Latest News: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins announces he is riding the Tour of Britain along with many of the Worlds best in the 2012 edition
Exclusive Feature: Node 4 Giordana for the Tour of Britain
Exclusive Interview: Russell Downing of Endura Racing chasing stage wins
Provisional Rider List now posted for the 2012 Tour of Britain: Click here
Stage 1: | Ipswich to Norfolk Showground – 199km (Sunday 9th)Â MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 2: | Nottingham to Knowsley  – 178 km (Monday 10th) MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 3: | Jedburgh to Dumfries  –  161 km(Tuesday 11th) MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 4: |  Carlisle to Blackpool  –  156 km (Wednesday 12th) MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 5: | Stoke-on-Trent Stage 146 km (Thursday 13th)Â MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 6: | Welshpool to Caerphilly – 190 km(Friday 14th)Â MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 7: | Barnstaple to Dartmouth 170 km (Saturday 15th)Â MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
Stage 8: | Â Reigate to Guildford 147 km(Sunday 16th)Â MAP | REPORT & PHOTOS |
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2012 TOUR OF BRITAIN FEATURES
Results from Previous Tours
Results: Top 10’s of all stages & overalls from the first Tour of Britain in 2004
VeloUK Exclusives
Exclusive Interview with Jon Tiernan-Locke of Endura Racing: Click here
Exclusive Interview:Â Russell Downing of Endura Racing chasing stage wins
Talkingshop with Simon Richardson
Team News:Â Rapha Condor Sharp’s young international team
Team News: Big year for Raleigh – GAC in the Tour of Britain
Tour of Britain Press Releases
Team News: GB Academy added to Start List
Team News: Endura Racing for the Tour of Britain
Team News: IG Sigma Sport Team for Tour of Britain
Team News: Rapha Condor’s Line up for Tour of Britain
Team News:Â 2011 podium finisher Jan Barta returns with NetApp
Team News: Cavendish & Wiggins named in Sky team for Tour of Britain
Team News: Samuel Sanchez to lead Euskaltel EuskadiÂ
Team News: Ivan Basso is to lead Liquigas – Cannondale team at Tour of Britain
Route:Â Tour of Britain Returns to Scotland
Route: Detailed route of the Surrey stage of this year’s Tour of Britain
Route: Press releases for some of the stages in this year’s Tour of Britain
Launch:Â Tour of Britain 2012 Revealed
Tour of Britain Factoids
Britain’s Top Performers
* Overall- Steve Cummings equalled the best overall performance by a British rider in 2011, coming second, equalling his finish in the 2008 Tour of Britain.
* Stages: Mark Cavendish’s two stage wins made it the best Tour of Britain for British riders since 2007, when he also won two stages.
* King of the Mountains: Jonathan Tiernan Locke’s total of 71pts in the ŠKODA King of the Mountains competition is the highest ever winning total in the competition. His DS at Endura Racing, Julian Winn) is also a former King of the Mountains
* Five British riders have won stages of The Tour of Britain since 2004 – Roger Hammond, Mark Cavendish, Paul Manning, Ben Swift and Alex Dowsett.
* At 1,349.9 kilometres 2012 will be the longest edition of The Tour of Britain, exceeding the previous longest (2011) by 94.6 kilometres.
* The biggest overall winning margin in Tour of Britain history was 56 seconds, by Martin Pedersen over Luis Pasamontes in 2006.
Former Overall Winners
2011
1. Lars Boom
2. Steve Cummings
3. Jan Barta
2010
1. Michael Albasini
2. Borut Bozic
3. Greg Henderson
2009
1. Edvald Boasson Hagen
2. Christopher Sutton
3. Martin Reimer
2008
1 Geoffroy Lequarte
2 Steve Cummings
3 Ian Stannard
2007
1. Romain Feillu,
2. Adrian Palomares
3. Luke Roberts
2006
1. Martin Pedersen
2. Luis Pasamontes
3. Filippo Pozzato
2005
1. Nick Nuyens
2. Michael Blaudzun
3. Javier Cherro Molina
2004
1. Mauricio Ardila
2. Julian Dean
3. Nick Nuyens
STAGE WINNERS OVER THE YEARS
2011 – 9 stages
Mark Cavendish (stages 1 & 8b)
Alex Dowsett (stage 8a)
Gediminas Bagdonas (stage 7)
Lars Boom (stage 3 & 6)
Mark Renshaw (stage 5)
Thor Hushovd (stage 4)
2010 – 8 stages
André Greipel (stages 1, 6, & 8)
Greg Henderson (Stage 2)
Michael Albasini (Stage 3)
Wout Poels (stage 4)
Marco Frapporti (Stage 5)
Borut Bozic (stage 7)
2009 – 8 stages
Chris Sutton (Stage 1)
Kai Reus (Stage 2)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (stage 3, 4, 5, 6)
Ben Swift (Stage 7)
Michele Merlo (Stage 8)
2008 – 8 stages
Alessandro Petacchi (stage 1, 6, 8)
Matthew Goss (stage 2)
Emilien Berges (stage 3)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (stage 4, 5, 7)
2007 – 6 stages plus prologue)
Mark Cavendish (Prologue, Stage 1)
Nikolai Trusov (stage 2)
Matt Goss (stage 3)
Adrian Palomares (Stage 4)
Alexander Serov (stage 5)
Paul Manning (stage 6)
2006 (6 stages)
Martin Pedersen (Stage 1)
Roger Hammond (stage 2)
Filippo Pozzato (stage 3)
Frederik Willems (stage 4)
Francesco Chicchi (Stage 5)
Tom Boonen (stage 6)
2005 (6 stages)
Nick Nuyens (stage 1 & 5)
Roger Hammond (stage 2)
Luca Paolini (stage 3 & 6)
Serguei Ivanov (stage 4)
2004 (5 stages)
Stefano Zanini (stage 1)
Mauricio Ardila (stage 2 & 4)
Tom Boonen (stage 3)
Enrico Degano (stage 5)
British Podiums on Stages (not inc. stage wins)
(See which years have been the most successful for British riders …)
2011
— Geraint Thomas had his first podium in the Tour of Britain on stage 3
— Mark Cavendish unusually, was second behind teammate Mark Renshaw on stage 5. Geraint Thomas was 4th and Andy Fenn 5th.
— Ian Wilkinson (Endura Racing) had his best result in the Tour with second on stage 7, so close to the victory. Special mention to Richard Handley and Wouter Sybrandy who both had top 10s along with Mark Cavendish, Andy Fenn and Geraint Thomas. Six Brits (or honoury ones Wouter) in the top 10.
2010
— Ian Bibby was second to Michael Albsani on stage 3 with Mark McNally 5th and Simon Richardson 6th.
— Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France winner in 2012, was second to Marco Frapporti on stage 5
— Roger Hammond third to Andre Greipel on stage 8
2009
— Ben Swift third to Chris Sutton on stage 1 with fellow South Yorkshire rider Russell Downing in 4th. Rus was also 4th on stage 4.
— Russell Downing was third on stage 5 to winner Boasson Hagen.
— There was another third for Russell Downing on stage 6, again to Boasson Hagen.
2008
— Rob Hayles in great sprint form, 2nd to Alessandro Petacchi on stage 1. Honoury Brit, Magnus Backstedt was third and Dean Downing 4th. Roger Hammond was 6th and Jonny Bellis 10th. Lots of Brits in that top 10!
— Rob Hayles was second again to the Italian on stage 6, Russell Downing 4th, Malcolm Elliott 5th, Ben Swift 6th, Jonny Bellis 7th!
2007
— Roger Hammond was third on stage 3 to Matt Goss
— Mark Cavendish was second to Alexander Serov on stage 5
2006
— Russell Downing third behind winner Roger Hammond on stage 2. (Cavendish was 4th)
— Mark Cavendish was second and Paul Manning third to Frederik Willems of Begium
— Mark Cavendish was then second to Italian Chicci on stage 5
— Roger Hammond was 2nd to the then world champion Tom Boonen with Cavendish in third. That was the stage that finished on the Mall where the Olympics are now.
2005
— Jeremy Hunt – 3rd on stage 1
— Robin Sharman 2nd behind winner Roger Hammond (Stage 2). Mark Cavendish was 3rd.
— Russell Downing third on stage 3 into his local (Sheffield)
— Scotland’s Evan Oliphant was 2nd on stage 4
— Roger Hammond sprinted to third on the final stage of the 2005 Tour.
2004
— No podiums during the first year of the Tour for British riders…
Other Results on VeloUK (including reports containing results)
- RR Result: Beaumont Trophy/Curlew Cup
- Features, Reports, Results
- CX Result: NWCCA Round 2 (Barnoldswick)
- RR Result: Beeston CC Six Hills
- Report: Wightlink-Island Renewables Military Road 35km Open TT
- CX Result: London and South East CX League 2
- RR Result: Surrey League Ditchling Common RRs
- HC Result: Bute Wheelers Serpentine Hill Climb
- TT Result: Bute Wheelers 2 Up TTT
- TT Result: Poole Wheelers 10m Time Trial
- TT Result: VTTA Surrey/Sussex 25m Championship
- TT Result: Midlands VTTA 10m TT
- HC Result: GS Metro Hedley On The Hill
- TT Result: Darlington CC 10m TT
- TT Result: Bute Wheelers 10m TT
- HC Result: Yorkshire Road Club Hill Climb
- Youth Result: Inter Regional Road Championships
- CX Result: Central Cyclocross League Round 1
- CX Result: South West Cyclocross League 2
- CX Result: Notts & Derby Round 1
- CX Result: Hope Supercross Rnd 3
- TT Result: AWCC Classified 10 Mile TT
- RR Result: Circuit of Charfield RR
- CX Result: SCX Series Round 1
- Youth Result: White Rose Youth league Finale
- BMCR National Circuit Racing Championships E/F/G/H/W
- BMCR Result: Kenilworth Wheelers Road Race
- CX Result: Shimano Lazer WMCCL Rd 3
- Crit Result: West Thames Autumn Crits
- HC Result: Cheshire Maverick CC Hill Climb
- HC Result: Protech Velo Hill Climb
- HC Result: Bridgwater CC Hill Climb
- TT Result: North Lancashire 50m TT
- HC Result: VC Venta Old Winchester Hill (climb)
- TT Result: ECCA 10 mile time trial
- HC Result: Reading CC Streatley Hill Climb
- Crit Result: Full Gas Autumn Cup Series 3
- HC Result: Minehead CC Porlock Hill Climb
- HC Result: Minehead Cycling Club Hill Climb
- RR Result: Radnorshire Late Season Road Race
- GB Riders for European Road Championships
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- RR Result: Scottish National Road Race Championship
- Startlist: BMCR National Road Race Championships(C/D)
- PREVIEW – AA Brown Road Race
- Startlist: Beaumont Trophy/Curlew Cup
- Team News: Wightlink-Wight Mountain CRT
- News: Ribble adds 105 12 speed to Bikes
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- Report: World Championships (August 13, Sunday)
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- Report: World Championships (Aug 12, Saturday)
- Report: World Championships (August 11)
- Report: World Championships (August 10)
- Events: Ryedale Grasscrete GP (Men/Women)
- Feature: Handsling Bikes
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- Report: World Championships (Aug 8, 2023)
- 2023 World Championships: (Monday)
- Report: World Championships (Sunday)
- Report: Golden Day for GB in Glasgow
- World Championships Report: Scottish Cycling (Aug 4)
- Cycling Worlds: Medals for Great Britain (Friday, Aug 4)
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- Q&A with Paracycling GB Rider Millie Cass