Tour of Britain 2026 Men & Women Thread (Spoilers!)

[T4tomo]

Start and finish towns announced for both. Men are heading East: Lincs to Yorks to Scots borders.

The Women head West: Cumbria, Lancs, Wales, Warks.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racin...n-men-2026-route-announced-by-british-cycling

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racin...women-2026-route-announced-by-british-cycling

Cue moaning southerners "its not going past my house..."

 

[wakemalcolm]

Cue moaning southerners "its not going past my house..."

Worth it for the sheer fnaar-ness of the women's stage 1.

 

[Pross]

They could give the women a MTF on Gospel Pass

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Worth it for the sheer fnaar-ness of the women's stage 1.

Stage two has its giggles as well

 

[MadMalx]

Stage two has its giggles as well

Unsuccessful sequel to Guitar Hero?

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Areas I've ridden in the last ~9.5 years of doing more cycling are quite limited, but I've just discovered the women are covering the tiny stretch of Bodfari Road I usually used to get from Prestatyn to Denbigh, in order to climb Road To Hell a handful of times.

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/tourofbritain/women/stagethree

Crazy how the biggest climb on that stage is only ~195m!

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Looking at that map, they're going up the back side of the Great Orme to finish as well. The men went up the "main" way a couple of years ago, when Wout outsprinted (then World Champion) Alaphilippe on the route up by the tram tracks

 

[TakeTheHighRoad]

Does anyone have a provisional start list? I've got a few days of holiday and I'm thinking of heading over to Llandudno from Chester for the day

 

[MadMalx]

I think only the teams are confirmed so far

 

[wakemalcolm]

Pro cycling stats has Thomas Champion as the only declared starter. No nominative determination in his palmares so far.

 

[MadMalx]

A brace of Bäckstedts, Georgi and Couzens provisionally confirmed for wToB

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/t...-to-compete-at-Lloyds-Tour-of-Britain-Women-0

Link edited, Ta Doctor

 

[wakemalcolm]

A brace of Bäckstedts, Georgi and Couzens provisionally confirmed for wToB

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/tourofbritain/article/20260811-tour-of-britain-British-cycling-stars-provisionally-announced-to-compete-at-Lloyds-Tour-of-Britain-Women-0

Provisionally confirmed? Sounds like the biggest oxy moron since my brother had spots.

 

[MadMalx]

the website says 'provisionally announced' which makes even less sense. Have you announced it, or not?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

A brace of Bäckstedts, Georgi and Couzens provisionally confirmed for wToB

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/tourofbritain/article/20260811-tour-of-britain-British-cycling-stars-provisionally-announced-to-compete-at-Lloyds-Tour-of-Britain-Women-0

Link fixed (above it had text and url swapped over):
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/t...-to-compete-at-Lloyds-Tour-of-Britain-Women-0

Would be nice if Georgi could score Picnic's first win of the season, they're having an even worse time than their men's counterpart

 

[Pross]

The funny little loop on Stage 4 of the WToB is the route of the Rhyader Round The Lakes running race I've done a couple of times (minus a short loop around Elan Village). It's absolutely spectacular around there is anyone is looking for a place to watch (albeit probably lacking in water at present!). Quite a tough climb on the leg travelling northwest out of Rhyader.