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Tour of Britain 2023: Route details, startlist and jerseys guide

The Tour of Britain 2023 begins on Sunday September 3 - here's all you need to know

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After a truncated edition in 2022 due to police having to head off to administer the Queen's funeral, Britain's biggest race - the Tour of Britain - returns for (hopefully) a full run in 2023. 

It's a much more compact edition this year with the race taking place mostly in the middle of the country so if you're anywhere south of Manchester and north of Reading you have precious few excuses for not getting to the roadside to cheer on your favourite rider.

Among the riders set to light up the race are previous winner Wout van Aert and 2022 second place finisher Tom Pidcock , who'll hope to go one better in 2023.

Tour of Britain overview

Tour of britain 2023 route.

Stage 1,   Sunday 3 September

Route: Greater Manchester to Altrincham 

Today's route is near identical to the final stage of the 2019 tour, starting in Altrincham and travelling to Manchester in an anti-clockwise direction taking in the surrounding area’s undulating terrain, including the category two climb of Grains Bar (2.4km at 5.8%) and category one Ramsbottom Rake (1.3km at 8.8%). Those climbs might not sound like much, but together with a number of unclassified rises were enough to significantly reduce the peloton to just a few dozen riders after Ineos Grenadiers applied the pressure. 

The race did eventually culminate in a reduced bunch sprint won by Mathieu van der Poel, but not before we were entertained by a relentless flurry of attacks as teams struggled for control.

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Expect a similar type of rider to triumph today.

Stage 2, Monday 4 September

Route: Wrexham to Wrexham

At just 109.9km, this is a remarkably short stage by any standards, and as a result could witness some atypical racing. Shorter stages tend to produce more intense racing, with riders able to attack earlier on in the knowledge that they won't have to sustain their efforts for as long.

So although the route doesn’t offer many springboards to launch attacks, travelling westwards across the border and into Cheshire rather than eastwards towards the hills of the Clwydian Range to the west, expect riders to try their luck regardless.

Most important of all will be the Eyton Hill, the category three climb summited with just 18.5km left to ride. It’s close enough to the finish for attackers to fully commit themselves, but will the shallow gradients (averaging only around two and three percent) be enough to establish meaningful gaps?

Stage 3, Tuesday 5 September

Route: Goole to Beverley

Setting off from the small market town of Goole, the riders will head north-eastwards to Bridlington, from where they will travel southwards along the coast and then inland again for a finish in Beverley. For the residents of Beverley, this will be a chance to witness a stage finish after the minster town had previously hosted the beginning of Tour de Yorkshire stages in 2016 and 2018, the former won by Harry Tanfield from a successful break, the latter by Dylan Groenewegen in a sprint.

Much like the course of the town’s famous racecourse, the parcours today before arriving at Beverly is mostly flat, but there are a few potential obstacles to overcome if this is to be a sprint finish. The category three hills up Towthorpe Lane and Langtoft must both be climbed during the first of the stage, and after that comes a stretch of about 35km near the coastline which could, if the wind blows strong and in the right direction, cause echelons. But this should in theory be the most nailed-on stage for the sprinters so far.

Stage 4, Wednesday 6 September

Route: Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent

After setting off from Edwinstone in Sherwood Forest, famous for its association with Robin Hood, the riders face the first to the day’s two category three climbs, Kilton Hill, just 15km into the stage. Then, after briefly crossing into Yorkshire and riding through Haworth, where a monument to Tom Simpsons can be found, they will travel southwards again to tackle the next climb, Red Hill Lane.

There’s a whole 85km between the top of Red Hill Lane and the finish, so plenty of time for the race to settle down for a bunch sprint.

Stage 5, Thursday 7 September

Route: Felixstowe to Felixstowe

Perhaps to make up for the lack of any difficult terrain, the organisers have rendered stage five less straightforward than it would otherwise have been by extending it to a total of 192.4km. That makes it by far the longest stage of the race, and could prevent this from being the predictable sprint stage it looks on paper.

Small undulations in the road that would otherwise have been passed over without a second though will sting the legs of the weaker riders, and being so close to the coast a crosswind could encourage a strong team to the front on any exposed roads.

Stage 6, Friday 8 September

Route: Southend-on-Sea to Harlow

Today’s stage is likely to be the last chance for the sprinters to compete for a stage win. And it should be about as nailed-on for them as any stage in the year’s race — there is only one official climb to be overcome, and it’s only a mild category three one tackled with 46km left between its summit and the finish for the peloton to bring back any optimistic attackers who try to use its shallow gradients to get away.

Stage 7, Saturday 9 September

Route: Tewkesbury to Gloucester

The organisers have made the most of the lumpy terrain of the Cotswolds to devise a route that should be selective, and one of the most important days in the GC race.

There is one climb up the category two Winchcombe Hill just 20km after the roll-out in Tewksbury, but the real action will be reserved for the final 30km. First the category two Crawley Hill, which features a nasty ramp at over 20%, then an uncategorized yet deceptively hard 3km rise to the village of Edge, which includes a similarly sharp ramp of 15%.

Stage 8, Sunday 10 September

Route: Margam Country Park to Caerphilly

The climbs to be taken on might not be especially different than those that have preceded them earlier in the week, but there is still a notable upgrade in terms of severity.

That’s clear when the race heads up to the outskirts of Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly Brecon Beacons) national park to take on the first two climbs of the day, Rhigos and Bryn Du, which have both been designated the maximum difficulty racing of category one.

And after a 35km south-easterly trek from the top of the latter comes a double-ascent of the day’s most important climb, and the one on which the entire fate of the Tour of Britain could be decided — Caerphilly Mountain.

In truth it’s more of a hill than a mountain, lasting just 1.3km, but that’s still enough road for its viscous average gradient of 10% to really sting and force a selection.

Tour of Britain startlist

Movistar Team 

DS Max Sciandri 

1 Gonzalo Serrano ESP

2 Will Barta USA

3 Imanol Erviti ESP

4 Max Kanter GER

5 Gregor Mühlberger AUT

6 Óscar Rodríguez ESP

INEOS Grenadiers 

DS Roger Hammond / Ian Stannard 

11 Tom Pidcock GBR

12 Carlos Rodriguez ESP

13 Luke Rowe GBR

14 Connor Swift GBR

15 Josh Tarling* GBR

16 Ben Turner GBR

Bingoal WB 

DS Alessandro Spezialetti 

21 Floris de Tier BEL

22 Johan Meens BEL

23 Davide Persico* ITA

24 Dimitri Peyskens BEL

25 Lennert Teugels BEL

26 Kenneth van Rooy BEL

Great Britain  

DS John Herety / Matt Brammeier 

31 Ethan Vernon GBR

32 Jack Brough* GBR

33 Josh Giddings* GBR

34 Noah Hobbs* GBR

35 Oliver Wood GBR

36 Stephen Williams GBR

BORA hansgrohe 

DS Jens Zemke / Heinrich Haussler 

41 Sam Bennett IRL

42 Patrick Gamper AUT

43 Nils Politt GER

44 Max Schachmann GER

45 Ide Schelling NED

46 Danny Van Poppel NED

Bolton Equities Black Spoke Cycling  

DS Franky Van Haesebroucke / Greg Henderson 

51 Jacob Scott GBR

52 Matt Bostock GBR

53 James Fouche NZL

54 James Oram NZL

55 Mark Stewart GBR

56 Rory Townsend IRL

Global 6 Cycling 

DS James Mitri / Luis Gerrado 

61 Nicolas Sessler BRA

62 Giacomo Ballabio ITA

63 Tomoya Koyama JPN

64 Ivan Moreno ESP

65 Callum Ormiston RSA

66 Tom Wirtgen LUX

Jumbo Visma 

DS Arthur van Dongen / Maarten Wynants 

71 Wout van Aert BEL

72 Edoardo Affini ITA

73 Steven Kruijswijk NED

74 Olav Kooij* NED

75 Jos van Emden NED

76 Nathan van Hooydonck BEL

Equipo Kern Pharma 

DS Pablo Urtasun 

81 Roger Adrià ESP

82 Igor Arrieta* ESP

83 Iñigo Elosegui ESP

84 José Félix Parra ESP

85 Ibon Ruiz ESP

86 Danny van der Tuuk NED

Saint Piran 

DS Steve Lampier / Julian Winn 

91 Alexander Richardson GBR

92 Harry Birchill* GBR

93 Finn Crockett GBR

94 Zeb Kyffin GBR

95 Jack Rootkin-Gray* GBR

96 Bradley Symonds GBR

Team dsm - firmenich 

DS Matt Winston 

101 Tobias Lund Arnesen DEN

102 Patrick Eddy* AUS

103 Enzo Leijnse* NED

104 Niklas Märkl GER

105 Tim Naberman NED

106 Casper van Uden* NED

Q36.5 Pro Cycling 

DS Aart Vierhouten / Rik Reinerink 

111 Mark Donovan GBR

112 Damian Howson AUS

113 Kamil Malecki POL

114 Nicolò Parisini ITA

115 Joey Rosskopf USA

116 Szymon Sajnok POL

TDT - Unibet 

DS Rob Harmeling / Julia Soek 

121 Harry Tanfield GBR

122 Joren Bloem NED

123 Davide Bomboi BEL

124 Jordy Bouts BEL

125 Abram Stockman BEL

126 Hartthijs de Vries NED

Team Flanders - Baloise 

DS Hans De Clerq / Andy Missotten 

131 Kamiel Bonneu BEL

132 Sander De Pestel BEL

133 Milan Fretin* BEL

134 Elias Maris BEL

135 Ward Vanhoof BEL

136 Aaron Verwilst BEL

Trinity Racing 

DS Peter Kennaugh / Jon Mould 

141 Luke Lamperti* USA

142 Robert Donaldson* GBR

143 Luksas Nerukar* GBR

144 Finlay Pickering* GBR

145 Ollie Reese* GBR

146 Max Walker* GBR

Uno-X Pro Cycling 

DS Gino van Oudenhove / Arne Gunnar Ensrud 

151 Alexander Kristoff NOR

152 Frederik Dversnes NOR

153 Tord Gudmestad* NOR

154 Tobias Halland Johannssen NOR

155 Ramus Tiller NOR

156 Martin Urianstad NOR

* Denotes eligibility for the young rider jersey as under-23 

TOUR of Britain PAST WINNERS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS

2012: Nathan Haas (Aus)

2013: Bradley Wiggins (GBr)

2014: Dylan van Baarle (Ned)

2015: Edvald Boasson Hgen (Nor)

2016: Steve cummings (GBr)

2017: Lars Boom (Ned)

2018: Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)

2019: Mathieu van der Poel (Ned)

2020: No race

2021: Wout van Aert (Bel)

2022: Gonzalo Serrano (Esp)

Tour of Britain jersey guide

Blue: GC leader jersey

The best overall rider in the race calculated by the cumulative time they take on each stage.

Green: cottages.com sprints jersey

The first 10 riders each day get points as follows: 25, 18, 12, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Intermediate sprint points are awarded to the first five riders on a 10, 7, 5, 3 ,1 basis.

Black: Pinarello KOM jersey

First-category climbs give the first 10 riders points in descending order from 10. Second-cat climbs work the same for the first six riders, the first getting six points, while third-cat climbs see the first rider get four points.

White: young rider's jersey

Awarded to the best placed GC rider who is also under-23.

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly , who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles. 

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Tour of Britain 2024 Preview

Tour of Britain is a multi-day race on the roads of Great Britain, and has a category UCI 2.1. The race was organized in 1945, since then its status has been constantly changing. In 2004 the race received its current category and since then it has been held regularly.

In 2024, the event will take place between September 1 to 8. Within these eight days, the racers will pass through a number of towns and cities with numerous chances for the fans to spectate and pitch up. The 16th edition of the tour is expected to be much more difficult. The competitors will start in Glasgow and finish in London as before. This year, the riders will have to pass as many as 1308.5 km. Although there are more hill stages, some of the participants predict that the route will not be much easier than last year. Only at the finishing two stages of the race, the riders will enjoy flat runs on the contrast to other hilly stages.

Cycling events in Europe have largely been more popular in France, Spain, and Italy thanks to the presence of races like the Tour de France. They form part of the Grand Tour which requires riders to go through some extremely tough stages before getting the ultimate glory. Professional cycling events in Britain have not attained the same popularity, but several changes to the Tour of Britain are starting to have its effect. After all the Tour of Britain is the most popular professional cycling race in the United Kingdom.

The most recent edition of the Tour of Britain took place in 2015. This was the 12th edition of the event, which underwent major changes in 2004 to make it competitive on the international front. The first edition of the race took place in 1945 – much later than the Tour de France. There was a brief hiatus after the 1999 edition. Following several restructures, the event resumed in 2004. Even though it started out as a five-stage event, recent editions of the cycling Tour of Britain have been held as an eight-stage event. Now, this number will be increased to nine for the Tour of Britain 2024.

Since coming into the UCI Europe Tour, the Tour of Britain route has become much more complex with large predominance for early stages. Twenty teams took part in the 2015 edition that started on September 6. The entire event comprised of only three hilly stages and one medium mountain stage with the rest being flat stages. The event was dominated by three teams – Team Sky, Movistar Team, and Etixx–Quick-Step. Even though they managed to grab individual stages, Cannondale–Garmin managed to win the overall team classification by finishing 5′ 35″ ahead of Team Sky.

Elia Viviani of Italy came out on top when stage victories were taken into account. He managed to grab three stage wins out of eight. Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, though, was crowned as the champion as per the general classifications. He ended up walking away with the yellow jersey followed by Wout Poels and Owain Doull. As a British event, the race received a boost with three Brits managing to win the points, general, and sprints classification.

The Tour of Britain 2024 is expected to be much more difficult. The race starts in Glasgow and will end in London as ever. This time around, the stages cover a whopping 1308.5 km. Even though there are more hill stages, several riders are of the opinion that the 2024 route will not be much easier than in the previous edition. Only the final two stages of the event are flat runs with all the rest being hilly stages.

The Tour of Britain dates for the upcoming edition were announced as early as in February. The Tour is also seen as a great opportunity for riders to prepare for the upcoming World Championships in Doha, Qatar, which starts only three weeks after the Tour of Britain ends.

Preview: 2023 Tour of Britain

The tour of britain once again makes its way across the uk from sunday 3 to sunday 10 september for eight epic stages, with the best riders in the country taking on global stars here on home turf. here we’ve pulled together all the key information you need to follow the action., watching from the roadside.

The Grand Depart will see riders leave the start line in Altrincham to Manchester for the first stage on Sunday 3 September, with Greater Manchester hosting a weekend of cycling events and activities to build up to the start of the race. 

Having hosted a stage of The Women’s Tour last year, Wrexham will host the second stage, before riders will take to the third stage starting in Goole and finishing in Beverley. 

Stage four will see riders return to Nottinghamshire, racing from Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent, before a seaside trip starting and finishing in Felixstone on stage five. The riders then visit Southend-on-Sea and finish in Harlow for the sixth stage and will tackle the Gloucestershire hills on stage seven from Tewkesbury to Gloucester.

A return to the legendary Caerphilly Mountain climb forms part of a spectacular final stage in South Wales, with riders starting in the picturesque Margam Country Park and finishing near Caerphilly Castle.

Find out more about all the stages, including where you can watch and all the key timings here .

Cheering on the Brits

The Great Britain Cycling Team is once again fielding a strong seven-man squad of talented riders for the Tour of Britain, including elimination world champion Ethan Vernon and scratch European champion Ollie Wood.

Having both competed at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships, where Wood also won a silver medal in the men’s Madison alongside Bolton Equities Black Spoke rider Mark Stewart, the British riders will be ready to race on home soil once again after the success of Glasgow. Stewart will also be competing in The Tour of Britain alongside teammates and fellow Brits Matt Bostock and Jacob Scott.

Wood and Vernon will be joined in the Great Britain Cycling Team by recent winner of the Arctic Race of Norway Stevie Williams, and promising 19-year-old Noah Hobbs, who finished fifth at the National Circuit Championships and third at Ronde van de Achterhoek this weekend. Josh Giddings and Jack Brough complete the line-up, having both raced competitively on the road this season and working well for their respective teams.

The team will also be rubbing shoulders with British WorldTour team INEOS Grenadiers, with Tom Pidcock ready to redeem himself after a second-place finish in a shortened Tour of Britain last year. 

UCI Continental team Saint Piran has a strong squad of British riders competing, including Alex Richardson, Harry Birchill, Finn Crockett, Zeb Kyffin, Jack Rootkin-Gray and Bradley Symonds, having dominated the National Road Series this year with a clean sweep of podiums in each round. TRINITY Racing will also be competitive at The Tour of Britain for another year, with Lukas Nerurkar, Bob Donaldson, Finlay Pickering, Oliver Rees and Max Walker ready to take to the start line.

Broadcast details

Every stage of the The Tour of Britain will be televised live on ITV4 in the UK, and can be viewed worldwide on Eurosport and GCN. 

Stage one: Altrincham to Manchester (Sunday 3 September)

• Live: 11:30am – 4:30pm
• Highlights: 8pm – 9pm

Stage two: Wrexham to Wrexham (Monday 4 September)

• Live: 11:30am – 3:15pm

Stage three: Goole to Beverley (Tuesday 5 September)

• Live: 11:15am – 4pm

Stage four: Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent (Wednesday 6 September)

• Live: 11am – 4pm

Stage five: Felixstowe to Felixstowe (Thursday 7 September)

• Live: 10:30am – 4pm
• Highlights: 9pm – 10pm

Stage six: Southend-on-Sea to Harlow (Friday 8 September)

• Live: 11:30am – 4pm

Stage seven: Tewkesbury to Gloucester (Saturday 9 September)

• Live: 11:45am – 3:45pm

Stage eight: Margam Country Park to Caerphilly (Sunday 10 September)

ITV4 is available on Freeview (channel 25), Freesat (channel 117), Sky (channel 120), Virgin Media (channel 118) and the ITV Hub (online) in the UK.

Find out more here and download the Tour of Britain race guide here .

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Looking Ahead to this Year’s Tour of Britain

The Tour of Britain returns to the racing calendar after being halted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, and the anticipation for this year’s race has been ramped up by talk of increased difficulty for the field.

The race commences on Sunday 5th September in Cornwall and the riders will face a collective 1308.5km cycle before the tour wraps up in Aberdeen the following Sunday.

The tour will visit Cornwall for the first time since its inception with the Grand Depart taking place in Penzance, following a picturesque route all the way through to the famous moors in Bodmin to begin the tour. Stage one will see competitors hit a 500m climb that starts at 13% and averages 5% before flattening off in the final 250m of the stage, passing through landmarks such as the Eden Project and St Ives in what promises to be a spectacle for roadside fans.

Stage two then sees the tour move to neighbouring county Devon, starting in Sherford and crossing the equally picturesque backdrop of Dartmoor to finish in Exeter. It will see the first real test for the climbers in the pack at Rundlestone, which includes an 8.7km ascension, before climbing even further to Warren House Inn which sits at 1,425 feet above see level making it the highest pub in the South of England.

Another first for the Tour of Britain sees stages three and four hosted in Wales, the first of which being the second ever team time-trial through Carmarthenshire, before the longest of the eight stages sees the riders face a gruelling 210km ride through mid-Wales. This includes crossing through Snowdonia National Park where a brutal ending to the stage sees the race head up the Great Orme Marine Drive toll road, which is a   1.9km, 9.8% average climb that runs parallel to the famous tramway.

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The tour then moves back to the North West of England, starting at Alderley Park and following a 150km route all the way to the finish line in Warrington, where the the winner will be claim victory in front of the town’s famous Golden Gates that guard Warrington Town Hall. After meandering and climbing through Cheshire and the foothills of the Peak District, the finale in Warrington is expected to be the first sprint finish.

Before the 2021 tour enters Scotland, stage six sees a coast-to-coast trek starting in Carlisle and following a similar route to that seen in the last three iterations of the tour across the North Pennines in Cumbria. However, the race 198km race will culminate outside the iconic Angel of the North sculpture, seeing Gateshead host its first stage finish since 2009.

The tour wraps up in Scotland, with stage seven heading to Hardwick for the first time, while Edinburgh will host its first stage finish having welcomed two starts in 2015 and 2017. To complete the tour, Aberdeenshire will host the most northerly stage ever in the Tour of Britain following a 173km cycle round the East Coast. It will feature a much-anticipated ascent of the famed Cairn o’Mount climb in the opening kilometres, before this year’s overall winner will be crowned on Aberdeen’s picturesque Esplanade on September 12th, some 700 miles from the initial starting point in Penzance.

Alongside WorldTour teams such as Deceuninck and Ineos Grenadiers, the Great British Cycling Team have also announced their line up which includes six senior academy riders;

• Rhys Britton
• Alfie George
• Will Tidball
• Ethan Vernon

Great Britain Cycling Team Performance Director, Stephen Park, said: “The Tour of Britain gives our riders the development opportunity to pit themselves against some of the biggest names in the peloton, to race on home soil, feel the excitement of home crowds cheering them on as they develop their skills and seek to deliver performances on the world stage.”

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Riders to Watch at the 2023 Tour of Britain

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on August 31, 2023
• in Men's Cycling

The anticipation for the cycling world is reaching fever pitch as the British Isles gear up for their most celebrated race, the 2023 Tour of Britain . Not only does this competition offer fierce rivalries and tactical masterclasses, but it also showcases a range of prodigious talent. As the event looms on the horizon at the end of this week, the British cycling community is abuzz with excitement. Here’s your comprehensive guide to the awe-inspiring athletes who will undoubtedly make headlines.

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The Classics Specialist: Wout van Aert

Wout van Aert , Belgium’s cycling luminary, is a formidable presence in the Tour of Britain lineup. Once known as just a specialist in the Spring Classics, van Aert has also demonstrated a high level of versatility with impressive finishes in both stage races and one-day competitions. His capabilities now extend beyond merely being a classics specialist; his sprinting prowess and tactical intelligence make him well-suited for the undulating and varied British roads. Wout is a previous winner here as well, taking the GC victory in 2021 along with 4 stage wins.

The Young Prodigy: Tom Pidcock

Garnering a significant amount of attention is British sensation and Alpe d’Huez winner Tom Pidcock . This young prodigy has already carved out a name for himself in multiple cycling disciplines, including mountain biking, cyclocross, and road racing. The Brit scored his first World Championship XCO title in Glasgow recently to go with his gold in the discipline at the Tokyo Olympics. Entering the Tour of Britain, Pidcock is more than a hometown favourite; he is a force to be reckoned with and a strong contender for the overall title. His tactical acumen and audacity in making breakaways and surprise attacks make him not just the future but also one of the current faces of British cycling.

The Sprint King: Sam Bennett

In the realm of sprinting, the name Sam Bennett rings loudly. This Irishman has gained a reputation as one of the fastest cyclists on the planet. Bennett will be particularly focused on the Tour of Britain’s sprint stages, aiming to add to an already illustrious list of wins. It’s been a quieter season at the top WorldTour level, with a good few near misses. The Tour of Britain is where Bennett cut his teeth around 10 years ago, taking a stage win in 2013. His blistering speed and uncanny ability to find the right wheel in the frenzied final kilometres make him a perennial favourite for any flat finish.

Last Year’s Winner: Gonzalo Serrano

The reigning champion, Gonzalo Serrano of Spain, returns to the British roads carrying the honour and the pressure of his previous victory. Winning the Tour of Britain is an achievement, but successfully defending the title is something else altogether. He’s had a quiet 2023 season so far, finishing no higher than 6th in any race all season. The spotlight will undoubtedly be on Serrano as he attempts to etch his name into the annals of the Tour of Britain yet again, underlining his formidable capabilities.

The Dark Horses: Kamiel Bonneu, Nils Politt, and Corbin Strong

Although perhaps not the headliners, Kamiel Bonneu, Nils Politt, and Corbin Strong should not be overlooked. Bonneu, best known for his stunning stage win at the 2022 Tour of Britain from a breakaway, is a rider who can make a significant impact when least expected. Politt is synonymous with aggressive, attritional racing and could emerge as a surprise decent GC package. On the other hand, Strong, the New Zealand native, has been consistently high placing, without taking a win this season. His ability on rolling courses might make him a stage winner here or a points jersey contender.

The British Hopes: Mark Donovan and Ethan Vernon

Alongside Tom Pidcock, there are other British talents to watch, notably Mark Donovan and Ethan Vernon. Donovan’s performances have been remarkably consistent across stage races, making him a reliable figure in any team. He was 9th in GC here in 2021 and might be an outside threat for the GC podium this year. Meanwhile, Vernon, winner at the World Championships on the track will be full of confidence with a subsequent stage win at the Deutschland Tour. The course this year is missing a time trial for Vernon to be a true GC threat.

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Stage 1 - Sunday, September 3 Start at 11:45 BST, 12:45 CET, 6:45am ET Finish at 15:53 BST, 16:53 CET, 10:53am ET

Stage 2 - Monday, September 4 Start at 11:45 BST, 12:45 CET, 6:45am ET Finish at 14:37 BST, 15:37 CET, 9:37am ET

Stage 3 - Tuesday, September 5 Start at 11:30 BST, 12:30 CET, 6:30am ET Finish at 15:26 BST, 16:26 CET, 10:26am ET

Stage 4 - Wednesday, September 6 Start at 11:15 BST, 12:15 CET, 6:15am ET Finish at 15:23 BST, 16:23 CET, 10:23am ET

Stage 5 - Thursday, September 7 Start at 10:45 BST, 11:45 CET, 5:45am ET Finish at 15:34 BST, 16:34 CET, 10:34am ET

Stage 6 - Friday, September 8 Start at 11:45 BST, 12:45 CET, 6:45am ET Finish at 15:28 BST, 16:28 CET, 10:28am ET

Stage 7 - Saturday, September 9 Start at 11:00 BST, 12:00 CET, 6:00am ET Finish at 15:19 BST, 16:19 CET, 10:19am ET

Stage 8 - Sunday, September 10 Start at 11:15 BST, 12:15 CET, 6:15am ET Finish at 15:23 BST, 16:23 CET, 10:23am ET

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- News: Ewan wins in Aldeburgh . (Cyclingnews) - Boom continues to lead overall.

- Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) won Stage 6.  Lars Boom (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) remains overall leader.

- News: Dowsett revels in 'hometown' time trial . (Cyclingnews) - Rider from Essex finishes ninth in world-class field.

- News: Boom wins Tour of Britain time trial . (Cyclingnews) - Dutchman moves into overall lead.

- Lars Boom (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) won the Stage 5 Individual Time Trial and took over the lead on G.C.

- News: Tour of Britain organisers investigating car crash . (Cyclingnews) - Hermans says incident was 'ridiculous' and 'so dangerous'.

- Stage 5 ITT Start Order and Times here .

- News: Gaviria wins stage 4 . (Cyclingnews) - First win since Giro d'Italia for Colombian.

- News: Tour of Britain: Ewan wins stage 3 . (Cyclingnews) - Australian regains race lead.

- Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) won Stage 4.  Elia Viviani (Team Sky) is new overall leader.

- Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) won Stage 3 and is back in the lead in the general classification.

- Elia Viviani (Team Sky) won Stage 2 and took over the lead on G.C.

- News: Ewan loses Tour of Britain race lead . (Cyclingnews) - Australian looking ahead to further sprint opportunities.

- News: Phinney disqualified from Tour of Britain . (Cyclingnews) - American apologises for crossing railway while gates were closing.

- News: Viviani revs up for Worlds with Tour of Britain win . (Cyclingnews) - Italian holds no grudges after Boasson Hagen's stage 2 relegation.

- News: Boasson Hagen stripped of stage 2 win in Tour of Britain . (Cyclingnews) - Norwegian says his sprint move was unintentional.

- News: Viviani wins stage 2 . (Cyclingnews) - Team Sky rider wins in controversial circumstances.

- News: Ewan hails 2017 as his best season yet . (Cyclingnews) - Australian nabs eighth victory of season in Kelso.

- News: Ewan wins opener in Kelso . (Cyclingnews) - Australian pips Boasson Hagen and Viviani in tight sprint.

- Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) won Stage 1 and is first overall leader.

- Preview: Tour of Britain 2017 race preview . (Cyclingnews) - Worlds contenders tune up for Bergen.

- Sunday's Tour of Britain Stage 1 departs Edinburgh at 10:30am BST (5:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Kelso at around 3:21pm BST (10:21am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 10:30am BST (5:30am U.S. Eastern).

- Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) won the 2016 Tour of Britain.

- The 2017 Tour of Britain is being held September 3-10.

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- Tony Martin (Etixx-Quickstep) won the Stage 7a Individual Time Trial ahead of Rohan Dennis and Tom Dumoulin.  Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) retained the overall race lead.

- Saturday's Tour of Britain Stage 7 is divided into morning (Stage 7a ITT) and afternoon (Stage 7b) stages.  Only the afternoon stage will be broadcast live.

- Wout Poels (Team Sky) won Stage 6.  Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) is new overall leader.

- Friday's Tour of Britain Stage 6 departs Sidmouth at 11:30am BST (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Haytor, Dartmoor at around 3:09pm BST (10:09am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 12:30pm BST (7:30am U.S. Eastern).

- Jack Bauer (Cannondale) won Stage 5.  Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quickstep) remains overall leader.

- Thursday's Tour of Britain Stage 5 departs Aberdare at 11:00am BST (6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Bath at around 3:31pm BST (10:31am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) won Stage 4.  Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quickstep) remains leader on G.C.

- Wednesday's Tour of Britain Stage 4 departs Denbigh at 10:40am BST (5:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Builth Wells at around 3:30pm BST (10:30am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Ian Stannard (Team Sky) won Stage 3.  Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quickstep) remains leader in the general classification.

- Tuesday's Tour of Britain Stage 3 departs Congleton at 11:25am BST (6:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Tatton Park, Knutsford at around 3:33pm BST (10:33am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- Julien Vermote (Etixx-Quickstep) won Stage 2 and took over the race lead.

- Monday's Tour of Britain Stage 2 departs Carlisle at 11:10am BST (6:10am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Kendal at around 4:20pm BST (11:20am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) won Stage 1 ahead of Caleb Ewan and is first leader in the general classification.

- Official 2016 Tour of Britain Start List here .

- Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka) won the 2015 Tour of Britain.

- Sunday's Tour of Britain Stage 1 departs Glasgow at 11:30am BST (6:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Castle Douglas at around 3:34pm BST (10:34am U.S. Eastern) .  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm BST (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

- The 2016 Tour of Britain is being held September 4-11.

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‘Monumental effort’ means Women’s Tour of Britain goes ahead in 2024

• Condensed four-stage race begins in Welshpool on 6 June
• Lizzie Deignan: ‘I’m grateful to the people who have pulled it off’

British Cycling has named the host towns for this summer’s Tour of Britain Women after what has been described as “monumental effort” to make sure the race goes ahead.

Ten weeks after the Guardian reported the governing body would organise the race in-house ­following the collapse of SweetSpot group, the outline of the route has been unveiled, with an opening stage starting in Welshpool and finishing in Llandudno on 6 June.

Stage two will start and finish in Wrexham, stage three will begin and end in Warrington, and the final stage will start outside the National Cycling Centre in Manchester and finish in Leigh on 9 June.

This year’s race will be limited to four stages – down from six for the previous edition of the Women’s Tour in 2022 – due to the time ­restrictions British Cycling has faced, but there is an ambition to grow in the future.

Rod Ellingworth, the former ­deputy team principal of the Ineos Grenadiers who joined as race ­director last month, said: “It’s been a monumental effort by the whole team over the past 10 weeks to ­confirm the stages for this year’s Tour of Britain Women.”

The governing body’s chief executive, Jon Dutton, admitted there had been “many” moments in the last 10 weeks where he feared the race might not take place. “I dare say with 52 days to go there will be a few more bumps in the road,” Dutton said.

“We’ve had local authorities, start towns and finish towns who’ve said: ‘We’re in’ and then subsequently said: ‘We’re not in’ and that’s difficult. We’ve always had the idea of a condensed, compact race and when one pulls out that’s an issue across the board.”

British Cycling is also working on the men’s Tour of Britain, with that race due to take place over six days in September rather than the usual eight.

Dutton added that British Cycling is continuing to seek further investment for what he described as two “expensive races”. Much of the money will come from hosting fees and broadcast contracts, close to being agreed but not yet finalised, but there is a need for more commercial revenue.

All six of the UK’s UCI ­Continental level teams have signed up for the women’s race, and the former world champion Lizzie Deignan will swap her Lidl-Trek jersey for Britain ­ colours to lead a national squad.

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“Sometimes it’s easy to ­underestimate how much it takes to put on a race so I’m really grateful to the people who have pulled it off against the odds,” Deignan said.

The 35-year-old wants to use the race to prepare for a busy summer which will hopefully include the Paris Olympics, but admitted the broken arm she suffered in a crash at last month’s Tour of Flanders had come at a bad time.

“The main concern for me is it’s during Olympic selection time so I’ve missed a good chunk of races I was peaking for in terms of getting selected,” said Deignan. “There’s plenty of time until the Olympics itself to get fit and ready, but selection is harder than it’s ever been so it’s obviously bad timing.”

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Tour of Britain 2022 route

The 18th edition of the modern Tour of Britain set to take place between September 4 - 11

Tour of Britain 2022 Route

The Tour of Britain returns September 4, after a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, for eight days of racing as a UCI ProSeries event, making it one of the most prestigious sporting events of Great Britain.

Now in its 18th edition, 18 teams, five of them WorldTour level, will begin on the first Sunday of September in the city centre of Aberdeen and travel southward to the finale on September 11 in the historic Needles on the Isle of Wight.

First four days

Stage 1 opens in Scotland for 181.3 kilometres from Aberdeen, which is the most northerly overall start for the Tour of Britain. Last year Aberdeen hosted the race finale. It becomes the third Scottish city to host the start of the race, while Glenshee Ski Centre becomes the first-ever opening day summit finish. A trio of intermediate sprints and KOM climbs sprinkle the route to reach the approach to the final climb, which is uncategorised. To reach the finish line, the route will follow the 9.1km Old Military Road from Auchallater, facing an average gradient of 4.8% on the final five kilometres.

The second day of racing rolls south of Edinburgh across the rolling hills and rural areas of Scottish Borders, which hosts a full stage for the second time in three editions. From Hawick, the route will cover 175.2km to a first-time finish in Duns. The middle section of the route offers two intermediate sprints - Morebattle and Coldstream - as the roads skirt the North Sea at Eyemouth. Then the final intermediate sprint at Reston leads to a succession of three categorised climbs in the final 30 kilometres - Wanside Rigg (2.1km at 5.7%), Mainslaughter Law (1.7km at 5.9%) and Hardens Hill (1.9km at 4.7%). From the summit of Hardens Hill, the route descends 5.5km to the finish in Duns. 

Stage 3 takes on 163.6km on English soil with a first-time start in Durham and winding in a counter-clockwise direction to Sunderland. The route heads west through the North Pennines AONB, with two categorised climbs in the area - first-category Chapel Fell (4.1km at 7.8%) followed by second-category Billy Lane (1.8km at 7.1%). There is one intermediate sprint in the opening 29km, at Stanhope, and then a pair on the road back toward Sunderland, Bishop Auckland and Ferryhill, only 9.5km between the two sprint points. A small category 3 climb at High Moorsley (1.2km at 5.3%) stands in the way to the fast finish outside Sunderland’s new City Hall.

Just a short distance south on the coast will be the start for stage 4 at Redcar, an inaugural host borough. The149.5km route goes through the popular sea-side town of Whitby, which will stage the first intermediate sprint of the day. Following are two short classified climbs at Robin Hood’s Bay and Egton Bank. Once through the next sprint line at Stokesley, with 33km to go, the route heads into the North York Moors National Park with two climbs, opening with the cat 1 Carlton Bank (1.9km at 10.2%). There next climb offers intermediate sprint points at the top, not KOM points, at Newgate Bank (1.3km at 7.3%). The final 85.km descent into Duncombe Park in Helmsley, one of Yorkshire’s finest estates.

Second four days

The longest day of the Tour of Britain is Thursday, September 8 on stage 5 with 186.8km in Nottinghamshire. Like the race did four years ago, the start will be in West Bridgford and the finish is set for the Civic Centre in Mansfield, but the route has changed. From West Bridgford, this year’s route takes in Cotgrave, Gedling, Southwell, Retford and Worksop before heading into Mansfield via Clumber Park and Sherwood Forest. It is a flat day with a trio of intermediate sprints - Edingley, Retford and Clumber Park - and two small classified climbs - at Keyworth (1km at 3.4%) and Sparken Hill (.4km at 8.5%). 

All 170.9km on stage 6 roll through Gloucestershire, beginning in the mediaeval market town of Tewkesbury. Only 10km separate this town from the cathedral city of Gloucester, but the route takes the peloton in a clockwise direction into the Cotswolds. In the first 45km there are KOM points at round Hill (1.8km at 9.4%) and Withington Hill (1.5km at 6.9%). A trio of intermediate sprints unfold at Cirencester, Rangeworhty and Dursley before the final categorised climb at Crawley Hill (1.7km at 8.1%). The peloton will then have 25km to go and approach the finish by the historic Gloucester Docks, the country’s most inland port, from South Gloucestershire.

The race reaches the English Channel for stage 7, with a start in West Bay. The route run parallel with the West Dorset Heritage coast as it winds 175.9km on mainly inland roads towards Dorchester, Wareham and Knowlton, all with intermediate sprints. The classified climbs at Daggers Gate (1km at 3.1%) and Whiteways HIll (1.5km at 7.1%) strike as a tandem after the first 55km, the two separated by 8.5km. The final stiff climb comes with 46km to go at Okeford Hill (1.7km at 7.1%). The stage concludes with finishing circuits in Ferndown.

The Isle of Wight hosts the final day of racing, 148.9km from Ryde to The Needles. In between are a sequence of tourist towns - Sandown, Yarmouth and Cowes with intermediate sprints. Scattered among those are three classified climbs - Brading Down (1.9km at 5.8%), Cowleaze Hill (1.7km at 6.1%) and Zig Zag Road (1.4km at 6.3%). 

The final 20 kilometres will take the peloton along 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 averaging 9.6%, making it the toughest ending to any Tour of Britain in modern history.

• Stage 1 - Aberdeen to Glenshee Ski Centre, 181.3km
• Stage 2 - Hawick to Duns, 175.2km
• Stage 3 - Durham to Sunderland, 163.6km
• Stage 4 - Redcar to Duncombe Park, Helmsley, 149.5km
• Stage 5 - West Bridgford to Mansfield, 186.8km
• Stage 6 - Tewkesbury to Gloucester, 170.9km
• Stage 7 - West Bay to Ferndown, 175.9km
• Stage 8 - Ryde to The Needles, 148.9km

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