Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatened One day after his overall chances in the race evaporated after he decided to wait for the struggling gold jersey Mark Cavendish rather than push ahead with the race contenders, Bradley […]
An Post Sean Kelly rider in season-best form The most aggressive rider on yesterday’s stage of the Tour of Britain and arguably the strongest of those in the day-long break, Ronan McLaughlin has said he’ll continue pushing hard to secure […]
Leigh Howard takes back the gold jersey as Mark Cavendish left behind on the Staffordshire hills Marc de Maar (UnitedHealthcare) took the biggest victory of his season so far as he escaped a 23-man breakaway to win the fifth stage […]
Video preview of stage four With a tough Limburg course making it all but impossible for him to repeat his victory of last season, Mark Cavendish has said that he wants to savour his remaining days in the rainbow jersey, […]
World champion reluctantly exchanges his rainbow jersey as time bonuses give him the lead Having said the day before that he had no intention of exchanging his precious rainbow jersey for gold, Mark Cavendish (Team Sky) did so after the […]
Manx Express launched into Dumfries finishing straight by stage one winner Luke Rowe It was third time lucky for Team Sky as it finally managed to deliver Mark Cavendish to the line to take a victory in the 2012 Tour […]
Rider being monitored by Garmin-Sharp team Tyler Farrar’s plan to use the Tour of Britain as part of his final build-up for the world road race championships was dashed by his withdrawal from the race after his heavy crash yesterday. […]
Dutch sprinter awarded gold jersey after Luke Rowe adjudged to have lost a second in sprint Boy van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare) was a somewhat surprise occupier of the race lead in the Tour of Britain at the end of stage two. […]
Australian beats Mark Cavendish in untidy sprint after long wet Peak District stage Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) took the second stage of the 2012 Tour of Britain, between Nottingham and Knowsley Safari Park, as he won an untidy sprint to the […]
World champion ends up with torn rainbow rather than gold jersey Swiftly moving to Plan B after world road race champion Mark Cavendish went down inside the final two kilometres, Luke Rowe (Team Sky) powered home to take stage one […]
Huge crowds expected for first day of action As he did earlier this year on key stages of the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, British pro Daniel Lloyd has ridden the opening stage of the Tour of Britain […]
Ivan Basso and Samuel Sánchez to feature alongside Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish The organiser of the Tour of Britain has released the provisional start list for the eight-day race, which begins on Sunday, September 9th. As a 2.1-ranked event […]
Two British heroes riding together in home race for what could be the final time The Tour of Britain organiser has officially confirmed that both Tour de France winner and Olympic time trial champion Bradley Wiggins, and World champion Mark […]
2008 Olympic Road Race champion to make debut, Saur Sojason also racing After a mention this week in Samuel Sanchez’s race schedule for the rest of the season, the organisers of the Tour of Britain have announced today that the […]
Double Giro d’Italia champion to ride race for first time Currently backing GC contender Vincenzo Nibali and Maillot Vert wearer Peter Sagan in the Tour de France, two-time Giro d’Italia winner Ivan Basso has been confirmed as leading the Liquigas-Cannondale […]
All regions of Great Britain represented in Olympic year; no London stage on 2012 The Tour of Britain organiser has presented the 2012 route of what it claims will be the toughest ever edition of the race since its revival […]
Good news for cycling in year before London Olympics In what is a reflection of cycling’s ongoing growth in the country plus increased general interest in the sport, viewership of the Tour of Britain surged markedly during the 2011 edition, […]
Race will once again take place one week before worlds Although several end of season events will undergo date changes next season, such as the Giro di Lombardia moving to a new timeslot in September and the Tour of Beijing […]
