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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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Tour of Britain 2023: The Route

The Tour of Britain opens on a 163.6 kilometres route from Altrincham to the finish on Deansgate in Manchester city centre. No time to dillydally, as the 1st stage includes almost 2,000 metres of climbing.

The 2nd stage is definitely sprinters material. Merely 109.9 kilometres long and the elevation gain does not exceed 800 metres. Both start and finish are in Wrexham.

Stage 3 is even flatter, as it’s 45 kilometres longer and there’s less climbing to do. The start is in Goole and the finish in Beverley.

The 4th stage sets off from the Sherwood Forest visitor centre near Edwinstowe to arrive 166.6 kilometres later in Newark-on-Trent, where Fernando Gaviria sprinted to victory six years ago. The route takes in an altitude gain of almost 1,000 metres.

The 5th stage comprises a loop north of start and finish venue Felixstowe. At 192.4 kilometres it’s the longest race of the entire Tour of Britain, while the elevation gain does not exceed 1,000 metes.

At 146.2 kilometres, the 6th stage of the Tour Britain travels on flat to rolling terrain from Southend-on-Sea to Harlow. Again, a bunch sprint is the most likely outcome.

The GC action is, with two hilly endeavours in a row, saved for the final weekend. Adding up to 170.9 kilometres, the 7th stage goes from Tewkesbury to Gloucester. The riders are to conquer 1,841 vertical metres.

The final stage of the Tour of Britain is a lumpy test of 166.8 kilometres with an elevation gain of 2,500 metres. The last 15 kilometres feature a double ascent of Caerphilly Mountain – 1.7 kilometres at 8.3% – before the finale is a flying descent into Caerphilly.

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Tom Pidcock is set to lead Ineos Grenadiers at the Tour of Britain

The 2023 Tour of Britain starts on September 3 with the eight-day race taking in an exciting route that spans England and Wales. A full start list has yet to be published but the race organisers have announced a star-studded selection of the starters with Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Sam Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) all set to line up for stage 1 to Manchester.

Ahead of the race, we've picked seven must-watch riders with a mix of WorldTour veterans and up-and-coming stars of the future.

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

Tour of Britain pedigree: One overall title in 2021, and four stage wins

Analysis: It’s Wout van Aert, so it’s not like the route has to be specifically flat or hilly in order for him to perform, and with a number of stages toying between breakaways and sprints the versatile Belgian should have a field day. Although he has been consistent through the season, the 28-year-old has only won twice this year. The Tour of Britain might not be a WorldTour race but it’s a perfect event for Van Aert to bump up that victory tally.

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Tour of Britain pedigree: One stage win, back in 2013.

Analysis: It’s been a frustrating campaign for the Irish sprinter who has been deemed surplus to requirements at Bora-Hansgrohe ahead of the 2024 season. A former Tour de France green jersey winner, it’s almost certain that Bennett will move on at the end of this season with AG2R Citroën in pole position to sign the 32-year-old. Having missed out on a Vuelta a España spot following a surprise Tour de France omission, Bennett will be highly motivated to mop up every opportunity he can before the curtain comes down on the year. Bora-Hansgrohe have at least provided the sprinter with a competitive lead-out, and with a surplus of sprint stages on offer the Irishman should be in the mix to add to his one and only stage win here from back in 2013.

Jack Rootkin-Gray (Saint Piran)

Tour of Britain pedigree: Making his second appearance

Analysis: Rootkin-Gray finished in a highly credible fourth at the U23 men’s race at the recent UCI World Championships with GCN later revealing that the 20-year-old had been heavily linked with a move to EF Education-EasyPost for 2024. Having already picked up a handful of wins this year, the youngster’s Tour of Britain performance will be eagerly watched by his future employers but Saint Piran will also be hoping that their asset can go out with a bang and garner some much-needed publicity on the road. There aren’t a huge amount of opportunities for Rootkin-Gray on the sprint-friendly course, but the final stage and a possible role in a breakaway earlier in the race could be on the cards.

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Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar)

Tour of Britain pedigree: The 2022 race winner

Analysis: The defending champion leads the line for a Movistar team that’s stacked with options. Max Kanter will compete for the sprints but Serrano, who beat Tom Pidcock to a key stage and the overall in the shortened 2022 race, will wear number one on his back. The 29-year-old has had a quietly consistent season, picking up a few placings here and there, but with his contract at Movistar set to expire the Spaniard might be desperate to use the Tour of Britain to showcase his talents to rival teams.

Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers)

Tour of Britain pedigree: Two appearances, second overall in 2022

Analysis: Pidcock may not have raced on the road since the Tour de France but the newly-crowned mountain bike world champion will arrive in Altrincham for stage 1 full of confidence and have the backing of the entire Ineos Grenadiers team behind him. Second last year by three seconds, the multi-disciplined all-rounder can virtually target any of the eight stages on offer and legitimately claim that they are winnable. The 24-year-old is headliner material and will be one of the biggest draws at his home tour.

Luke Lamperti (Trinity Racing)

Tour of Britain pedigree: Set for his third appearance

Analysis: As first reported by GCN earlier this summer, Lamperti is set for a move to Soudal Quick-Step in the off-season but before then the talented 20-year-old has the small matter of the Tour of Britain on his schedule. The current US national criterium champion, Lampert has a rapid turn of speed, and although he’s had a relatively quiet couple of months it’s worth remembering that he started the year with a bang, winning several races, and earning that move to Patrick Lefevere’s squad. With Fabio Jakobsen moving on from the Belgian team at the end of the year, Lamperti will automatically slot into the number two sprinter role behind Tim Merlier, but the American has a prime chance to take on a glut of WorldTour sprinters in Britain and gain valuable experience. A stage win for Lamperti and his Trinity Racing team would be huge.

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Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)

Tour of Britain pedigree: Race debutant

Analysis: There’s no doubt that Wout van Aert will have a free hand when it comes to targeting stage wins and the overall but Kooij remains a world-class sprinter who on paper should be the fastest rider in the race. Having won stages in Paris-Nice and the Tour de Pologne - among several other victories - Kooij has a proven burst of speed at this level and with a robust lead-out that could include van Aert, the Dutch talent should vie with Bennett for the mantle of best sprinter in the race.

We'll be showing live and on-demand coverage of all eight stages of the Tour of Britain from Sunday, September 3 to Sunday, September 10. Head over to GCN+ to check the broadcast times and make sure you don't miss any of the action. Territory restrictions apply.

Wout van Aert

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• UCI Wins 46
• Height 1.9m

Tom Pidcock

• Team INEOS Grenadiers
• Nationality United Kingdom
• UCI Wins 13
• Height 1.7m

Gonzalo Serrano

• Team Movistar Team
• Nationality Spain
• Height 1.77m

• Nationality Netherlands
• UCI Wins 37
• Height 1.84m

Sam Bennett

• Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
• Nationality Ireland
• UCI Wins 67
• Height 1.78m

Luke Lamperti

• Team Soudal Quick-Step
• Nationality United States of America
• UCI Wins 10
• Height 1.8m

Jack Rootkin-Gray

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• Dates 3 Sept - 10 Sept
• Race Length 1,264 kms
• Race Category Elite Men

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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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How to watch the Tour of Britain 2023 - TV and live stream as Tom Pidcock and Wout van Aert do battle

Published 04/09/2023 at 10:02 GMT

The 2023 Tour of Britain has arrived with Great Britain's Tom Pidcock aiming to do battle with overall favourite Wout van Aert for glory on the eight-stage race. The final stages of last year's event were cancelled after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Tour gets underway in Greater Manchester and finishes in Caerphilly, South Wales where riders will take on the legendary Caerphilly mountain.

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Second place on the climbing stage into Caerphilly secured Wout van Aert his second overall title in the Tour of Britain. Compared with his 2021 victory , however, this was far from straightforward although his fine form had been clear from day one.

Through the hills of south Wales, Ineos’s Spanish starlet Carlos Rodríguez, the eventual stage winner, formed an impromptu alliance with local rider Steve Williams to push Van Aert to the edge, in the first of the eight stages where the Belgian’s Jumbo-Visma team were unable to exert any real grip on proceedings.

After Williams – who was guesting for Great Britain here – and Rodríguez had sprung clear on the climb of Bryn Du, high above Aberdare in the heart of the Rhondda, Van Aert’s teammates had been scattered to the four winds on the high moorland and the two strongest climbers in the race were rapidly forging a healthy advantage ahead of a small chase group, Van Aert faced the prospect of losing the race lead he had taken in winning Thursday’s stage into Felixstowe . “I had a really hard time, I didn’t think it was possible to take the general classification.”

The 28-year-old’s only option was to remain calm and hope that enough of his teammates could battle their way up to him, and that they and other squads would take the strain before the race arrived at the final brace of climbs over Caerphilly Mountain in the last eight miles. “I tried to stay calm, as I knew there were two climbers in front, and they would spend a lot of energy getting to the finish circuit.”

In the hiatus while he waited for Steven Kruijswijk and Nathan Van Hooydonck to catch up, Williams and Rodríguez raced into a lead that briefly exceeded 90 seconds.

With several other teams assisting Jumbo-Visma, the duo’s lead evaporated like the puddles from the rain showers that had greeted the race when it entered the hills, and on reaching Caerphilly they were only a handful of seconds ahead.

The first climb of the mountain broke Williams, a 27-year-old from Aberystwyth who has quietly forged a good career racing for the Bahrain-Merida and Israel-Premier Tech team, and who this year had won the Arctic Race of Norway. Rodríguez forged ahead on his own, but although he has had an outstanding year with a stage win and fifth overall in the Tour de France, he was less of a threat to Van Aert, having lost time in a crash in the Cotswolds on Saturday’s stage into Gloucester.

The Spaniard needed to finish 40sec ahead of Van Aert and his 20sec advantage with one 7km lap of the finish circuit put the race in the balance. With no teammates left at his side, the Belgian had to control the Spaniard’s lead while simultaneously ensuring that he did not crack, and that he did not lose ground to three threats for the overall title: Rodríguez’s Ineos teammate Magnus Sheffield, the Norwegian Tobias Johannessen and the Australian Damien Howson, all of whom were a slender 3sec behind him overall.

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While Rodríguez did give the Ineos team a consolatory stage win after the withdrawal of their marquee rider Tom Pidcock on Saturday, he was only 11sec ahead of Van Aert on the line, giving the Belgian his third road race win of 2023. He has had a frustrating mid-season, and it was about time he got the rub of the green.

This was a fine crescendo to a slow-burning week marked by six mass finishes in the first six stages, with 52 riders level on time 3sec behind Van Aert after Friday’s stage into Harlow , but it was far from plain sailing, with this most important climbing stage in effect split into two by a lengthy pause from racing with between 87km and 77km to go, when the race briefly stopped twice and then took a diversion to avoid a stretch of road which had been closed by an accident involving a motorcyclist. The incident was unrelated to the race, but it meant that the entire convoy had to be guided through back streets with racing neutralised and the bunch travelling at controlled speed.

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Officials confirmed details of the rebooted and rebranded Tour of Britain Women after a wild 10-week scramble to keep the race on the 2024 calendar.

Event organizer British Cycling revealed Monday a four-stage route from Wales and into Manchester for the inaugural edition of the race after its predecessor six-day “Women’s Tour” was effectively shuttered due to sponsorship shortfalls.

“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,” said newly appointed race director and former Team Sky/Ineos mastermind Rod Ellingworth.

“The race will take in four competitive and challenging routes, some challenging climbing in Wales and what I’m sure will be brilliant crowds on the roadside throughout,” Ellingworth said.

The news comes as a boon for the ailing British grassroots racing scene and gives hope for the future of the formerly named Women’s Tour.

The previous event was one of the OG stage-races of the Women’s WorldTour and counts Marianne Vos, Elisa Longo Borghini, and Demi Vollering on its roll of honor.

The first Tour of Britain Women rolls out from Welshpool in mid-Wales on June 6. Full stage details are due to be revealed in coming weeks.

“There’s clearly so much support and fondness for the race, both at home and further afield,” said Lidl-Trek racer Lizzie Deignan, who won the GC of the Women’s Tour in both 2016 and 2019.

“The four stage hosts deserve credit for their commitment to women’s racing and for helping to make the race happen, and I’m sure that together we can put on a brilliant show in June,” Deignan said.

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It’s all-change this coming season for the Women’s WorldTour race and its partner 2.Pro-ranked Tour of Britain Men.

Both races faced shutdown at the turn of the year when former promoter Sweetspot entered liquidation  and new commercial partners could not be found.

National governing body British Cycling stepped in as organizer of both races at the final hour and established “British Cycling Events”.

Former Team Sky / Ineos Grenadiers staffer Ellingworth was appointed as race director soon afterward, and officials scrambled to design courses for both its men’s and women’s races.

Both events were shortened for 2024 due to both logistical and financial reasons.

The Tour of Britain Men  will take place across six days this September.

The formerly named “Tour of Britain” typically serves as a key tune-up for many riders heading to road worlds, with Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, and Julian Alaphilippe among recent GC winners on British roads.

British Cycling intends to bring both the Women’s and men’s tours to six days in the future as it continues to seek sponsorship partners.

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Wales to host opening stages for rebranded Tour of Britain Women in June

B ritish Cycling announced today the host cities stretching from Welshpool to Manchester for a "monumental effort" to launch this year's Tour of Britain Women , formerly known as Women's Tour. The rebranded event, which was cancelled last year and has had a turbulent path to a rebranding by British Cycling, will begin in 10 weeks, scheduled for June 6-9 as a Women's WorldTour event.

"Our primary focus has been to deliver a safe and competitive race in 2024, and while there is still a great deal of work to do, we remain every bit as determined to harness the race's spotlight to make a real impact in the communities which it touches," said Jon Dutton, CEO of British Cycling.

"We know that it is a vision which resonates strongly in the positive conversations we've been having with prospective commercial partners and hosts which continues to be extremely encouraging."

It was two weeks ago that British Cycling confirmed the men's Tour of Britain would be set up with six stages, down from a total of eight days contested in 2023. It was the goal of the governing body to have "parity to the two national tours, following the alignment of the event names in 2024", a press release noted. The dates have not been confirmed on the UCI calendar at the time of this report.

Last spring the Women's Tour was cancelled as then-organiser, SweetSpot Group Limited, which held the licence to manage both the men's and women's race, was unable to sign sponsorships needed to support the race. The men's race proceeded in September, won by Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). 

Then in November, British Cycling cancelled their deal with SweetSpot as it came to light that licence fees of £700,000 were still unpaid, according to the governing body, which holds the rights for the Tour of Britain brand. Cycling Weekly also reported that the Isle of Wight council was looking for £350,000 from SweetSpot for money owed when the final stages they were to host at the 2022 Tour of Britain were cancelled due to the death of the Queen.

Both the Tour of Britain and Women's Tour had been removed from the UCI's 2024 calendar, the women scheduled to race in June and the men the first week in September. British Cycling came to the rescue and reclaimed operations for both races, rebranding the women's race but not confirming other details. In March, they named Rod Ellingworth as race director of the Tour of Britain, his first role since departing the management of Ineos Grenadiers during the winter.

"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," said Rod Ellingworth, who was announced as Tour of Britain Race Director in March.

"The race will take in four competitive and challenging routes, some challenging climbing in Wales and what I'm sure will be brilliant crowds on the roadside throughout." 

The first half of the four-day stage race will be held in Wales, with Welshpool serving as the host for the Grand Départ on Thursday, June 6, with a northerly route taking in the picturesque seaside town of Llandudno. Wrexham takes up the reins for the stage 2 start and finish, taking in a series of challenging climbs in the dramatic Clwydian Range and Dee Valley. 

Warrington, in north-west England, will host stage 3 and a flatter route for the sprinters.  The finale will take place in Manchester, with the start from the National Cycling Centre and a finish in Leigh. Full route details for each of the four stages will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) won the last edition of the Women's Tour in 2022, with a one-second margin over Grace Brown (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope). 

Briton Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) is a two-time winner of the Women's Tour, in 2016 and 2019, and was pleased to have a Women's WorldTour event return to Great Britain.

"It's always special to race in Britain, and I'm so pleased to have two top-level stage races to look forward to on home soil as I ramp up my preparations for a busy summer ahead," she said in a British Cycling press release.

"There's clearly so much support and fondness for the race, both at home and further afield. The four stage hosts deserve credit for their commitment to women's racing and for helping to make the race happen, and I'm sure that together we can put on a brilliant show in June." 

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Belgian champion Wout van Aert ( Jumbo-Visma ) snatched the overall Tour of Britain from Ineos Grenadiers' Ethan Hayter on the final stage to Aberdeen, taking the sprint victory and the 10-second time bonus.

Van Aert went into the stage just four seconds behind Hayter and looked to be out of contention as André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quickstep) opened up the sprint. But the Belgian phenom made a late charge as Hayter found himself boxed in and finished a distant 11th.

Van Aert won four of the race's eight stages. Hayter held onto second place overall and the points classification, while Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quickstep) was third.

Jacob Scott (Canyon DHB Sungod) won the sprints classification, mountains classification and combativity prize.

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The 17th edition of the Tour of Britain, rescheduled after the cancellation last year, starts with a 180.8-kilometre hilly stage in south-west England, concluding with an uphill finish in Bodmin after having taken in three third-category climbs along the way.

Stage 2 will take the riders to Devon for another challenging day, this time featuring three second-category climbs spread across the 184-kilometre route. Exeter hosts the finish for the first time since Matthias Brändle's solo victory in 2014.

The third stage brings the challenge of a team time trial for only the third time in race history. The 27.7-kilometre test runs from Llandilo to the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and the hilly course should provide a major GC sort-out.

Stage 4 is the queen stage of the race, taking riders from south to north Wales as they skirt Cardigan Bay on the 210.2-kilometre day from Aberaeron to Llandudno. The coastal resort town will host an brutal uphill finish on the Great Orme (1.9km at 9.8 per cent), with a less steep lap of the headland preceding the finale.

The fifth stage sees the peloton head from Alderley to a likely sprint finish in Warrington. The 152km stage features several climbs along the way, though confined to the first half of the day.

Stage 6 takes the peloton across the far north of England from Carlisle to Gateshead. The 197.4-kilometre stage brings three first-category climbs along the way and further climbing towards the end of the stage en route to an uphill finish in Gateshead, which hosted stage finishes in 2008 and 2009.

The town of Hawick near the English border kicks off the first of two days in Scotland to conclude the race. The peloton face another hilly day with two second-category climbs dotted along the 195.7-kilometre route to Edinburgh, where the finish will be staged below Arthur's Seat.

The final stage – the most northerly ever to feature in the race – takes the riders 173 kilometres from Stonehaven to Aberdeen, with the first-category Cairn o'Mount providing a stern test early on, with more hilly lying in wait on the way to the finish.

The contenders

The 2021 edition of the race – back after a year off due to COVID-19 – attracts a strong start list featuring several riders aiming to build form ahead of the Road World Championships in Flanders at the end of September.

Reigning world champion Julian Alaphilippe heads up Deceuninck-QuickStep and will be among the overall favourites having won the race in 2018.

He'll do battle with a very strong Ineos Grenadiers squad, headed up by Ethan Hayter, Michał Kwiatkowski , Rohan Dennis, and Richie Porte. Jumbo-Visma also bring a strong team with Wout van Aert , Tobias Foss, and George Bennett racing.

Israel Start-Up Nation can rely on Dan Martin and Michael Woods, while Marc Soler leads Movistar, and James Shaw will look to impress at British Continental team Ribble Weldtite.

Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep) is the strongest sprinter in the lineup. He'll do battle with André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation), Dan McLay (Arkéa-Samsic), and the DSM duo of Max Kanter and Nils Eekhoff.

Tour of Britain most successful riders

• Edvald Boasson Hagen (2009 and 2015) is the only man to win more than one edition of the modern Tour of Britain.
• Julian Alaphilippe and Mathieu van der Poel won the race in 2018 and 2019.
• Home winners have included Bradley Wiggins, Max Sciandri and Steve Cummings.
• Mark Cavendish (10) has won the most stages of the race, followed by Boasson Hagen (8) and André Greipel (7).

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