Tour of Britain

The recent Tour of Britain has one of the slickest rolling road closures of any race on the calendar, but how do they do it?

The American rider won the best young rider's jersey after racing for the first time since a heavy crash at the Tour de Suisse in June.

The 2023 Tour of Britain is set to finish in Wales, while the 2024 Women's Tour will set off from the country.

Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar) has been declared the winner of the 2022 Tour of Britain.

All three final stages cancelled following the death of the British monarch.

Large number of riders go wrong way inside final kilometer.

Four-rider break goes clear inside final 10 kilometers to beat the peloton again.

Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise rider wins out of day's four-rider escape as the sprinter teams mistime the chase.

Bunch sprint decides stage into Duns, Corbin Strong holds race lead.

Israel-Premier Tech rider outsprints Omar Fraile and Anders Halland Johanneson after gritty stage through Scotland.

Pidcock, Woods, Teuns, Sheffield center stage for eight days of steep climbs and narrow streets at Tour of Britain.

The eight-day race offers up some tough racing across rolling roads.

Richie Porte to retire after Tour of Britain, calling time on career spanning three decades and 17 grand tours.

Porte set for retirement after British race.

Blevins on the Tour of Britain, his future in World Cup mountain bike racing, the upcoming 'cross season, and how he balances it all.

Van Aert scores fourth stage win of the race and overall victory in final statement before world championships bid.

Cycling world unites to praise Eenkhoorn after Dutchman passes bidon to young fan racing alongside the breakaway.

Lampaert beats Matteo Jorgenson and Matt Gibson in three-up sprint as GC contenders finish together in the peloton.

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Ethan Hayter finished in second place on the stage, and held onto the overall lead by four seconds.

Ethan Hayter reclaimed the race lead ahead of Wout van Aert after escaping a crash in the final kilometer.

With the road world championships fast approaching, Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe gave everyone a taste of what's to come with their duel at the Tour of Britain.

Wout van Aert took over the race lead with a two-second advantage over Ethan Hayter.

Ethan Hayter leads teammate Rohan Dennis by six seconds in the general classification.

Rally Cycling rider surges to breakaway victory, dropping his companions and holding off a late charge from the peloton. He now leads Wout van Aert by 22 seconds in the GC.

The 22-year-old Hayter has scored Olympic Madison silver and notched his first stage-race win – and he still doesn’t know what he’s best at.

A series of long hilly stages in the UK make for perfect preparation two weeks ahead of Flanders world championships.

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Organizers say holding the Tour of Britain without fans would go against 'everything that cycling stands for'

Women's Tour to return in 2021, Tour of Britain organizer states he would be 'staggered' if Tour de France goes ahead.

OVO Energy, sponsor of the Women's Tour and Tour of Britain, will not return as title sponsor of either race in 2020.

Mathieu van der Poel steals the sprint with a bike throw, denying Cees Bol and Matteo Trentin.

Mathieu van der Poel took another stage victory at the Tour of Britain and boosted his overall lead.

Mathieu van der Poel put in an explosive sprint to win the fourth stage of the Tour of Britain and seize the overall lead.

Trentin won from a sprint after a late attack from Alex Dowsett was caught in the final 100 meters.

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The stage race will be the British pair's first major event since the Tout de France, which Geraint Thomas won.

Lars Boom (LottoNL-Jumbo) clinched his second Tour of Britain title after Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) won the final stage on Sunday.

Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNl-Jumbo) beat Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) to land stage seven of the seventh of the Tour of Britain on Saturday.

Caleb Ewan scores a hat-trick Friday at the Tour of Britain, winning the stage 6 sprint in Aldeburgh. Lars Boom keeps overall lead.

Former world cyclocross champion Lars Boom wins stage 5 at the Tour of Britain Thursday and moves into the overall race lead.

Fernando Gaviria keeps his nerve to win the Tour of Britain's stage 4 after a tense duel with Team Sky's Elia Viviani on Wednesday.

Australia's Caleb Ewan secures his second victory in this year's Tour of Britain by winning Tuesday's third stage to reclaim the overall lead.

Elia Viviani takes the victory after Edvald Boasson Hagen, who initially won the stage, was relegated for an improper sprint.

Caleb Ewan's (Orica-Scott) superb burst of sprinting saw him take the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in a photo finish on Sunday.

Steve Cummings wraps up the GC victory at the Tour of Britain, while Caleb Ewan powers to the stage 8 win in London

Steve Cummings saw his lead cut heading into the final day of the Tour of Britain but the veteran remains 26 seconds in the lead.

Steve Cummings put himself in pole position to emulate Bradley Wiggins and become only the second British rider to win the Tour of Britain.

Cannondale – Drapac's Jack Bauer kept his cool as the sprinters began to kick from behind and won stage 5 by a narrow margin in Bath.

Dutch champion Dylan Groenewegen won Wednesday's stage 4 sprint at the Tour of Britain, the race's longest and hardest stage.

Olympic champion, Tour de France champion, and world hour record holder Bradley Wiggins runs up a hill, aptly named "The Struggle" at Tour of Britain.

Ian Stannard leads the charge for Tour of Britain's home riders, winning the day ahead of two other Brits.

Julien Vermote takes stage 2 of the Tour of Britain ahead of Steve Cummings

André Greipel claims the opening stage of the Tour of Britain in Castle Douglas, Scotland

Bradley Wiggins and five of his Team Wiggins teammates will compete at the eight-day, nine-stage race.

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Cavendish abandons Tour of Britain following an early stage 6 crash in which he injured the same shoulder he dislocated in the 2014 Tour.

Wout Poels and Edvald Boasson Hagen duke it out on Tour of Britain's climbing day — the former wins, the latter takes race lead.

With help from his Etixx teammate, Mark Cavendish, young sprint start Fernando Gaviria wins in Scotland.

Elia Viviani claims his second stage win as Vakoc crashes out of race lead. JJ Lobato now holds the yellow jersey.

The 2015 Friends Life Tour of Britain will feature a new summit finish midway through the eight-day race and the race will start in Wales

Dylan van Baarle finishes with the pack on stage 2 of a two-stage finale to claim the crown in the Tour of Britain

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Dylan van Baarle third second and takes the race lead with two stages left

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The peloton underestimates a three-man breakaway, and Movistar's Alex Dowsett jumps into the lead at the Tour of Britain

The 24-year-old Polish rider hopes to stamp his season with a GC victory

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IAM Cycling's Brandle times his attack to perfection on Stoke Hill, riding alone to victory in Exeter

Kwiatkowski claims his first stage at the Tour of Britain and now wears the yellow leader's jersey

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The Tour of Britain offers up its first major hilltop finish. Zardini seizes the win and GC lead.

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Renshaw takes his first win in an Omega Pharma-Quick Step kit and moves into overall lead in Britain

Sky will bring five riders to support Wiggins' bid at winning the nine-stage race through England

"I would like to be at the start for the Tour of Britain for another chance to race in front of British fans again this year," said Cavendish

The Tour of Britain remains a third-tier event for 2014, and organizers aren't happy about it

Sky's Bradley Wiggins won the Tour of Britain on Sunday as compatriot Mark Cavendish took his third stage victory of this year's race

Bradley Wiggins leads the race with one day remaining