The 2024 Tour of Britain Women stages have been announced, as preparations for the inaugural edition of the race progress ahead of a grand départ in Welshpool on June 6, 2024.
The race (formerly The Women’s Tour) will see many of the world’s top female riders and teams go head-to-head across four stages of racing, in what will be the first major international stage race delivered by British Cycling Events.
The British Cycling Events operation sees the national governing body take control of the Tour of Britain and Tour of Britain Women elite stage races. This has come about after British Cycling terminated its agreement with the Tour of Britain’s former event organiser SweetSpot.
The 2024 Tour of Britain Women will begin in Welshpool, situated in the heart of mid-Wales. Stage two will see riders stay in Wales for a start and finish in Wrexham.
The race caravan then will cross the Welsh border to the north-west of England, where Warrington will host both the start and finish of stage three. The race will then conclude in Greater Manchester, as part of the city region’s European Capital of Cycling celebrations.
Full routes for each of the stages, along with the teams and riders competing, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Citing “a monumental effort”, Jon Dutton OBE, CEO of British Cycling, said “The race route has been designed and agreed in just 10 weeks, when we launched our new vision for major cycling events in Britain, thanks to the hard work and support of an experienced team of event staff.
“We’d also like to extend our gratitude to Welsh Government, Conwy County Borough Council, Powys County Council, Wrexham County Borough Council, Warrington Borough Council, Manchester Active and others who have demonstrated such enthusiastic support for the race.
“Our primary focus has been to deliver a safe and competitive race in 2024, and while there is still a great deal of work to do, we remain every bit as determined to harness the race’s spotlight to make a real impact in the communities which it touches. We know that it is a vision which resonates strongly in the positive conversations we’ve been having with prospective commercial partners and hosts which continues to be extremely encouraging.”
Rod Ellingworth, who was announced as Tour of Britain Race Director in March this year, said “It’s been a monumental effort by the whole team over the past 10 weeks to confirm the stages for this year’s Tour of Britain Women.
“The race will take in four competitive and challenging routes, some challenging climbing in Wales and what I’m sure will be brilliant crowds on the roadside throughout.”
British Cycling has previously announced that the Tour of Britain men’s would be delivered over six days in 2024, with an ambition to bring future parity to the two national tours, following the alignment of the event names in 2024.
Tour of Britain Women 2024:
- Stage 1 – Thursday, June 6, 2024: Welshpool to Llandudno
- Stage 2 – Friday, June 7, 2024: Wrexham
- Stage 3 – Saturday, June 8, 2024: Warrington
- Stage 4 – Sunday, June 9, 2024: Greater Manchester
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