Nineteen teams will line up at the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women in August, including DAS–Hutchinson, Handsling Alba, O’Shea Red Chilli Bikes, and Smurfit Westrock — the domestic squads whose participation looked in serious doubt when new UCI eligibility rules were published last summer.
British Cycling has confirmed the roads that will shape September’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Men – 910.3 kilometres from Lincoln to the Scottish Borders, beginning over the Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix circuit and likely to hinge on a hard Yorkshire Dales stage to Leyburn.
The Yomp Bonk Crew’s newest event threads gravel sectors through a National B road race near Selby on 26 September: a Yorkshire answer to Strade Bianche, and, as it stands, the season’s final date.
British Cycling has revealed the host venues for the women’s race: a five-stage route from Cockermouth to Royal Leamington Spa, taking in Lancashire and two days in Wales, with a summit finish on the Great Orme.