Olav Kooij made it two wins from two in the 2025 Tour of Britain Men, powering clear in a rain-soaked Stowmarket sprint to take his sixth career stage victory, extend his overall lead to 14 seconds
Olav Kooij made it five career Tour of Britain stage wins with a perfectly timed sprint in Southwold, overhauling Tord Gudmestad in the final metres. Hugo Hofstetter took third, while Sam Watson was best Brit in sixth on a rain-soaked opening stage, Tuesday 2 September.
The Lloyds Tour of Britain rolled out of Suffolk this morning with a striking first: no UK Continental teams on the start line. For two decades, the race has been a shop window for homegrown talent – from Geraint Thomas and Mark Cavendish to Zeb Kyffin and Rory Townsend – but in 2025, the Great Britain squad stands alone as the domestic pathway. We’ve picked out six Brits with a point to prove as they look to impress on home roads.
The 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will welcome nine WorldTeams—including UAE Team Emirates-XRG in its UK debut—yet, for the first time since the race’s 2004 relaunch, no British-registered men’s UCI Continental squad will feature.