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Tour of Britain 2023

A strong start list heads to a sprint-friendly edition of Great Britain's biggest men's cycling race

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Tour of Britain

• Dates 3 Sept - 10 Sept
• Race Length 1,264 kms
• Race Category Elite Men

Updated: September 1, 2023

Tour of Britain 2023 overview

The Tour of Britain is an eight-day race that offers up a gentler alternative to the Vuelta a España taking place on the continent. Taking place across England and Wales from September 3-10, this year's edition has a sprinter-friendly route that's rounded out with a mouthwatering Queen stage in South Wales.

The stage race's varied terrain typically favours the puncheurs of the peloton, with Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) all getting their hands on the overall title since 2018.

The latter of those stars returns to the race this year, alongside another highly talented multi-disciplinarian in Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers). Also on the startlist is his Spanish teammate Carlos Rodríguez and Irishman Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Tour of Britain 2023 key information

Dates: September 3-10, 2023

Country: Great Britain

Category: 2.Pro

Editions: 18 (as of 2022)

First winner: Mauricio Ardila

Most recent winner: Gonzalo Serrano

Tour of Britain 2023 route

This year's Tour of Britain route is relatively sprinter-friendly, owing to the terrain in Britain, but it heads to Wales for a decisive final day which ramps up the climbing.

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Stage 1: Altrincham → Manchester (163.6km)

Stage 2: Wrexham → Wrexham (109.9km)

Stage 3: Goole → Beverley (154.7km)

Stage 4: Sherwood Forest → Newark-on-Trent (166.6km)

Stage 5: Felixstowe → Felixstowe (192.4km)

Stage 6: Southend-on-Sea → Harlow (146.2km)

Stage 7: Tewkesbury → Gloucester (170.9km)

Stage 8: Margam Country Park → Caerphilly (166.8km)

Tour of Britain 2023 contenders

The combination of many sprinter-friendly stages and a testing Queen stage on the final day of this year's Tour of Britain mean a whole host of riders could find success in England and Wales.

Overall winner in 2021, Wout van Aert ( Jumbo-Visma ) returns to the race as a hot favourite alongside Tom Pidcock ( Ineos Grenadiers ). Both riders could threaten on just about any of the parcours.

Several fastmen will be hoping to scoop up stage victories with Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) arriving at the race on the back of promising seasons, whilst an out-of-form Sam Bennett ( Bora-Hansgrohe ) will hope to challenge too.

Stage 8 includes four category one climbs and will likely decide the overall. Expect the likes of Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) Tobias Halland Johannessen ( Uno-X Pro Cycling ), Mark Donovan ( Q36.5 Pro Cycling ), Stephen Williams (Great Britain) and Carlos Verona ( Movistar ) to come to the fore alongside Pidcock and van Aert.

Tour of Britain 2023 teams

There are five WorldTour teams at this year's edition, with a further six ProTour teams included in the 16-team startlist.

• Ineos Grenadiers
• BORA-hansgrohe
• Jumbo-Visma
• Team dsm - firmenich
• Bolton Equities Black Spoke
• Equipe Kern Pharma
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders - Baloise
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
• Global 6 Cycling
• Saint Piran
• TDT-Unibet Cycling Team
• Trinity Racing
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What happened in the Tour of Britain 2022?

The 2022 Tour of Britain was cut short following stage 5 due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Movistar's Gonzalo Serrano was crowned the overall winner ahead of Ineos Grenadiers' Tom Pidcock. The pair matched either other blow-for-blow during the five days of racing that did take place but the Spaniard decisively edged out Pidcock to win stage 4 in Duncombe Park, Helmsley, meaning he was ahead by three bonus seconds when the race was curtailed.

Tour of Britain history

The Tour of Britain has established itself as the leading men’s stage race in Great Britain. The race is now in its 19th year and regularly attracts a mix of WorldTour teams and UK-based squads. The race is often used as a stepping stone and preparation event ahead of the UCI Road World Championships but that element has been taken away by the decision to host the Worlds earlier in the 2023 season. That said, the Tour of Britain is still expected to produce exciting racing between some of the best riders in the world.

In 2022   Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team) came out on top to win the overall ahead of the Ineos Grenadiers pairing of Tom Pidcock and Omar Fraile. Other former winners include Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe and former Tour de France winner, Bradley Wiggins. Sprinter Mark Cavendish currently holds the record for the most Tour of Britain stage wins with 10 victories spanning his long and decorated career.

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Wout van Aert wins Tour of Britain title as Carlos Rodríguez takes final stage

• Van Aert’s second-place finish enough to secure second title
• ‘I had a really hard time. I didn’t think it was possible’

Second place on the climbing stage into Caerphilly secured Wout van Aert his second overall title in the Tour of Britain. Compared with his 2021 victory , however, this was far from straightforward although his fine form had been clear from day one.

Through the hills of south Wales, Ineos’s Spanish starlet Carlos Rodríguez, the eventual stage winner, formed an impromptu alliance with local rider Steve Williams to push Van Aert to the edge, in the first of the eight stages where the Belgian’s Jumbo-Visma team were unable to exert any real grip on proceedings.

After Williams – who was guesting for Great Britain here – and Rodríguez had sprung clear on the climb of Bryn Du, high above Aberdare in the heart of the Rhondda, Van Aert’s teammates had been scattered to the four winds on the high moorland and the two strongest climbers in the race were rapidly forging a healthy advantage ahead of a small chase group, Van Aert faced the prospect of losing the race lead he had taken in winning Thursday’s stage into Felixstowe . “I had a really hard time, I didn’t think it was possible to take the general classification.”

The 28-year-old’s only option was to remain calm and hope that enough of his teammates could battle their way up to him, and that they and other squads would take the strain before the race arrived at the final brace of climbs over Caerphilly Mountain in the last eight miles. “I tried to stay calm, as I knew there were two climbers in front, and they would spend a lot of energy getting to the finish circuit.”

In the hiatus while he waited for Steven Kruijswijk and Nathan Van Hooydonck to catch up, Williams and Rodríguez raced into a lead that briefly exceeded 90 seconds.

With several other teams assisting Jumbo-Visma, the duo’s lead evaporated like the puddles from the rain showers that had greeted the race when it entered the hills, and on reaching Caerphilly they were only a handful of seconds ahead.

The first climb of the mountain broke Williams, a 27-year-old from Aberystwyth who has quietly forged a good career racing for the Bahrain-Merida and Israel-Premier Tech team, and who this year had won the Arctic Race of Norway. Rodríguez forged ahead on his own, but although he has had an outstanding year with a stage win and fifth overall in the Tour de France, he was less of a threat to Van Aert, having lost time in a crash in the Cotswolds on Saturday’s stage into Gloucester.

The Spaniard needed to finish 40sec ahead of Van Aert and his 20sec advantage with one 7km lap of the finish circuit put the race in the balance. With no teammates left at his side, the Belgian had to control the Spaniard’s lead while simultaneously ensuring that he did not crack, and that he did not lose ground to three threats for the overall title: Rodríguez’s Ineos teammate Magnus Sheffield, the Norwegian Tobias Johannessen and the Australian Damien Howson, all of whom were a slender 3sec behind him overall.

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While Rodríguez did give the Ineos team a consolatory stage win after the withdrawal of their marquee rider Tom Pidcock on Saturday, he was only 11sec ahead of Van Aert on the line, giving the Belgian his third road race win of 2023. He has had a frustrating mid-season, and it was about time he got the rub of the green.

This was a fine crescendo to a slow-burning week marked by six mass finishes in the first six stages, with 52 riders level on time 3sec behind Van Aert after Friday’s stage into Harlow , but it was far from plain sailing, with this most important climbing stage in effect split into two by a lengthy pause from racing with between 87km and 77km to go, when the race briefly stopped twice and then took a diversion to avoid a stretch of road which had been closed by an accident involving a motorcyclist. The incident was unrelated to the race, but it meant that the entire convoy had to be guided through back streets with racing neutralised and the bunch travelling at controlled speed.

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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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Cycling Commentators on Eurosport & GCN 2022

Mathew Mitchell

• Published on March 7, 2022
• in Women's Cycling

The voices of the cycling commentators on Eurosport are beamed into our homes. Every single bike race we watch has some commentator giving their spin on the action. Eurosport has a select core of lead commentators who find themselves describing the action we see. They’re always paired with an ex-pro to provide the colour commentary, with insights about the racing, learned through their time in the pro ranks.

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Each commentator has their own style and you only have to listen for a few seconds to work out who they are. Everyone knows that Rob Hatch is the guy who pronounces each foreign word ultra-correctly and that Carlton Kirby will be the one telling the dad jokes. With a couple of exceptions, almost everyone on this list will be Tour de France commentators 2022.

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Probably now the highest-profile commentator on Eurosport, the only criticism Rob seems to get is due to his perfect pronunciation of all words in all languages. It makes sense when you find out that he was a languages graduate – Rob was in fact in his 4th year of Uni at Bangor when I started my 1st year there (also in the languages department). Hatch is often on the biggest races and usually covers the race finishes too.

Carlton Kirby

Kirby is the most marmite commentator there is. He inspires such devotion that he has his own fan club, yet also is on the receiving end of a petition to get him sacked. For me, Carlton is the perfect commentator for the ‘early shift’ on long, flat grand tour stages. With nothing doing, Carlton Kirby still finds plenty to talk about and discuss, with the dad jokes aplenty too.

Declan Quigley

You used to hear Declan Quigley covering the Giro d’Italia but now seems to find himself part of the B-tier. He’ll often be heard covering non-WorldTour classics and stage races with his distinctive Irish accent. He’s been heard less and less on Eurosport and GCN recently as he’s been on the world feed coverage for the Flanders Classics in 2021.

A recent addition to the Eurosport and GCN team in 2021 and the only female lead commentator (even if the name catches plenty out on Twitter). She’s often heard covering non-WorldTour classics most often where she can use her native Dutch to pronounce riders and place names perfectly.

Marty McCrossan

The lead commentator for cyclocross and women’s cycling on Eurosport. It’s rare to watch either without hearing Marty’s voice in recent years. He’ll usually be heard paired up with Dani Rowe for women’s cycling and Jeremy Powers for the cyclocross. After a brief rest in January 2022, McCrossan has been back behind the mic once again.

A former rider who has stepped up to lead commentary after initially being a colour commentator. With the joining up of GCN and Eurosport, he’s now regularly seen across all coverage. From talking about spring classics to grand tours, he’ll also be seen in the studio after races. Talking about the day’s events and doing analysis with the touchscreen TV.

Matt Stephens

The first former rider to jump into lead commentary from GCN when it was just a humble Youtube channel! He was initially mixing his GCN duties with the odd spell of commentary but soon changed the balance towards commentary. As his profile grew, he began compering cycling events like the 6 Day track racing and is regularly used by Zwift for their online commentary race events too.

Viewers have heard more and more from Jez Cox over the last year. The first race I remember hearing him was during the Vuelta CV Feminas at the start of 2021 but he’s now a regular across the board on cyclocross and stage races like the Saudi Tour at the start of the 2022 season.

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The distinctive Irish voice on Eurosport. Sean Kelly is a great of the sport of cycling – a 9-time monument winner, 4-time Tour de France green jersey winner and winner of the Vuelta a Espana in 1988. Mr Paris-Nice won that race 7 years in a row during the 1980s. Sean Kelly is almost synonymous with the coverage of major races on Eurosport and GCN.

Magnus Backstedt

Most famous for winning the 2004 edition of Paris Roubaix, Magnus Backstedt had a long pro career. He won a stage in the Tour de France in 1998 for GAN and after retirement, ran development teams in his adopted country – the UK. His daughters, Zoe and Elynor are currently emerging talents in women’s cycling. Zoe, in particular, became a double junior world champion in the last year. Maggy will often be heard on lower-level Belgian classics although not exclusively.

Brian Smith

Smith was twice a winner of the National Road Championships, in 1991 and 1994, as a rider before becoming a directeur sportif. He helped develop the Endura, NetApp (became Bora-Hansgrohe) and MTN-Qhubeka teams in their early days before becoming a staple on Eurosport and GCN.

An Olympic, World and European champion on the track, Dani Rowe can now be heard covering women’s cycling on Eurosport. She retired from racing after 2018, a season where she finished 3rd in the Women’s Tour. She brings insider knowledge of the women’s peloton to the race commentary.

Adam Blythe

Another former National Road champion, in 2016, Blythe’s relaxed style has seen him move from the studio to behind the mic. He initially started combining riding with Eurosport work in his final season in 2019. He’s now a regular behind the mic and on the couch during The Breakaway – often with some flamboyant shirts. In his racing days, Blythe was a consistent lower-level classics racer and sometime sprinter.

Jeremy Powers

Powers can be heard exclusively during cyclocross races, usually paired up with Marty McCrossan. The American former pro rider won 4 national titles in cyclocross and was a top-10 ranked rider. He also was known to race on the road during US races. He was the commentator on the track using the 2022 Cyclocross Worlds held in Fayetteville, Arkansas this year.

Bigham helped to give deeper insights into the world of aerodynamics during the opening time trial of the 2021 Giro d’Italia and has been back during other major time trials too. A former F1 aerodynamicist, Bigham has turned his attentions to cycling and helped his track team beat national teams. After becoming a consultant for high-profile teams like Canyon SRAM and the Danish national track team, Bigham moved to Ineos Grenadiers for 2022.

Hannah Walker

A former national track champion, Hannah Walker spent years on the road racing as well. She retired from racing in 2018 whilst at WNT and transitioned to a Marketing/PR role for the team. She initially was heard commentating on women’s cycling races but has also been seen in the studio during coverage of 2021’s Giro d’Italia and a lot more since. For non-British based viewers she’s been on the world feed for Grand Tours.

Dani Christmas

A long-time member of the women’s peloton, Dani Christmas retired from racing at the end of the 2021 season and moved into the commentary booth. You could hear her a few times during 2021 already but Christmas has been heard more often in 2022 so far. Often paired with Marty McCrossan, you’re most likely to hear Dani Christmas covering women’s racing.

Robbie McEwen

A new signing for Eurosport and GCN is the Aussie Robbie McEwen . He’s a familiar voice to anyone who stayed up late to watch racing in Australia, hosting with Matt Keenan and Bridie O’Donnell. Australian broadcaster SBS unceremoniously let him go at the end of the 2022 racing and so it’s no surprise to hear him over in Europe given he had such a high reputation. The former sprinter has an eye for racing detail and analysis.

Eurosport & GCN Presenters

Orla Chennaoui

Usually, in the studio leading The Breakaway pre and post-race segments, she leads and guides the other presenters to discuss the stage or race of the day. She’s a regular member of the Cycling Podcast and has been covering cycling for a long time before joining the Eurosport and GCN team.

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• Date: 08 September 2022
• Start time: 11:00 (12:00 CET)
• Avg. speed winner: 42.817 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 186.8 km
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• ProfileScore: 19
• Vert. meters: 1421
• Departure: West Bridgford
• Arrival: Mansfield
• Race ranking: 125
• Startlist quality score: 154
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Tour of Britain live stream: how to watch all cycling stages online from anywhere – route, schedule, start time, Day 3

The riders are all set for the 18th edition of this cycling spectacular

It's Day 3 of the 18th edition of the Tour of Britain with the cyclists starting on the road from Durham to Sunderland at 11.30am BST. Corbin Strong still leads the field by a narrow margin after a tight finish yesterday. Britain's Tom Pidcock is 14 seconds behind. The UK's biggest cycle race this year sees the peloton tackle a 1,352km journey from Aberdeen down to the Isle of Wight. Join us for a spin as we explain how to get a 2022 Tour of Britain live stream and watch UCI WorldTour cycling online from anywhere.

Dates: Sunday, September 4 - Sunday, September 11

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The race begins with two stages in Scotland before working its way south through England. By the time the riders make the finish line at The Needles they will have endured 18,572m of climbing.

Along with a series of medium mountain stages, and flat city circuits, this year's event returns to Yorkshire and also features its first ever full stages in the counties of Dorset and Gloucestershire.

Last year's event saw Belgium's Wout van Aert win the final stage in thrilling style to pip Great Britain's Ethan Hayter to overall victory. Read on for everything you need to know to watch a 2022 Tour of Britain live stream from anywhere.

How to watch a FREE Tour of Britain live stream in the UK

Every stage of the race is being shown in the UK on ITV4, which means anyone can watch a Tour of Britain 2022 live stream using the channel's ITV Hub platform. Just make sure you have a valid UK TV license, of course. Away from home?

Use a VPN to watch ITV Hub anywhere in the world.

Most of the stages begin between 10.30am and 11am BST, but you can scroll down for the full schedule. ITV Hub is available on your browser and most smart platforms.

Cycling fans in the UK can also watch the race on Eurosport, GCN+, and Discovery+ but why pay when you don't have to?

How to watch Tour of Britain 2022 from outside your country

If you're keen to watch the Tour of Britain but you're away from home and the coverage is geo-blocked, then you could always use a VPN to access it (assuming you're not breaching any broadcaster T&Cs, of course). You may be surprised how simple it is to do.

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Once you have it, all you need to do is turn on your VPN, select a server location back in your country, and then go to the broadcaster's website/app and watch as if you were back at home.

2022 Tour of Britain, route, schedule and start times

• Stage 1 - Sunday, September 4 at 10.45am BST, 5.45am ET, 7.45pm AEST
• Stage 2 - Monday, September 5 at 10.45am BST, 5.45am ET, 7.45pm AEST
• Stage 3 - Tuesday, September 6 at 11am BST, 6am ET, 8pm AEST
• Stage 4 - Wednesday, September 7 at 11.15am BST, 6.15am ET, 8.15pm AEST
• Stage 5 - Thursday, September 8 at 10.30am BST, 5.30am ET, 7.30pm AEST
• Stage 6 - Friday, September 9 at 10.45am BST, 5.45am ET, 7.45pm AEST
• Stage 7 - Saturday, September 10 at 10.45am BST, 5.45am ET, 7.45pm AEST
• Stage 8 - Sunday, September 11 at 10.45am BST, 5.45am ET, 7.45pm AEST

How to watch Tour of Britain 2022: US cycling live stream details

US-based cycling fans can live stream the Tour of Britain with a GCN+ subscription, which costs $8.99 per month or $49.99 annually.

Start times vary, but you'll need to prepare for some sleepy loss, as most of the stages begin at 6am ET / 3am PT or earlier. You can find the schedule higher up the page.

And if you're currently out of the US but want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore the VPN route set out above.

How to watch Tour of Britain 2022: live stream cycling in Australia

You can tune into the Tour of Britain Down Under with a GCN+ subscription, which costs $12.99 per month or $64.99 annually.

Start times vary, but most of the stages get underway at around 7.30pm AEST. You can find the schedule above.

If you're not currently in Oz, you can download a VPN to tune into your home coverage of the race from anywhere. 

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How to watch the 2022 Tour of Britain: live stream cycling in Canada

You know the score by now. Canadians can also tune into the Tour of Britain live via GCN+, which costs $11.99 per month or $59.99 annually.

Start times vary, but you'll need to prepare for some sleep loss, as most of the stages begin at 6am ET / 3am PT or earlier. You can find the Tour of Britain schedule nearer the top of this article.

Not in Canada to catch that GCN+ stream? Well you know the answer by now... using a VPN is the way to make sure you don't miss a moment. 

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Eurosport and GCN secure live rights to cycling’s Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour

Discovery-owned outlets sign wide-ranging, five-year deal with event organisers sweetspot..

• Deal includes live digital coverage across Eurosport App, GCN+ and Discovery+
• Six-day Women’s Tour to be produced for live coverage for the first time
• Eurosport will also distribute rights for both events across multiple territories

Discovery-owned broadcaster Eurosport and its Global Cycling Network (GCN) brand are to broadcast the Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour road cycling races as part of a new five-year partnership with event organisers SweetSpot Group.

The two companies have committed to providing live coverage of the prestigious UK races across their respective digital platforms, including the Eurosport app, GCN+ and Discovery+ in selected markets.

The men’s Tour of Britain will be shown on an exclusive basis in all markets globally excluding the UK and France. As well as live race coverage, the agreement includes previews, features and analysis of both events, while it also ensures that the six-day Women’s Tour will be produced for live coverage for the first time.

Additionally, Eurosport will distribute the media rights for both events as well as SweetSpot’s other properties, including its Tour Series, across Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Oceania and South America.

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“We’re thrilled to be working with Eurosport and GCN in 2021 and beyond to enhance the programming for our existing events and explore opportunities for growth,” said Hugh Roberts, SweetSpot’s chief executive.

“Eurosport’s and GCN’s incredible reach has helped spread the awareness of the Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour worldwide and, with the addition of the GCN+ to their portfolio, we’re confident of both enhancing our coverage of these races and creating more interactive viewing experiences for cycling fans.

“After a challenging year for everybody, the continuation of this partnership is also great news for all of our partners and regional stakeholders, who will continue to benefit from the exposure that SweetSpot’s events provide.”

This year’s Women’s Tour is set to run from 7th to 12th June, with the men’s Tour of Britain taking place between 5th and 12th September. Daily coverage of both events will continue to be shown in the UK by free-to-air channel ITV4 in addition to Eurosport.

Meanwhile, in a separate deal, SweetSpot has appointed River Media Partners as its official broadcast agent for the UK and Ireland. The company will work with SweetSpot and host broadcaster ITV Sport on the coverage of all of SweetSpot’s races, in addition to assisting with the distribution of content and exploring additional broadcast opportunities.

Shortened Tour of Britain Women added to UCI's 2024 calendar

Four-day event added to calendar in spot previously held by the Women’s Tour

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A four day Tour of Britain Women has been added to the UCI calendar in the vacant spot previously held by the Women’s Tour. 

After the collapse of SweetSpot , the former race promoter of the Women’s Tour, British Cycling committed to staging a women’s event in its place. The national governing body is also poised to stage a men’s Tour of Britain this year after SweetSpot entered liquidation in January, but there was doubt over a women's equivalent taking place in 2024.

BC CEO Jon Dutton recently said that any women’s event this year would almost certainly be shortened due to the federation being in “a race against time” to put solid plans in place. 

He said: “We've still got a lot of work to do on the Tour of Britain Women, and it is a race against the clock in terms of those June dates, there may have to be some compromises from what has happened before in terms of duration.” 

Both races were previously removed from the UCI calendar but the Tour of Britain Women is now back in its scheduled June date, which was where the Women's Tour once was. No further details are known at this time, including information on potential stages or a proposed route; it still appears to be a "race against time". It is still a Women's WorldTour event, but is now just four days rather than the previous six.

The Women’s Tour was last held in 2022. It was cut from the calendar the following year after SweetSpot’s precarious financial situation first began to bite. Lidl-Trek’s Elisa Longo Borghni, the last winner of the Women’s Tour, has previously said that it would be a hammer blow for the peloton if the race never returned. 

She said: “It's not nice if the Women's Tour is not taking place this year too because it's been one of the first races to really raise the level of women's cycling.

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“It was slowly becoming one of the races that riders were looking at in their calendar to race. So I will be very very sad [if it does not take place].” 

British Cycling’s announcement of its initial plans for both races were met with enthusiasm by Longo Borghini’s Trek teammate Lizzie Deignan , earlier this month.

“I'm really happy to see British Cycling investing to try and make sure these two important UK stage races happen in 2024 and for years to come,” Deignan said. “I hope everyone can get behind this."

It is the second piece of good news for women's elite cycling in the UK on Tuesday. It was revealed this morning that the best team in the world, SD Worx-Protime, would be present at the Ford RideLondon Classique in May .

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How to watch the 2021 Tour of Britain – live TV and streaming

Alaphilippe, Van Aert, Cavendish among the stars lining up in Britain

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The Tour of Britain has returned after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, getting underway on September 5, as several star names hit the roads for the eight-day race through England, Wales and Scotland.

The race will be broadcast in select locations in Europe and the rest of the world. You can find out how to watch the race wherever you are with our handy guide and with ExpressVPN .

While reigning champion Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) isn't riding, his age-old rival Wout van Aert heads up the Jumbo-Visma selection as he returns to racing following the Tokyo Olympics.

Ineos Grenadiers' Ethan Hayter leads the race after six stages, having picked up a sprint stage win in Warrington. He leads triple stage winner Van Aert by four seconds with two days to go.

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World champion Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) is also competing, with the Frenchman looking to add to his overall victory in 2018. His teammate, Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish , is also racing, as is Yves Lampaert.

Dan Martin, Michael Woods and André Greipel line up for Israel Start-Up Nation as one of the strongest teams in the race, while Ineos Grenadiers bring a top team with Hayter, Michał Kwiatkowski, Richie Porte, and Rohan Dennis.

Van Aert will be joined at Jumbo-Visma by George Bennett and Tony Martin, meanwhile. At Movistar, Marc Soler and Matteo Jorgenson lead the way.

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Sprint competition for Cavendish and Greipel comes in the form of Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka NextHash), Dan McLay (Arkéa-Samsic), and the DSM pair of Max Kanter and Nils Eekhoff.

The race takes in eight days running south to north from Cornwall to northern Scotland, with several challenging hilly stages along the way. The Carmarthenshire team time trial on stage 3 will be key, as will uphill finishes on stage 4 in Llandudno and stage 6 in Gateshead.

Check here for our comprehensive race preview , and read on for all the information on how to watch the 2021 Tour of Britain

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The race will be aired in select countries around Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player . A subscription to Eurosport Player costs £6.99 for a single month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass.

GCN+ will also air the race, with coverage available in the UK, the USA, Australia, Canada, and around Europe and numerous other countries around the world. Pricing runs the same as a Eurosport Player subscription.

In the UK, ITV4 will also be airing the race live and in full, as well as showing a highlights package at 8pm.

In France, live coverage will be provided by L'Equipe TV .

Be warned, though, geo-restrictions may apply if you're outside your home country or on holiday during the Tour of Britain.

You can get around that, however, by accessing the streams via a VPN, with ExpressVPN offering the ability to simulate being back in your home country, allowing you to watch the race live on various devices – including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.

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Luke Rowe announces retirement at end of 2024 season

V eteran racer Luke Rowe has announced that he'll call time on his career at the end of the season, marking the end of a 13-year pro career.

The Welshman has raced with Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers since turning pro in 2012, specialising in the cobbled Classics and also as one of the peloton's top road captains as his career has progressed.

The 34-year-old had been set to retire at the end of the 2025 season but brought forward his retirement date to the end of the current campaign. He said that his latest crash at the E3 Saxo Classic and the resulting injuries had helped him take the decision.

"I've had an amazing career and I have absolutely no regrets," Rowe said. "But the last 18 months have been testing in different ways and with this latest crash and resulting injury, it just feels like now is the right time to bow out, head home to Wales and spend a bit more time with my family."

He added that he's hoping to get back on the bike before ending his career, with an appearance on home turf at the Tour of Britain (September 1-8) the goal for his final race.

"For now, I am focusing on recovering from this latest injury and working with the team and doctors to try and get back on the bike," he said. "I have the rest of the season left and would like to race again in 2024 - with the Tour of Britain being my dream race to end on.

"The fans around the world have always been amazing but it would be pretty special to end my career racing around the UK in front of home fans."

Rowe has taken two wins as a pro – a stage apiece at the 2012 Tour of Britain and the 2017 Herald Sun Tour – and he also has top-10 finishes at Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders to his name.

However, his biggest achievements have come as a road captain and domestique, helping guide teammates to wins at the biggest races on the calendar.

Among his 10 Grand Tour starts, Rowe has been part of five Tour de France wins, three for Chris Froome and one apiece for Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal. He's also been part of the squad behind Michał Kwiatkowski's win at Milan-San Remo and Dylan van Baarle's Paris-Roubaix triumph.

"I've got so many amazing memories and I have loved every part of being a professional cyclist," Rowe said. "There are so many people who have played a key role in my career – too many to thank individually.

"Obviously huge thanks to my family and friends, but I'd also like to thank everyone in the Ineos Grenadiers, many of whom are also like family. I've been incredibly lucky to spend all 13 years as a pro bike rider with one team and it's been a team who has supported me 100% through the good times and the bad.

"Their commitment and support to their athletes is world class and it's part of the reason I have never wanted to race for anyone else."

Ineos Grenadiers CEO John Allert paid tribute to Rowe on and off the bike, calling him "a massive part of what makes the team so special" and praising him for "passing down his wisdom, experience and tactical knowledge" to young riders on the squad.

"Luke is a massive part of what makes this team so special. He has been here since the very start and has played a huge part in our biggest wins and some of the most iconic moments in the team's history," Allert said.

"Not only is Luke a fearless, gritty, powerhouse of a racer who can read and control a race like few other riders, he's a fantastic personality and team-mate off the bike too. In the last few years, he has been a willing mentor to our younger riders, passing down his wisdom, experience and tactical knowledge.

"We are all going to miss Luke, but he'll always be a Grenadier, and I'm sure [he] has a bright future working in some aspect of the sport he loves so much. I'm sure I speak for everyone who has ever worked with Luke, when I say thanks for everything and good luck with the remainder of the season."