News: Dowsett for Tour of Britain

Four-time British Time Trial Champion Alex Dowsett will return to this year’s Tour of Britain, leading the Movistar Team

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News: Dowsett for Tour of Britain

Four-time British National Time Trial Champion Alex Dowsett will return to this year’s Tour of Britain, leading the Movistar Team in the eight day race that gets underway in Edinburgh on Sunday 3 September.

Dowsett will start the race as one of the favourites thanks to the 10-mile/16-kilometre individual time trial on his home roads in Essex on Stage Five (Thursday 7 September), which takes place entirely within the Tendring district at Clacton-on-Sea.

Commenting on the news, Alex Dowsett said; “I’m very excited to be returning to the Tour of Britain again, this year’s route looks pretty good for me and unsurprisingly I’m very excited for a 10 in Essex! Movistar will be a force to be reckoned with again this year I’m sure.” … continued after advert

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The 28-year-old has ridden the race on six previous occasions, winning an individual time trial in London in 2011 and memorably snatching the race lead in Hemel Hempstead in 2014. Dowsett joins a list of star names that includes World Time Trial Champion Tony Martin and Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski, the current Polish Time Trial Champion, who will both be in contention for the individual time trial honours in Tendring on Stage Five.

Also confirmed for the Tour of Britain is winner of the Prudential RideLondon – Surrey Classic and recently crowned European Champion Alexander Kristoff, while British duo Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas are expected to ride should both recover from their Tour de France crash injuries in time.

A provisional rider list featuring all 120-riders for the Tour of Britain will be published towards the end of August.

Stage One Sunday 3 September Edinburgh to Kelso 190km
Stage Two Monday 4 September Kielder Water & Forest Park to Blyth 211km
Stage Three Tuesday 5 September Normanby Hall Country Park to Scunthorpe 178km
Stage Four Wednesday 6 September Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent 165km
Stage Five Thursday 7 September The Tendring Stage Individual Time Trial 16km
Stage Six Friday 8 September Newmarket to Aldeburgh 187km
Stage Seven Saturday 9 September Hemel Hempstead to Cheltenham 185km
Stage Eight Sunday 10 September Worcester to Cardiff 180km

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