardens Hill.

The top of the latter comes just five kilometres out from the finish, so expect a fast and thrilling finale to this stage – fitting given that the winner will triumph outside of the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum that celebrates the famed two-time Formula One World Champion.

The Tour of Britain first visited the Borders in 2009, when Peebles hosted a stage start.

The last stage to date to finish in the county came in 2019, when Italian all-rounder Matteo Trentin triumphed in Kelso.

On average, the net economic benefit of hosting a stage of the Tour of Britain since 2016 has been worth £3.5m to venues.

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Tour of Britain 2022 Stage Details Revealed

Mathew Mitchell

Mathew Mitchell

  • Published on April 6, 2022
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Charlie and Harry Tanfield at Carlton Bank

The Tour of Britain returns in 2022 with a start in Scotland before traversing down the country from the North-East, to the East Midlands, down to the South-West and finishing on the Isle of Wight. There are hill-top finishes planned one Stage 1 at the Glenshee Ski Centre and Stage 8 at The Needles. The race will hope to be as exciting as the hill-top finish at the Great Orme in the 2021 Tour of Britain .

Building on the success of last year’s race, which saw the overall lead change hands five times in eight days, the battle for victory in the 2022 edition (Sunday 4 – Sunday 11 September) looks set to go down to the final pedal strokes once again.

2022 Tour of Britain Stages

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Stage one        Sunday 4 September              Aberdeen to Glenshee Ski Centre

Stage two        Monday 5 September            Hawick to Duns

Stage three     Tuesday 6 September            Durham to Sunderland

Stage four       Wednesday 7 September       Redcar to Duncombe Park, Helmsley

Stage five        Thursday 8 September           West Bridgford to Mansfield

Stage six         Friday 9 September                Tewkesbury to Gloucester

Stage seven    Saturday 10 September         West Bay to Ferndown

Stage eight     Sunday 11 September            Ryde to The Needles

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Aberdeen will become the third Scottish city to host the start of the race when the Tour of Britain’s most northerly Grand Départ to date takes place there on Sunday 4 September. Not only will this stage feature an entirely new route compared to last year’s finale in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, it will also include the first-ever opening day summit finish in modern race history. The Old Military Road climb from Auchallater to Glenshee measures 9.1 kilometres long, with the final five kilometres averaging a gradient of 4.8%.

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The Scottish Borders will host a full stage for the second time in three editions on day two of this year’s race. Hawick, famous for its knitwear and the first whisky distillery to open in the region since 1837, will be the starting point of stage two. The race’s eighth visit to the Borders will feature a mix of roads old and new to the event, before a first-ever finish in Duns. The stage winner will be crowned in the shadow of the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, which celebrates the two-time Formula 1 world champion who lived nearby.

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This year’s race ventures onto English soil for the first time on stage three, which takes place between Durham and Sunderland. History will be made when riders roll out in the shadow of the city’s famous cathedral: Durham has never previously hosted a stage start or finish in a professional edition of the Tour of Britain. Stage three’s route will initially head west, taking the peloton through the North Pennines AONB, before heading back through County Durham and into Sunderland. The route will weave past some of the city’s beautiful green spaces and through communities on its approach to the finish line outside of Sunderland’s new City Hall, which forms part of a £500m development in the city.

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Stage four (Wednesday 7 September), taking place between Redcar and Duncombe Park in Helmsley, will likely be another day that will shape the general classification. The start will be the first time the borough of Redcar and Cleveland has hosted the Tour of Britain, while the finish marks the race’s return to North Yorkshire in 13 years. Popular seaside towns such as Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Whitby will be raced through before the route heads into the North York Moors National Park. The unforgiving final 30 kilometres of this 150-kilometre stage feature the climbs of Carlton Bank (2km long, 9.8% average gradient) and Newgate Bank (2km long, 6% average gradient) before descending into the finish at Duncombe Park, one of Yorkshire’s finest historic houses and estates.

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The Tour’s first Nottinghamshire stage since 2018 will start and finish in the same places – West Bridgford and Mansfield – as it did four years ago, albeit with a different route that takes in Cotgrave, Gedling, Southwell, Retford and Workshop before heading into Mansfield via Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest.  The finish will again be outside Mansfield’s Civic Centre, however, it will be approached from the opposite direction to which Team Sky rider Ian Stannard approached it en route to a memorable solo victory.  This will be the only stage of the 2022 Tour with less than 2,000 metres of climbing.

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Gloucestershire’s first-ever full stage of the Tour of Britain will take place between the medieval market town of Tewkesbury and the cathedral city of Gloucester. With the start and finish locations separated by a little over 10 miles, fans will easily be able to attend both on race day, which will further add to the atmosphere at this free-to-watch sporting spectacle. Stage six’s route will head into the Cotswolds before approaching the finish by the historic Gloucester Docks via South Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Council’s commitment to supporting tourism and active travel will see the Women’s Tour, the UK’s most prestigious women’s cycle race, also visit the county in 2022 for a Tewkesbury to Gloucester stage (Wednesday 8 June, albeit using a different route.

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Dorset’s natural beauty – including the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site that runs through the county – will be showcased to the world on the penultimate day of this year’s race. Stage seven will take the riders from West Bay, known for its striking golden cliffs, to Ferndown via one of the most stunning routes in Tour history. Stage seven will run parallel with the West Dorset Heritage coast before passing through Dorchester, West Lulworth and Corfe Castle. The route heads inland towards Wareham, Milton Abbas and Wimborne Minster and loops around into the heart of Ferndown town centre.

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The Tour will become the biggest-ever sporting event to take place on Isle of Wight soil when the race finishes there on Sunday 11 September. Stage eight promises unforgettable for riders and fans alike, owing to the spectacular 150-kilometre route from Ryde to The Needles. Not only will the route showcase the island to a worldwide TV audience – its county town of Newport, as well as the popular tourist locations of Cowes, Sandown, Shanklin, Totland, Ventnor and Yarmouth all feature – fans will be able to catch the race in multiple locations owing to the way it loops around the Isle. The final 20 kilometres will take the peloton along the stunning Military Road, which offers stunning panoramic views out across the English Channel, towards The Needles Landmark Attraction. This year’s race culminates with a two-kilometre climb up to Tennyson Down, the final 400 metres of which average a gradient of 9.6%, making it the toughest ending to any Tour of Britain in modern history.

“As promised when we unveiled the Tour of Britain’s host regions in February, this year’s race features a number of surprises, none more so than hill-top finishes to start and end the eight days of world-class competition. Creating a route that encourages aggressive racing and brave tactics from day one will enhance the reputation of the race, leave the one million plus spectators watching on in person for free with long-lasting memories, showcase the stunning beauty of our host venues, and repeatedly entertain a worldwide audience.” Mick Bennet, Tour of Britain race director

ITV4 will continue to broadcast live flag-to-flag coverage of every stage, as well as a nightly highlights show, allowing fans in the UK to watch wherever they are. The race will also be shown in over 150 countries worldwide, in part thanks to the event’s partnerships with Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network.

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Galashiels will welcome Britain’s leading male and female cyclists for the first time when it hosts the Tour Series, the fun, free and family-friendly cycling event, on Wednesday 4 May.

The historic town, famed for its links to the textile industry, will host round two of the UK’s leading televised cycle race series. It will be the first time that the event has come to the Borders. Initial information for local residents and businesses can be found at  scotborders.gov.uk/TourSeries .

Stage two  of the Tour of Britain will then take place solely within the Scottish Borders on Monday 5 September. The Borders have previously welcomed the race on eight occasions, including a stage start in Hawick last year, as well as a stage that started and finished in Kelso in 2019.

More details of the Tour of Britain’s return to the Borders – including the start and finish locations, and full stage route – will be unveiled on Wednesday 6 April.

Both events are organised by SweetSpot, the award-winning company who are also behind the Women’s Tour cycle race.

About the 2022 Tour of Britain

The 2022 Tour of Britain (Sunday 4 – 11 September) includes the race’s most-northerly Grand Départ ever in  Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire . It will also feature a much-anticipated return to  Yorkshire  and first-ever full stages in  Gloucestershire  and  Dorset  before what promises to be a  spectacular finale  on the Isle of Wight.  Click here  for more details.

ITV4 will continue to broadcast live flag-to-flag coverage of every stage, as well as a nightly highlights show, allowing fans in the UK to watch wherever they are. The race will also be shown in over 150 countries worldwide, in part thanks to the event’s partnerships with Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network.

Last year’s star-studded race was won by Belgian rider Wout Van Aert (Team Jumbo – Visma), with reigning world road race champion Julian Alaphilippe finishing third overall. A roadside crowd of over one million spectators resulted in the Tour of Britain generating  £29.96m of net economic benefit  for the UK economy, according to research by Frontline.

With the cycling industry enjoying a continued boom in the UK, there are a range of sponsorship opportunities available with the Tour of Britain for 2022. Packages range from the title partnership of the events to sponsorship of individual classifications, daily awards, and digital and broadcast opportunities. Visit  sweetspotgroup.co.uk/partnerships  for more.

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Attending the OVO Energy Tour of Britain stage start and finish in Kelso on Sunday 8 September? Plan your day with our handy spectator guide.

Britain’s biggest and most prestigious cycle race heads to the Scottish Borders on day two of the 2019 event . Please consider the following information when planning your journey ahead of race day.

Click here to download this guide as a PDF.

Accessibility

RAIL:  The Tweedbank station on the Borders Railway and Berwick-upon-Tweed on the East Coast Main Line are the closest rail stations, with public transport then required to reach Kelso.

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BUS:  The main operator in the Scottish Borders is Borders Buses.

Routes 52 (Jedburgh to Edinburgh) and 67 (Galashiels to Berwick-Upon-Tweed) service Kelso.

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ROAD:  Located in the central Scottish Borders, Kelso can be easily accessed from all directions by road, including from the A68 north and south, then using the A697, A698 or A699 to Kelso.

The A699 from St Boswells to Kelso will close at around 1.45pm ahead of the race finish.

Alternative routes into Kelso, including the A698 and B6404/B6397, will be available.

CAR PARKING:  Free spectator parking a short walk from the town centre finish is available and will be signposted on all approaches to the town.

Don’t forget to visit the Tour Village in The Square , offering fans a big screen showing full live coverage of the stage, plus exhibits from race partners.

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Dylan Teuns leads Israel-Premier Tech in the race for UCI points. The La Flèche Wallonne champion is accompanied by Michael Woods as part of a strong squad.

Felix Großschartner lines up as the leaders of Bora-Hansgrohe, with Jordi Meeus set to be their sprint option.

At Team DSM,  Cees Bol  will be looking to target sprint wins while Chris Hamilton is an option on the hillier days. The versatile  Matteo Jorgenson heads up Movistar, who can also look to Oscar Rodríguez in the quest for points.

Filippo Zana (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Anthon Charmig (Uno-X), and Thomas Gloag (Trinity Racing) are among the other names to watch, while Jake Stewart (Great Britain), Sacha Modolo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè), Kenneth Van Rooy (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), and Eduard Prades (Caja Rural-Seguros SGA) are all set to compete in the sprints. 

Read on for all the information on how to watch the 2022 Tour of Britain .

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The 2022 Tour of Britain will be broadcast in the United Kingdom, Europe, the USA, Canada, and Australia on  GCN+ , with a year’s subscription costing £39.99. Eurosport will also be airing the race via the Eurosport Player.

In the UK, ITV4 will also be airing the race live on TV and online daily.

Around the world, other broadcasters include L'Equipe (France), Claro (Latin American), RTVC (Colombia), and Sky (New Zealand).

Be warned, though, geo-restrictions may apply if you're outside your home country or on holiday during the race.

You can get around that, however, by accessing the streams via a VPN. 

ExpressVPN offers the ability to simulate being back in your home country, allowing you to watch the race live on various devices – including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.

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