The Tour of Britain has today launched the Road to the Tour of Britain, a new, monthly video series that will document how the top domestic riders prepare for the UK’s biggest bike race.
The series, which will run monthly between now and the start of the 2021 Tour in Cornwall on Sunday 5 September, will document what Ben Healy (TRINITY Racing), Tom Mazzone (Saint Piran), James Shaw (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling), Rory Townsend (Canyon dhb SunGod) and Pete Williams (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) are doing in order to be selected for race.
The five riders have been picked to showcase a range of experience in the race. Should he start, Williams will have competed in more editions of the modern Tour than any other rider (12). Townsend is the race’s reigning sprints jersey champion, while Shaw notably played a big role in André Greipel’s stage win for Lotto Soudal in Castle Douglas in 2016. Meanwhile, Healy – the reigning Irish road race champion – and Commonwealth Games rider Mazzone are looking to be selected for their first-ever Tour. Additionally, the series will generate extra publicity for the teams and riders, as well as the British racing scene. Episode one launches today (Thursday 27 May) and is available on the Tour of Britain website (tourofbritain.co.uk), YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/wEjXV7RTL2s) and Facebook (@ToBcycling). Episode two will go live in the week commencing Monday 21 June.
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About the Tour of Britain
Relaunched in 2004 after a five-year absence from the calendar, the Tour of Britain is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event, held annually across eight days in September.
The free-to-watch sporting spectacular features Olympic, world and Tour de France champions, and attracts a roadside audience of over 1.5m spectators. Live coverage of the race is shown daily in the UK on ITV4, in addition to around the world. The Tour of Britain is part of the UCI ProSeries, making it one of the most prestigious sporting events in the sport’s global calendar.
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