Tour of Britain - News

The Tour heads for new offices

06/01/2012

From the week commencing Monday 16th January there will be some mild disruption over the following three weeks as SweetSpot Group, the organisers and promoters of The Tour of Britain and Halfords Tour Series, move offices to new premises.During this period there may be occasions when the office landline and fax numbers may be temporarily unavailable and we ask that you please bear with us, or contact us via email if urgent and we will respond as soon as we are able to. Thank you for ...

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Tour of Britain continues to be a hit on TV and online

16/11/2011

As well as being a resounding success on the road, this September's Tour of Britain was a huge hit on television and online, recording a 17% increase in viewers to the daily ITV4 highlights.On average over 483,000 viewers tuned in to see highlights of Britain's biggest professional cycle race, an increase of 17% over 2010's average reach of 401,000.
Stage Three, The Stoke-on-Trent Stage on Tuesday 13th September, saw the programme's largest audience, with 592,000 viewers tuning in to ...

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Dates for 2012 Tour of Britain announced

13/10/2011

The ninth edition of The Tour of Britain, the UK's biggest professional cycle race, will run from Sunday 9th to Sunday 16th September 2012 it has today been announced by SweetSpot Group, the organisers and promoters of the race.

The Tour of Britain 2012 will continue to be held across eight days, once again visiting England, Scotland and Wales in one edition, providing a chance for British spectators to see Olympic medalists in action less than a month after the London ...

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Your chance to win with 2011 Tour survey

06/10/2011

Tour of Britain organisers are encouraging the many hundreds of thousands of spectators who visited this September's Tour of Britain to take part in an online survey evaluating the event.Widely acclaimed to be the best yet edition of the UK's biggest professional cycle race, the 2011 Tour of Britain saw many of the World's top riders, including Tour de France Green Jersey Mark Cavendish, Olympic Gold medallist Geraint Thomas and reigning World Champion Thor Hushovd competing on British roads ...

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Somerset stage of Tour features on BBC Country Tracks

05/10/2011

This Sunday (9 October) sees round the world cyclist Mark Beaumont visiting Somerset for the latest episode of the successful BBC Country Tracks programme, which includes an insight into the 2011 Tour of Britain.As a part of the programme Mark Beaumont will be beginning his journey through Somerset at Cheddar, where he drops in on planning for Stage Six of this September's Tour of Britain and finds out what it takes to put on the UK's biggest professional cycle race.After that Mark takes on ...

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Quotes from The Tour of Britain 2011 winners

19/09/2011

Reaction from the winners and jersey wearers after the final stage of the 2011 Tour of Britain.Lars Boom, Rabobank, Winner of the IG Markets Gold Jersey"It was awesome. London is a very nice city. It's a lovely country, I didn't expect that. The public was awesome, a lot of cheering so it was a great week for us.“My most memorable moment was the first stage, the circuit, the small roads, the rain – it was awesome.“I wanted to win this morning, ...

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Andy Tennant's London Data

19/09/2011

We've teamed up with The Tour of Britain's Official Electronics Partner Sharp and the Rapha Condor Sharp squad to give you a deeper insight into this year's Tour of Britain.Read on for the final installment of 2011 Tour of Britain analysis from Dr David Bailey of the Claremont Sports Medicine & Performance Centre, official healthcare and sports science providers to Rapha Condor Sharp professional cycling team.Stage 8a – Individual Time TrialStage ...

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Stage Eight a Individual Time Trial Brief Results

18/09/2011

Stage 8a, TfL London Stage Individual Time Trial
Stage Result1 Alex Dowsett (GB, Sky Procycling) 10:14:732 Lars Boom (Ned, Rabobank) @ 0:053 Lieuwe Westra (Ned, Vacansoleil DCM) same time4 Steve Cummings (GB, Sky Procycling) @ 0:095 Geraint Thomas (GB, Sky Procycling) @ 0:166 Alex Wetterall (Swe, Endura Racing) @ 0:197 Michael Rogers (Aus, Sky Procycling) same time8 Thor Hushovd (Nor, Garmin Cervelo) @ 0:239 Damien ...

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London kind to Alex Dowsett

18/09/2011

Alex Dowsett, Sky Pro CyclingWinner of TfL London Stage 8a Individual Time Trial"Everything just clicked. I recceed the course twice and even when I got up this morning I knew that my legs weren't going to feel as bad as they had done the last few days. It's been a hard tour for all of us, always trying to put Lars Boom on the back foot so we've been attacking all the time and it takes it out of you. Yesterday was a slightly easier stage, being flat and ...

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Quotes from Stage Seven of The Tour of Britain

17/09/2011

Brief quotes from the men that matter from Stage Seven of The Tour of Britain, from Bury St Edmunds to Sandringham.Gediminas Bagdonas, AN Post – Sean Kelly Cycling Team, Winner of Stage Seven:"I am very happy today. I win a big race and my team did really well today.“It is very important for me to win today and for the people at home in Lithuania. The support today was very good and I am very happy."Tomorrow I will be going for the ...

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