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The women's tour of britain kicks off tomorrow, as the uk plays host to a longer 3rd edition of the race..

The 3rd edition of the Women’s Tour of Britain kicks off on Wednesday and with that the UK public will get to see the best female riders grace British roads as the likes of Lizzie Armitstead , Lisa Brennauer , and Kristen Wild fight for the Yellow Jersey.

There has been a gradual progression from the organisers of the Women’s Tour to make it harder for the competitors, and this year they have done just that. In previous years the race has been suited to the sprinters; but this year there will be a sprint, but most notably will be the inclusion of some tough climbs that is sure to shake up the GC classification.

10 of the top ranked teams will be in attendance come Wednesday; teams like Wiggle High5 , Canyon SRAM , and Boels-Dolman will all be represented. And for Team GB , former Olympic medallist Emma Pooley will riding on home roads as she steps up here preparation for the Rio Olympics .

Unlike last year, where the route was more suited to sprinters, this year will be different; more emphasis is on the climbers, and the GC contenders.

It was only at the beginning of this year that the Women’s WorldTour was revamped and with that came harder and more progressive races for the women; something they have welcomed so far this season.

Stage One – Southwold to Norwich, 138.5km

The opening stage, as is the case with most major races is suited for the sprinters, and the Women’s Tour is no exception. The organiser has earmarked the castle in the centre of Norwich as the conclusion for the first day.

Wild will look at this with anticipation; the Dutch rider has had five victories this season, and is in fine fettle as she looks to build up her preparation for the Olympics this summer.

Stage Two – Atherstone to Stratford-upon-Avon 140.6km

This stage will be the introduction of the climbs, and also the longest stage of the Tour. The riders will take in the Cotswold before they finish in Stratford-upon-Avon; a breakaway could be the order of the day.

Stage Three – Ashbourne to Chesterfield, 109.6km

There are two more classified climbs on the trip to Chesterfield for the riders; and it will be interesting to see how the GC pretenders cope on what will no doubt be a difficult day in the saddle.

Stage Four – Nottingham to Stoke-on-Trent, 119.2km

The penultimate stage will see the rider’s visit the Peak District where yet more climbs wait; if someone wants to win the Women’s Tour, this would be the stage in which to do it on.

Stage Five – Northampton to Kettering, 113.2km

Kettering will play host to the final stage where it will be likely we will see a sprint finish where the likes of Wild, Hannah Barnes and Armitstead could all take victory.

The contenders

Women’s cycling is truly booming right now, everything is pointing to a bright future. But at the heart of the peloton are some truly gifted riders which are taking the women’s sport to new heights.

And on Wednesday many of them will be in attendance and hoping to put in a good performance in what is expected to be an entertaining Tour of Britain.

Britain’s golden girl of road cycling Armitstead will be racing with her Boels-Dolman teammates, and although she has said the Tour of Britain is not her priority in the summer months, she will be using the race as preparation for the Olympic road race in Rio.

The 27-year-old World Champion has had a marvellous season to date; her wins at the Tour of Flanders , Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , Strade Bianche , and Trofeo Binda , and then her most recent one at the Boels Rental Hills Classic showed the Brit is in imperious form. And if the opportunity for the overall lead arises, Armitstead will certainly be there or thereabouts.

Another rider that could be a surprise package is the former World Champion Marianne Vos , who is on the comeback trail after a prolonged period off her bike, after injury in 2015.

Again like Armitstead, Vos is looking to use the Tour as preparation as the she attempts to defend her Olympic crown this summer.

Vos is certainly not the feared competitor that she once was. Armitstead has taken up the mantle of being the standard bearer for women’s cycling. But the Dutch rider is still a superb bike rider and if she can find her legs, like she did on stage three at the recent Tour of California she will be a threat in the sprints.

Overall it is thought that this week will be a spectacle of racing; and if it goes like any of the previous WorldTour races, the British public will be in for a treat. 

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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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

Guide: Tour of Britain 2016

The tour of britain is back from the 4-11 september as some of the stars of rio olympics return for the uk’s leading stage race..

The Tour will play out over nine stages on a route that will see the riders race across the length and breadth of the UK.

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The jerseys

How to follow

How the race works

Each of the teams in the Tour of Britain will pick their six-rider line-up from their squad of riders.

Riders will take on designated roles, such as a team leader to aim for a place as high as possible on the general classification, a sprinter to target stage wins, a specialist climber for the hillier stages and several domestiques, riders whose sole aim is to help their team leaders.

Internationally the Tour of Britain is a part of the season-long UCI Europe Tour, which begins in January and ends in October and is made up of single-day and stage races in which professional teams from around the world compete.

Alongside the UCI Europe Tour sit the Oceania, Asia, Africa and America calendars, all one level below the UCI World Tour, which includes the world's biggest races such as the Tour de France.

There will be no shortage of British stars for the local crowds to cheer on, as Sir Bradley Wiggins and Owain Doull return from Olympic duty to compete for Team Wiggins.

The duo, who won gold as one half of the men’s team pursuit quartet in Rio, both have previous form in the Tour; Wiggins won the yellow jersey in 2013, while Doull won himself the third step on the podium and the points jersey in last year’s edition.

Their teammate Jon Dibben will also be riding for Team Wiggins, having had a very successful 2016 on both the road and the track; Dibben picked up the rainbow jersey in the points race at the UCI Track World Championships in London and also finished runner up in the under-23 Tour of Flanders.

Alex Dowsett took a record fifth national time trial victory in Stockton on Tees earlier this year; the Movistar rider will be eying the time trial stage in Bristol.

Also returning from Rio after stellar performances in the velodrome and on the road are Team Dimension Data’s Mark Cavendish and Steve Cummings.

Sprinter Cavendish will be hoping for bunch finishes and will be looking for a stage victory in London, while Cummings will be targeting hillier stages earlier in the race to make his presence felt.

Team Sky are yet to announce their full line-up but will be fielding last year’s runner-up and Chris Froome’s right hand man in the mountains on the Tour de France, Wout Poels.

British favourite Ian Stannard will also be riding for the Sky outfit, returning from his supporting role at the Olympics in Rio to play a vital role in the Tour of Britain for his team.

Stage 1 Glasgow -Castle Douglas Sunday 4 September 161km

Crowds will gather in Glasgow’s George Square to witness the Grand Depart of the 2016 Tour, as the race returns to Scotland's largest city for the first time in 10 years in a repeat of the opening stage from 2006.

From Glasgow the peloton will head south through Kilmarnock and Ayrshire and make their way towards Dumfries & Galloway. The race will pass Loch Doon and Loch Ken and will skirt the edge of Galloway Forest Park, with opportunities to pick up the first of the sprint and king of the mountain points en route.

Stage 2 Carlisle – Kendal Monday 5 September 188km                                                                                                                                                         

The second day of riding will take place within the county of Cumbria, amongst the peaks and valleys of the beautiful lake country. Carlisle city centre will host the start and the race will take in the honey pots of Keswick and Ambleside before finishing on the tough climb of Beast Banks in Kendal.

From Carlisle the riders will immediately head south to Penrith before turning west and tackling the hills of the Lake District, including the Whinlatter Pass. In a stage that contains over 3,500m of climbing, the sternest test of the day is likely to come in Ambleside as the peloton take on the climb notoriously known as 'The Struggle', with some sections at a 20% gradient.

Stage 3 Congleton – Tatton Park Tuesday 6 September 179km

Cheshire East will host its first ever stage of the Tour, when the peloton lines up in the market town of Congleton on stage three. The race will play out over a tightly wound route which will pass through Crewe and Nantwich, before looping back towards toward Sandbach. From there the route will weave northwards and pass through the finish line in Tatton Park for the first time, where spectators will be able to see the race twice, and watch the live coverage on a big screen.

The riders will then complete a large loop taking them into Cheshire's Peak District, including the ten-kilometre climb of the Cat and Fiddle above Macclesfield, before racing back through Knutsford to the finish in Tatton Park.

Stage 4 Denbigh – Builth Wells Wednesday 7 September 217km

The longest stage of the 2016 Tour will be a gruelling day in the saddle comprising of 217 kilometres through the heart of Mid-Wales and Denbighshire, Flintshire and Powys.

Not only will it be the longest day for the riders but will also see them tackle the most climbing, with a total ascent of 4,133m, as they feel the force of the Welsh Clwydian Hills and Cambrian Mountains.

From Denbigh the race will head into Flintshire before bearing south and crossing into Powys, running along the outskirts of Snowdonia National Park. The peloton will then continue south, passing through Rhayader, before a fast run in to Builth Wells and the finish on the Royal Welsh Showground.

Stage 5 Aberdare- Bath Thursday 8 September 194.5km

Stage five will prove to be another tough day on the road, covering 194.5 kilometres and 3,292m of climbing, taking the Tour of Britain across South Wales and into Gloucestershire and finishing in the city of Bath.

Rolling out from Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf valley, the race will head east through Pontypool and Usk before taking in the Forest of Dean and heading along the Severn Estuary into Gloucester.

After leaving the cathedral city, the riders will head south into the Cotswolds before passing through Stroud and Dursley as they make their way to the finish in picturesque Bath, the first time the city has hosted a stage finish.

Stage 6 Sidmouth – Haytor, Dartmoor Friday 9 September 150km

After a year's absence from the Tour of Britain, Devon is back with another challenging stage which includes the race's only summit finish; the top of the six-kilometre climb of Haytor, above Bovey Tracey in the Dartmoor National Park.

Starting in Sidmouth on East Devon's Jurassic Coast, the stage will cover 150-kilometres of gruelling Devonshire countryside. It will take in a number of communities en route, including Ottery St Mary, Honiton, Tiverton, Crediton, Chudleigh, and Moretonhampstead.

Following on from the success of the 2013 stage from Sidmouth to Dartmoor, which attracted a record 250,000 spectators, the new route will be sure to pose a host of new challenges for 2016. With over 3,000-metres of climbing and fast descents on narrow roads, this race promises to be an unmissable spectator stage.

Stage 7 – Bristol Saturday 10 September 15km time trial 91km circuit race

The city of Bristol will host the penultimate day of racing with a double-stage comprising of an individual time trial and a circuit race.

With so many opportunities to see the world's top riders in action on a 15-kilometre circuit, Bristol is sure to attract thousands of cycling fans from across the country.

The races will both start from Bristol Downs and then complete a 15.3-kilometre circuit taking in some of Bristol most iconic sites.

Each lap will include the 9%, 600-metre climb of Bridge Valley Road - once during the time trial in the morning and on each of the six-laps of the circuit race in the afternoon.

The individual time trial is due to begin around 10am and last for just over two-hours and the circuit race will take place between 2.30pm and 5pm

Stage 8 – London Sunday 11 September 99km circuit race

The Tour of Britain will conclude in the heart of London, using the same highly popular circuit as used by the 2015 edition of the race.

Starting and finishing from Regent Street St James, just below Piccadilly Circus, riders will contest 16 laps of the circuit, which will take in Trafalgar Square, meaning the race is perfectly designed for spectators hoping to see the world's top riders racing on the streets of London.

The yellow jersey

Awarded to the rider leading overall, the yellow jersey is what every rider in The Tour seeks to pull on. The Yellow Jersey is easy to spot in the peloton, identifying the leader for spectators and letting the peloton know where the top rider is.

Last year’s winner: Edvald Boasson Hagen - MTN Qhubeka

Points jersey

The Chain Reaction Cycles Points is awarded to the most consistent finisher in the Tour of Britain.

The first 15 riders across the finish line are awarded points from 15 down to one, with the rider who has accumulated the most points so far wearing the blue and white jersey, sponsored by Chain Reaction Cycles.

Last year’s winner: Owain Doull - Team Wiggins

King of the mountains jersey

Awarded to the best climber in the Tour of Britain, riders battle for points over several  designated SKODA King of the Mountains climbs on every road stage of The Tour.

Rated according to their difficulty, the first riders across the summit win points to lay claim to the equivalent to the Tour de France’s spotty jersey.

Last year’s winner: Peter Williams - One Pro Cycling

Sprints jersey

Each road stage of the Tour of Britain features three intermediate Yodel Sprints, where points are awarded towards the sprints jersey.

Highly popular with fans, riders battle it out to be first across the line to claim points, and for bonus seconds to be taken off their overall race time.

If the overall lead for the Tour of Britain is tight, expect the battle for the time bonuses to be intense, just as in 2007 when an intermediate sprint helped decide who won the race overall.

Last year’s winner: Peter Williams - ONE Pro Cycling

How to follow the race

• Three-hours of live action each day on ITV4, plus a one-hour highlights programme every evening.
• The race is live on the BIKE Channel UK (available on Sky channel 464, Virgin Media channel 552 and Freesat channel 251).
• Live blog on the Tour of Britain website each day .

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Tour of Britain 2016

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The Tour of Britain returns in 2016 for its 12th season, with nine stages over eight days, beginning in Glasgow on September 4, and ending in London.

Situated between the Olympic Games and the World Championships this year, the Tour of Britain will be an important event for those wishing to wear the rainbow bands.

New for 2016 is a split stage on the penultimate day, with a 15km time trial and technical circuit race in Bristol that should prove critical for the overall winner.

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) won the race in 2015.

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