British Cycling

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Greater Manchester to host first stage of the 2023 Tour of Britain

Greater Manchester to host first stage of the 2023 Tour of Britain

The Tour of Britain will return to Greater Manchester in 2023, with the race due to start in the city on Sunday 3rd September. The race will be making its first visit there since 2019, when Mathieu van der Poel won the final stage in the city centre on Deansgate. The city also saw the …

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The Women’s Tour confirms 2023 race dates

The Women’s Tour confirms 2023 race dates

The ninth edition of the Women’s Tour, the UK’s leading international women’s cycle race, will take place between Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th June 2023. Next year’s race, which forms a part of the prestigious UCI Women’s WorldTour, has moved its scheduled dates by a day in order to allow the six-stage event to finish …

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Teams unveiled for Tour of Britain 2022

Teams unveiled for Tour of Britain 2022

Eighteen of the world’s leading teams, including home fan favourites INEOS Grenadiers, will compete in this year’s Tour of Britain. They will be one of five UCI WorldTeams who will take the start in the 18th edition of the UK’s most prestigious race, which begins in Aberdeen on Sunday 4 September and culminates with what promises to be …

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Elisa Longo Borghini wins the Queen Stage of the 2022 Women’s Tour

Elisa Longo Borghini wins the Queen Stage of the 2022 Women’s Tour

The summit of Black Mountain saw the finish line of the queen stage of this year’s Women’s Tour. Elisa Longo Borghini won the stage, timing her sprint into the wind perfectly. For the second day in a row, Kasia Niewiadoma was the runner-up and whilst she outsprinted Longo Borghini yesterday in Welshpool, she couldn’t do …

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Grace Brown takes stage and race lead in Wales

Grace Brown takes stage and race lead in Wales

After a wet day in wales, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope’s Grace Brown took the win and the overall race lead in Welshpool. Brown beat Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini to claim the stage. She’d initiated the move with the original breakaway beginning to splinter over the climbs late in the stage. 5km from the end …

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