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Stage one: Altrincham > Manchester
Sunday 3 september.
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Stage two: Wrexham > Wrexham
Monday 4 september.
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Stage three: Goole > Beverley
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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.
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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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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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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Tour of Britain overview
The Tour of Britain 2023 starts off on September 3 in Greater Manchester and concludes in Caerphilly, South Wales eight days later. The final stage will feature a return to the legendary Caerphilly Mountain, not undertaken since 2013, where the peloton will have to twice face the 1.3km ascent which averages 10.1% across its 1.3km.
This year’s race, ranked at UCI ProSeries level, marks the 19th edition of the modern Tour of Britain. No other incarnation of the professional race, which has its origins back in 1945, has ever run for longer than eight years.
The final three stages of last year’s edition were cancelled following the death of Queen Elizabeth ll. Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) was leading the overall classification following stage 5, and therefore became the overall winner of the 2022 Tour of Britain.
Previous overall winners of the Tour of Britain include Wout van Aert (2021), Mathieu van der Poel (2019), Julian Alaphilippe (2018), Lars Boom (2011 and 2017), Steven Cummings (2016) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (2009 and 2015), Bradley Wiggins (2013), and Dylan van Baarle (2014).
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- Ineos Grenadiers
- Global 6 Cycling
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Saint Piran
- Trinity Racing
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- TDT-Unibet Cycling Team
- Bolton Equities Black Spoke
- Team dsm-firmenich
- Team Flanders-Baloise
- Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
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Tour of Britain 2023: Everything you need to know about watching the race in Altrincham and Hale
The Tour of Britain’s Grand Départ is taking place in Altrincham on Sunday 3rd September.
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Britain's biggest cycle race returns to Altrincham and Hale this weekend in what is set to be another spectacular event for the town.
The race, the UK's biggest and most prestigious professional cycle race and the country's largest free-to-spectate sporting event, is returning to the town for the first time since 2019.
Altrincham is hosting the start of the first stage of the race, which crosses Greater Manchester and finishes on Deansgate in the city centre.
Who will be riding in this year's Tour Britain?
There'll be a world-class line-up in this year's race.
Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock - the Olympic gold medallist with connections to Hale - will lead a strong INEOS Grenadiers team in this year’s race, 12 months after he narrowly missed out on claiming the overall victory in the UK’s leading cycle race.
Pidcock will be one of four home riders in the Grenadiers’ line-up, as Welshman and former stage winner Luke Rowe, Connor Swift and debutant Ben Turner have also been selected to race.
Tour de France stage winner Carlos Rodríguez (Spain) and Magnus Sheffield (USA) complete the team’s six-man line-up.
Over 100 of the world's best riders will make up the race.
What time will the race start?
The race will have a neutralised start at 11.45am.
This start, typical in cycle races, will see the riders start behind a pace car, and is meant for starts taking place in congested or otherwise unsuitable locations.
The race will process like this through Altrincham and Hale before a proper start on Cow Lane in Ashley.
It will then take a 163.6km route through Ashley, Mobberley, Morley Green, Wilmslow, Woodford, Bramhall, Hazel Grove, Disley, Marple, Marple Bridge, Werneth Low, Mottram in Longdendale, Stalybridge, Buckton Vale, Saddleworth, Uppermill, Delph, Crompton, Shaw, Burnedge, Rochdale, Spotland, Wolstenholme, Cheesden, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Holcombe, Hawkshaw, Edgworth, Turton Bottoms, Chapeltown, Cadshaw, Egerton, Belmont, Rivington, Grimeford Village, Haigh, Aspull, New Springs, Scholes, Hindley, Hindley Green, Atherton, Tyldesley, Little Hulton, Linnyshaw, Swinton, Pendlebury and Salford, before finishing on Deansgate in Manchester city centre.
You can see the full route here , with the anticipated arrival times in each place here .
What route will it take through Altrincham and Hale?
The race will take a slightly different route to 2019, the last time it was in the town.
Starting outside Market House on Market Street , the riders will progress over High Street towards the main A56 road, before quickly turning right down Kingsway .
The riders will then carry on down Stamford Street to the Barrington Road/Stamford New Road junction, where they will turn right up Stamford New Road and through the heart of the town centre.
They'll carry on past Altrincham Hospital, up Railway Street and Ashley Road , and then turn left at the roundabout on to Hale Road.
They'll go over the Hale Road Bridge and then turn right up Victoria Road and on into Hale village. The riders will process all the way along Ashley Road into Ashley, where the race will start proper on Cow Lane .
The best vantage points to watch the cyclists
Viewing areas in Kingsway, Stamford Street, Stamford New Road, Railway Street, Ashley Road (Altrincham/Hale) and Victoria Road are recommended as the best places to watch the race.
Activities around the town centre
Trafford Council and Altrincham BID, who produce Visit Altrincham, have put together cycle related activity and entertainment for spectators.
The ‘Visit Altrincham’ stand will be on George Street, providing visitors with information about the town, the best vantage points and where activity is taking place.
Dr Bike will be on Central Way and in the Stamford Quarter with free bike repairs and checks.
There will be chance to try adapted bikes including trikes and e-bikes with Wheels for All on Cross Street as well as e-cargo bikes with Manchester Bikes, and a BMX trail course with Access Sports.
You will also be able to make your own smoothie by pedal power with Bikeability in the Stamford Quarter.
Cafes and restaurants opening early
Many of Altrincham and Hale’s cafés and restaurants are opening early to serve pre-race breakfast and brunch.
These include Gran T’s Coffee House, California Coffee & Wine, Damò, West Beverly, Leanne’s Vintage Tearoom and more.
In Hale, Manchester Bike Kitchen will set up a stand next to Costa Coffee.
There are also some special offers for spectators including 50% off match tickets for Altrincham FC v Hartlepool United, an introductory offer from the Massage Company and 30% off Cannondale road and gravel bikes at Stamford Cycle Co.
Some of Altrincham’s businesses are taking part in a ‘Bike Themed Window Competition’ and there is an opportunity for children and teens to design their own race jersey with a chance to win a place at Sew Creative’s sewing Holiday Club in October.
Pick up an entry sheet from Sew Creative, Bar Etna, Everyman Altrincham and Café Nerd or download here .
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2023 Tour of Britain: a stage-by-stage guide
The 2023 Tour of Britain criss-crosses the country with a mix of flat and hilly stages set to test the resolve - and legs - of the peloton.
The Tour of Britain returns this Sunday (3 September). The premier men’s race in the UK begins its eight-stage journey in Greater Manchester before zig-zagging across England and Wales, culminating in a mouthwatering finale in Caerphilly. The race also makes a return to Yorkshire and features a maiden appearance in Gloucestershire.
Sprinter-friendly stages dominate much of the early stages, with hillier parcours (mostly) saved for the back-end of the race. This will likely mean that the general classification battle remains tight throughout, assuming the peloton decides to keep breakaways on a tight leash. Nonetheless, climbing legs will be tested to the extreme with a brutal final stage in South Wales which features four category one climbs on the way to a finish at Caerphilly Castle.
Stage overview
Stage 1 | Sunday 3 September | Altrincham – Manchester
The start of the race returns to Greater Manchester, 19 years after the North West played host to the departure of the very first edition of the Tour of Britain.
Starting in Altrincham, the race loops round the outer edge of Greater Manchester before cutting in towards the centre through Salford and into what should be a high-speed finish in Deansgate – scene to a round of the Tour Series last year, and where Mathieu van der Poel vanquished the competition to win a near-identical stage in 2019.
While the finish might be a sprint, there’s a few stings in the middle. The Ramsbottom Rake – a Cat 1 climb – will be familiar to hill climbers, having hosted the British Championships three times. With a 10.4% average gradient, and ramps at almost 20%, the Rake could be an early test of resolve for some in the peloton.
Stage 2 | Monday 4 September | Wrexham – Wrexham
Crossing the border into Wales for the first of two stages in the country this year, as part of a deal to bring the Tour of Britain and the Women’s Tour to Wales until 2026, the stage is one long circuit.
A day for the sprinters, Elia Viviani pipped Andre Greipel and Mark Cavendish to victory the last time Wrexham hosted a stage finish. This time around there are a few lumpy climbs towards the end as the course runs back towards America’s favourite Welsh city thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Clocking in at just 109.9km, this stage is the race’s shortest since the finale of the 2006 edition.
Stage 3 | Tuesday 5 September | Goole – Beverley
A jaunt across country and a return to Yorkshire for the second edition in a row also promises to be another day which will have the sprinters licking their lips.
Starting out in Goole on the Humber, the route takes the peloton North East through the Yorkshire Wolds and out into the traditional British seaside town of Bridlington.
With the two Cat 3 climbs dealt with by the time the route hits the coast, a flat ride down the coast, taking in Skipsea and Hornsea, could be buffeted by crosswinds coming off the North Sea splitting up the race.
Turning back in land, the race will culminate a fast finish into Beverley.
Stage 4 | Wednesday 6 September | Sherwood Forest – Newark-on-Trent
The third longest stage of the 2023 edition features just 1200m of climbing as the route takes in some of the National Trust’s most scenic sites as the route wiggles its way round Nottinghamshire for a second finish in Newark-on-Trent.
A poignant moment of the stage will come when the peloton passes the memorial to 1965 World Road Race Champion Tom Simpson in Harworth.
Fernando Gaviria triumphed the last time the race took in Newark, expect another sprinter to take the pickings six years on from the Colombian’s triumph.
Stage 5 | Thursday 7 September | Felixstowe – Felixstowe
Heading to one of England’s flattest counties means Stage 5 is another one where the climbers will be left waiting for another day. Starting and ending in Felixstowe, this 192.4km brute takes in picture-postcard villages around Suffolk along with what will hopefully be a crowd-lined run through Ipswich on the way out from Felixstowe.
The final 6km should be familiar to most, being a direct copy of the finale of the 2021 Women’s Tour – Elisa Balsamo prevailing on that occasion.
Stage 6 | Friday 8 September | Southend-on-Sea – Harlow
A touch lumpier than the stage before, Stage 6 heads a touch further south and into Essex for what is expected to be a very spectator-friendly route which goes inland from the mouth of the Thames towards Harlow. Zig-zagging back and forth means spectators should be able to watch the race quite a few times if they can plan properly.
The one Cat 3 climb comes just outside of Chelmsford but won’t be much of a challenge to riders already well bedded-in to the race after five stages previously.
Familiarity is the name of the game with this finish, like the day previous in Felixstowe, as Lorena Wiebes prevailed in the same finale when Harlow hosted Stage 2 of last year’s Women’s Tour.
Stage 7 | Saturday 9 September | Tewkesbury – Gloucester
After days of stages with the odd lump of a climb, the Tour of Britain’s first full appearance in Gloucestershire will be a rude awakening with a pair of Cat 2 climbs and a punishing ascent of the aptly named uncategorised climb of Painswick will shatter the race and could be the stage for a thrilling climax.
Winchcombe Hill – 7.2% average gradient – starts the day off but it’s Crawley Hill with its 6.4% gradient in the final 30km of the stage that could be decisive, especially when you couple it with Painswick just over 10km later.
Stage 8 | Sunday 10 September | Margam Country Park – Caerphilly
Not one but two ascents of the Caerphilly Mountain climb – returning for the first time in 10 years – means the finale of this year’s race won’t be a casual cruise to the finish, it’ll be a ferocious battle right to the end.
Averaging 10.1% over its 1.3km length, the two ascents of the mountain are two of four Cat 1 climbs on the final day with Rhigos and Bryn Du adding to the lung-busting efforts needed to reach Caerphilly.
10,000 spectators lined the roads at the end of the stage back in 2013, and if similar numbers descent on South Wales for the 19th edition, they should be in for quite a treat.
Featured image: SWpix.com – 12/09/2021 – Cycling – AJ Bell Tour of Britain Stage 8 – Stonehaven to Aberdeen, Scotland – Jumbo Visma’s Wout van Aert takes victory at the Tour of Britain after winning stage 8
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This year’s Tour of Britain will begin in Altrincham on Sunday 3rd September
Trafford will stage the race’s Grand Départ, in Altrincham, for the first time since the inaugural edition of the modern Tour in 2004.
This year’s curtain-raiser will mark the second time that Altrincham has welcomed the Tour of Britain, having previously hosted the start on the final day of the race in 2019. The peloton will roll out from Market Street, close to Altrincham Market, which is at the heart of the town’s re-invention as ‘the’ modern market town. In 2018 Altrincham won the Great British High Street Award for England.
The opening stage will finish on Deansgate in the heart of Manchester city centre, where Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel took the honours in the final stage of the 2019 race.
On that occasion, an estimated 600,000 spectators – the biggest single-day crowd in race history – followed the day of racing in and around Greater Manchester. Further details of the opening stage – including the full route and timetable – will be announced later in July.
This year’s Tour of Britain stage in the city will further add to Manchester’s connections with cycling. As well as being the home of British Cycling, the national governing body, the city hosted the finale of last year’s Tour Series, the fun, fast, and free circuit race series for the UK’s top domestic teams and riders.
Since its return in 2004, the Tour of Britain has become a cornerstone of the UK sporting calendar. Over 15 million people have watched the event in person, with the race generating over £330m for the UK economy.
Quotes Councillor Tom Ross, Leader of Trafford Council, said: “Trafford is renowned for hosting world class sport so it is a pleasure and honour to have the Grand Départ here in Altrincham. Last time, thousands of people came to cheer on the cyclists and enjoy the delights of our award-winning market town and I’m confident even more people will want to come and experience the opening of this illustrious event.”
Mandy White, manager of Altrincham Business Improvement District, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that the Tour of Britain is returning to Altrincham for the Grand Départ on Sunday 3 September. It’s fantastic for the town to host such a high-profile, international sporting event and we look forward to welcoming thousands of visitors to Altrincham.”
Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain race director, said: “Altrincham hosted one of the greatest stage starts in Tour of Britain history back in 2019, so returning to this brilliant town on the opening day of this year’s race made perfect sense. I’m already looking forward to soaking up the pre-race atmosphere!”
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Profiles & Route Tour of Britain 2023
Profile. From the 3rd to 10th of September the Tour of Britain takes place, one of the biggest races in the closing shots of the road season, the eight stages throughout British roads serve as preparation for the late-season classics but together they make for a very prestigious race.
This is an absolute feast for the sprinters, I dare to say perhaps the race at top level which features the most dense amount of opportunities for the fast men. Out of the eight stages, the first six are all mostly flat and suited to the sprinters, and the amount of bonifications may even see them in the fight for the overall classification. The closing weekend, the final two days of the race, will feature a few ascents, but they are not overly hard and will make it an open one for many riders.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 - 6 sprints and GC battle between Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock
The opening stage takes place from Altrincham to Manchester. It's not a pan-flat day, not a traditional sprint stage. In it's bulk it includes a 2-kilometer climb at 8% and 1.3-kilometer at 9.1%, among others. They are difficult, but the last ascent comes with around 50 kilometers to go, and there is still plenty terrain to organize the race - however a breakaway may be quite dangerous on the day.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 1 - Van Aert and Kooij vs Bennett and van Poppel leadout spectacle
Wrexham hosts the start and finish of stage 2, it is the shortest day of the race and will be a very fast one, mostly flat, and without any obstacle which may create differences in the peloton.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 2 - Second opportunity for the van Aert-Kooij leadout
Stage 3 will have 154 kilometers in length and it is a standard sprint day. It ends in Beverley, the final half of the stage is almost pan-flat, however the run-up to the line has a slight uphill drag.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 3 - Hattrick likely for Jumbo-Visma
The fourth day of racing is not too different than the ones of previous days. From Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent the riders don't find any serious ascent, but instead traditional British roads onto what should be another bunch sprint.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 4 - Olav Kooij in within a chance of winning fourth consecutive sprint
Stage 5 will be a familiar sight. More flat roads on the menu and another day or the sprinters. Felixstowe hosts the start and finish of the day which should see another bunch sprint come to light.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 5 - A fifth consecutive sprint for Olav Kooij to win?
The sixth day of racing is also made for the sprinters. It's hard to dispute it, no matter how much some teams would like to make a difference, the 146 kilometers into Harlow simply don't present the difficulties to do so.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 6 - Jumbo-Visma's sixth chance to choose stage winner
On stage 7 the race finally enters the hilly terrain. From Tewkesbury to Gloucester the riders find a few ascents. Towards the end the riders find a 1.7-kilometer climb at 8.7% and a 2.2-kilometer ascent at 5.7%, two spots where the peloton will be reduced, it can be a key day for the overall classification, but a reduced sprint is not to be discounted.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 7 - Hilly day to open GC fight, battle between Wout van Aert and Tom Pidcock
The final day and queen stage of the race. 167 kilometers in length, it features a few longer ascents and they are hard. Many sprinters will struggle early on, however those who survive stand a chance. The puncheurs and climbers have two good chances to make a difference towards the end however, into Caerphilly the riders climb twice a 1.7-kilometer ascent at 8.3% which come in close succession and very close to the finish.
PREVIEW | Tour of Britain 2023 stage 8 - Wout van Aert's race to lose on difficult final day
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Where to See the Tour of Britain as it Returns to the Borough this Sunday!
Residents are in for a treat as The Tour of Britain returns to Stockport roads this Sunday (3 September) as Stockport continues to celebrate being Greater Manchester’s Town of Culture.
The first stage of the cycle race takes place in Greater Manchester between September 3 and September 10. The first stage, also known as the ‘Grand Départ’, is between Altrincham and Manchester, taking in all of the boroughs of Greater Manchester, with some of the top teams competing.
In Stockport, the route arrives in the borough from Cheshire East at Wilmslow Road, at approximately 11:30 am. The riders will build to a sprint on Jacksons Lane past the Life Leisure Hub in Hazel Grove before leaving the borough at Marple and continuing onto Tameside. To view the route visit https://gpx2kml.com/map/pugan10w9
The Tour of Britain operates a ‘rolling road closure’ system rather than a full road closure to minimise disruption to the local community as much as possible. Therefore, the majority of the roads will only be closed for a short window (approximately 30 minutes), while the race passes through. Where the race passes along Wybersley Road, Ridge Road and Cowlishaw Road, these roads will be closed to non-residents before the event and reopen shortly afterwards. Residents along the route who park their vehicles on the street have been asked to find alternative parking on the morning of the event and no waiting cones will be placed along the route at specific points.
As we continue celebrating movement and cycling, we will host two Town of Culture community events at Torkington Park near the Buxton Road entrance and Life Leisure, Hazel Grove Hub.
At Torkington Park, you can get your bike a free MOT with ‘Dr Bike’ as well as cycling accessories and, active travel information and information about cycling in the borough. There will be fun activities at the Hazel Grove Hub, including a spin bike competition to see how you compare to the race sprint. There will be a chance to try out one of Seashell Trust’s Adapted Bikes in the car park, and it is a prime spot to watch the racers sprint as they pass by.
Also, at the Life Leisure Hazel Grove Hub, a spectacular piece of land art will be on display, an entry into the national competition. Community and youth groups through R Time Stockport will work with local artist Helen Middleton to make the piece, made entirely from repurposed cardboard boxes donated by Tesco Stockport.
The Land Art is titled ‘Hats off to Alan Newton’ in honour of Stockport cyclist Alan Newton, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and won a bronze medal in the men’s 4000 team pursuit. Around the circle will be six bikes representing the colours of the Tour of Britain jerseys. To add a fun element to the piece, top hats and cycling caps are riding the bikes instead of people to represent the rich history of Hat making in Stockport.
Councillor Frankie Singleton, Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture & Sport, said:
“Residents can watch all the action and soak up the atmosphere by the roadside for free. “The Tour of Britain truly is a fantastic and exciting sporting spectacle, and we hope it will inspire the people of Stockport to get on their bikes and take advantage of the great cycling facilities and routes we have in the borough.”
Since 2016, the race has been watched by an average of 1.3m roadside spectators. It has generated £27.6m of yearly net economic benefit for the UK economy, according to research by Frontline. With £3.8m being generated for the Greater Manchester area when the region hosted the race previously in 2019.
Former Tour of Britain champions Wout van Aert and Gonzalo Serrano, are confirmed to start the race. Having wowed the British crowds by taking four stages en route to overall victory two years ago, van Aert’s return headlines the provisional startlist.
Alongside these riders is home fan favourite Tom Pidcock. Further home interest comes in the form of Jacob Scott (Bolton Equities Black Spoke), the Pinarello king of the mountains competition winner in 2019 and 2021; newly-crowned track world champion Ethan Vernon (Great Britain), Tour de Yorkshire stage winner Harry Tanfield (TDT – Unibet Cycling Team); and Stevie Williams (Great Britain), who won a stage and the general classification at the recent Arctic Race of Norway.
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About the Tour of Britain – Stages
Stage one Sunday 3 September Altrincham to Manchester
Stage two Monday 4 September Wrexham to Wrexham
Stage three Tuesday 5 September Goole to Beverley
Stage four Wednesday 6 September Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent
Stage five Thursday 7 September Felixstowe to Felixstowe
Stage six Friday 8 September Southend-on-Sea to Harlow
Stage seven Saturday 9 September Tewkesbury to Gloucester
Stage eight Sunday 10 September Margam Country Park to Caerphilly
Relaunched in 2004 after a five-year absence from the calendar, the Tour of Britain is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event, held annually across eight days in September.
The free-to-watch sporting spectacular features Olympic, world and Tour de France champions, and attracts a roadside audience of over 1.5m spectators. Live coverage of the race is shown daily in the UK on ITV4, in addition to around the world. The Tour of Britain is part of the UCI ProSeries, making it one of the most prestigious sporting events in the sport’s global calendar.
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Altrincham to host the start of the 2023 Tour of Britain cycling race
The biggest race in British cycling is taking place across Greater Manchester next month.
The Tour of Britain, the biggest cycling race in the UK and one of the biggest in Europe, is back for 2023 and this year the international sporting event will be starting in Altrincham.
With the Altrincham hosting the start line for the second time in the competition’s 73-year history, the Tour of Britain and its massive crowds will be treated to some proper Manc hospitality and be able to watch the riders get underway from one of the best places to live anywhere in the UK .
The opening stage begins in Trafford’s beloved market town on Sunday, 3 September, and although the final section began there back in 2019 , this is the first time the Grand Départ has taken place in Alty since the event restarted and the modern era began in 2004.
It’s going to be a special one.
This year's Tour of Britain 🇬🇧 will begin in the award-winning market town of Altrincham on Sunday 3 September. #TourOfBritain 🔴🔵⚪ — The Tour of Britain 🇬🇧 (@TourofBritain) July 27, 2023
The peloton will roll out from Market Street close to the famous Altrincham Market right in the heart of the town centre, which is so loved by locals and tourists alike that it won the Great British High Street Award for England in 2018.
Although the distance of each section is yet to be confirmed, the opening stage is expected to last approximately 166km if the last time out is anything to go by and will finish along Deansgate in the heart of Manchester city centre, where Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won in 2019 .
In case you were unaware of just how massive this event is, that year there was an estimated 600,000 spectators watching roadside across Greater Manchester — the biggest single-day crowd in race history. Here are some of the highlights if you fancy getting yourself in the mood for race day:
The opening stage route will see riders cycle through Altrincham , Hazel Grove in Stockport , Grains Bar in Oldham , Ramsbottom Rake in Bury and then finally Deansgate .
Speaking on the announcement, Altrincham’s Business Improvement District Manager, Mandy White, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that the Tour of Britain is returning to Altrincham for the Grand Départ Sunday, 3 September. It’s fantastic for the town to host such a high-profile, international sporting event and we look forward to welcoming thousands of visitors to Altrincham.”
It’s obviously totally free to turn up and watch but race fans can also enhance their race day experience by watching the starting gun from Altrincham’s Sportsbreaks.com terrace .
As for those who simply want to watch at home, ITV4 will be showing live flag-to-flag coverage of every stage, as well as a nightly highlights show, allowing fans all across the country to enjoy the action, as well as international broadcasts on Discovery Player and GCN+ .
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Since its return in 2004, the Tour of Britain has become a cornerstone of the UK sporting calendar, with over 15 million people turning up to watch the event in person and generating more than £330m for the UK economy. Make no mistake, this is a massive annual event and Manchester’s lucky to play its part.
It goes without saying that Manchester’s connections with the sport are huge and plain for all to see, not only being the home of British Cycling , its national governing body and the National Cycling Centre , but also hosting the finale of the 2022 Tour Series.
As for Altrincham, we couldn’t have put it better than Tom Ross of Trafford Council : “Trafford is renowned for hosting world-class sport so it is a pleasure and honour to have the Grand Départ here in Altrincham. Last time, thousands of people came to cheer on the cyclists and enjoy the delights of our award-winning market town and I’m confident even more people will want to come and experience the opening of this illustrious event.”
He’s not wrong, in case you weren’t aware, Manchester is a sporting mecca and Trafford might just be the unofficial capital.
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With the end of the season fast approaching, we’re already looking towards the 2024/25 campaign and ready to fall in love with a whole new raft of football kits, so when we heard a special Oasis-inspired Manchester City shirt is rumoured to be on the way, our ears pricked up.
The love affair between the legendary Britpop and Man City is long-standing, with both Gallaghers and the band as a whole collaborating on everything from kit launches, adverts, documentaries and the legendary Maine Road gigs down the years, not to mention countless unofficial fashion crossovers.
If you see someone out and about wearing a bit of band merch, you’ll often see them wearing it in their beloved sky blue, but for fans of the Burnage boys and the club, it sounds like you’ll soon be able to buy an official Oasis x Man City kit.
According to reliable football fashion outlet, Footy Headlines , the treble-winners could be following up what would be a record-breaking fourth consecutive title with a limited edition Oasis-themed fourth kit for the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album, Definitely Maybe .
Classic kit launch – Man City 93-94 #Oasis pic.twitter.com/jBCYbnwrAc — Classic Football Shirts (@classicshirts) August 6, 2016
Also reported by The Daily Star , the special kit which would be in rotation for the 24/25 season proper is said to have been designed with help from Noel Gallagher himself, who remains a massive blue and close friend of the club.
Tunes like ‘Blue Moon Rising’ which if often sprinkled into the matchday playlist and the large cut-out of Pep Guardiola on stage at his Wythenshawe Park gig should tell you enough.
Set to be the first time City have manufactured a fourth playing kit as opposed to other one-off limited edition jerseys, the Star goes on to cite a Gallagher family source who claims that “it’s been in the works for a couple of months and Noel was absolutely chuffed to be asked.
“He’s watched City since the 1970s and the final design is almost there. [He] once had a pop at Liam when he started his clothing line, Pretty Green, but this is entirely different. Both are mad City fans but it is Noel who was asked.” As for LG himself, he is not thought to be involved in the collab.
Bernardo Silva from @ManCity wearing a custom City kit with the @oasis @_Bands_FC logo. pic.twitter.com/BxDlELPR8J — Rock 'N' Roll. (@WaitingOnASong) October 23, 2019
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Sure to become an instant hit with fans and a collector’s item in the footy fashion world — we’ve already seen how well Man United’s Stone Roses crossover has turned out — you can expect these things to sell out in the blink of an eye if it comes to fruition.
You already see plenty of City and United merch across Greater Manchester on a day-to-day basis but we dare say the Oasis element would make this even more desirable to Mancs who aren’t usually as inclined to get their colours on.
We haven’t had even a glimpse of what this potential Oasis x Man City kit might look like, we don’t think it’s a particularly bold prediction to guess it’ll be light blue, but be sure to keep your eyes peeled on Footy Headlines — they’re usually pretty accurate with this stuff.
Elsewhere for the Definitely Maybe 30th anniversary, Liam will be doing his own bit to honour the groundbreaking record by playing the tracklist in full across three huge shows.
Liam Gallagher announces three massive Manchester gigs on ‘Definitely Maybe’ 30th anniversary tour
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15 people have been arrested on suspicion of various offences following the Manchester Derby last weekend, it has been confirmed.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed the arrests, as it thanked football fans for a “successful” match – which saw the city painted blue after Manchester City clinched the win with a 3-1 result over local cross-town rivals, Manchester United .
53,000 people were in attendance at the Etihad Stadium last Sunday afternoon (3 March) for what was the second Manchester derby of the 2023/24 Premier League season.
GMP says officers worked hard to “ensure the safety and enjoyment” of all spectators and the public, not only at the Etihad Stadium, but also on travel networks, and in Manchester city centre and other key locations where people gathered to watch.
Of that number of fans in attendance at the stadium, a total of 15 people were arrested , with two dearrested, and 13 then taken into police custody for different offences.
The offences were as follows:
- Five on suspicion of drug offences
- Five on suspicion of assault
- Two on suspicion of ‘tragedy chanting’
One fan was also arrested on suspicion of possession of a firework/flare at a sporting event, and throwing a missile onto a football playing area – but he was charged with this offence on Monday (4 March), and bailed with conditions.
Despite the arrests made, GMP has been quick to thank and express gratitude to the “vast majority” of fans for their cooperation on the day.
#THANKYOU | GMP would like to thank football fans for a successful Manchester derby. Of the 53,000 people in attendance on Sunday (March 3), 15 people were arrested, with 2 dearrested and 13 taken into custody. Read the full story here ➡️ https://t.co/VdC76kAJlz pic.twitter.com/zqhOzKmPbw — Greater Manchester Police (@gmpolice) March 6, 2024
Speaking this week following the Manchester derby, Superintendent Gareth Parkin, who is GMP’s commander for the event, said: “On behalf of GMP, I would like to thank the vast majority of supporters of both teams who enjoyed their day responsibly and safely.
“Most of the arrests this weekend were the result of proactive policing, and members of the public reporting incidents to us.
“A thorough policing operation was in place and GMP worked closely with partner agencies, including local authorities, British Transport Police, Transport for Greater Manchester, and both football clubs, to ensure the safety of all spectators and supporters who watched the match.
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The Tour of Britain, the UK's leading cycle race, will return for its 19th edition between Sunday 3 and 10 September 2023. Taking place over eight stages, the event forms part of the UCI ProSeries and will visit England and Wales en route to crowning its next overall champion.
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