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Maps of the prologue and five stages of the Simac Ladies Tour

The 2023 Simac Ladies Tour will be held from September 5-10 in the Netherlands. 

The route covers 580.2 kilometres across six days of racing. There are two races against the clock and four road race days.

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• Prologue - Ede - Ede, 2.4km
• Stage 1 - Gennep - Gennep, 139.6km
• Stage 2 - Leuven - Leuven, 7.2km (ITT)
• Stage 3 - Emmeloord - Lelystad, 149km
• Stage 4 - Valkenburg - Valkenburg, 131.6km
• Stage 5 - Arnhem - Arnhem, 150.5km

Prologue: Ede - Ede, 2.4km

The Prologue winner will wear the first leader's jersey on Tuesday, September 5. Riders will cover a 2.4-kilometer time trial in the city centre of Ede. The route and distance are the same as in 2021, when Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), put on the leader's jersey.

Stage 1: Gennep - Gennep, 139.6km

Stage 1 is a 139.6km route that begins in Gennep and heads north for two large laps of 62.7km. Riders return to the same town in the province of Limburg using one 16.2km circuit to the finish line.

Stage 2: Leuven - Leuven, 7.2km (ITT)

The individual time trial on stage 2 is a flat 7.1km, with a start finish on Bondgenotenlaan in Leuven.

Stage 3: Emmeloord - Lelystad, 149km

Stage 3 follows a route of 149km from Emmeloord to Lelystad. Once in the capital of the province of Flevoland, the peloton will complete a 60.4km circuit with finish at Museumweg.

Stage 4: Valkenburg - Valkenburg, 131.6km

Stage 4 then takes the peloton around Valkenburg, where the route starts starts at Landal castle and finishes on the Cauberg. There are 130 kilometers through the southernmost part of the countryside of South Limberg, then culminates with two final rounds with the Cauberg, Geulhemmerberg and Bemelerberg.

Stage 5: Arnhem - Arnhem, 150.5km

Stage 5 begins on the Zijpendaalseweg in Arnhem for the longest day of the six, 150.5km, which covers a series of loops. First up are seven circuits of the Emmapiramide and the Posbank, followed by five loops through Arnhem with the Zijpendaalseweg and the Apeldoornsweg. The fast finish sets up on the Zijpendaalseweg.

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Tour de France Femmes 2022: Stage-by-stage guide and route maps as the women hunt yellow

Published 22/07/2022 at 06:52 GMT

Starting from Paris, ending with an epic summit finish, the eight day Tour de France Femmes has a bit of everything as the women’s peloton races across the roads, cobbles and mountains of north-east France. Recent Giro Donne champion Annemiek van Vleuten will start as favourite, particularly after her exploits in Italy, with plenty of hilly and mountainous terrain to get stuck into.

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Stage 1: Paris Eiffel Tower to Paris Champs-Elysees, 81.7km

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Stage 3 - Reims to Epernay, 133km

Stage 4 - Troyes to Bar-sur-Aube, 126km

Stage 5 - Bar-le-Duc to Saint-Die-des-Vosges, 175km

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Tour de France 2022: women’s race reborn as eight-stage route unveiled

• Director Marion Rousse: ‘The races are jewels to cherish’
• Men’s race takes in Denmark, cobbles and Alpe d’Huez

The women’s Tour de France was reborn as the 2022 race route was unveiled in the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Thursday by the newly appointed race director Marion Rousse. The eight-stage race, which begins on 24 July next year, as the men’s Tour de France ends, signifies a long-awaited quantum leap in the profile of women’s racing.

Christian Prudhomme, the longstanding director of the men’s Tour, owned by sports promoter ASO, said that the women’s race is built to “endure 100 years” and cited ASO’s support of the growth of women’s cycling, through one day races La Course and Paris-Roubaix, and now of the women’s Tour.

For the first time, the elite women sat alongside the peloton’s elite men in the cavernous Paris auditorium as their respective routes were unveiled. Rousse, who described it as a “real honour” to be the director of the women’s Tour de France, added that: “The women’s races we have now are jewels to cherish.”

After beginning on the Champs-Élysées, the women’s Tour route zigzags east towards the Vosges mountains and the Haut-Rhin, taking in sprint stages, gravel tracks through vineyards in Champagne, and a final weekend of high-altitude ascents, culminating in the 24% gravel climb to Super Planche des Belles Filles.

“We wanted to start from Paris,” Rousse said of the women’s Tour. “With only eight stages, we couldn’t go down to the Alps or the Pyrenees, the transfers would be too long.” The women’s Tour de France champion will win €50,000 (£42,300) and there is a further pot of €200,000 for stage and classification winners.

The yellow jersey winner in the men’s Tour, in contrast, wins €500,000 (traditionally shared with teammates) and a further prize pot of more than €2m is on offer for stage victories and classification winners.

Lizzie Deignan, winner of the inaugural women’s Paris-Roubaix this month, described it as “an important day for cycling, not just women’s cycling. It is a key indicator that the sport is still progressing as we are now able to compete in the most well-known bike race in the world. I think the organisers have done a really good job preparing the route for this edition.

“It will showcase the best that women’s cycling has to offer with a stage suited to every type of rider, something I was really hoping for. The route has been designed to offer entertaining racing from start to finish, but also to reach a crescendo with the final stage finishing on the Super Planche des Belles Filles, one of the hardest climbs in professional cycling.”

Rousse added: “The stages obviously are shorter for the women than for the men’s races. The men can go 225km. For the girls, the longest race on our roster is 175km and we even needed special dispensation for that.”

“Each stage is dynamic, different and interesting,” Deignan, who rides for Trek-Segafredo, said. “I’m particularly interested in the fourth stage between Troyes and Bar-sur-Aube; the unpaved roads are unusual and something we don’t often encounter. The inclusion of a stage with gravel sectors will mean it’s likely to be a complete rider who wins the Tour de France Femmes.”

The men’s race begins in Copenhagen on 1 July, with a Grand Départ showcasing the Danish love affair with two wheels, that kicks off with a 13km individual time trial. Two more Danish stages are followed by a 900km transfer to the northern French coast for a series of flat stages, including a finish in Arenberg that takes in 11 sections of the dreaded cobblestones of the “Hell of the North”.

The men’s Tour then heads south towards the Vosges and its own finish at Super Planche des Belles Filles, before skirting the Jura and then tackling the Alps, with summit finishes at the high-altitude Col du Granon and, on Bastille Day, the ascent of the ladder of hairpins leading to Alpe d’Huez.

The denouement is likely to take place in the Pyrenean climbs that have proven a foundation for success for the Tour champion Tadej Pogacar in both 2020 and 2021. Summit finishes at Peyragudes and Hautacam will suit the Slovenian, whose recent win in the Italian Classic, Il Lombardia, further reinforced his dominance of the peloton.

A final time trial on a 40km route between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour, will seal the outcome of the race, prior to the final promenade stage, to the Champs-Élysées, scheduled in the wake of the opening stage of the women’s race.

Pogacar, clearly the rider to beat, whatever the terrain, already has his post-title defence plan sorted. “When I finish my Tour, I’m going in a camper to see the women’s Tour,” the UAE Team Emirates leader said.

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The Women's Tour is a six-stage race taking place in Great Britain, and the 2022 edition gets underway in Colchester on Monday 6 June, before finishing in Oxford on Saturday 11 June. 

The race kicks off in Colchester, with a relatively flat stage, finishing in Bury St Edmunds - where Marianne Vos won back in 2014.

Stage two, starting and finishing in Harlow, is the shortest of the race at 92 kilometres, and it's once again likely to yield a sprint finish. 

The climbs begin to rear their head from day three, where riders set off in Tewkesbury and complete a loop to Gloucester - the start and finish lines are just 10 miles apart, but there will be two Queen of the Mountains opportunities at Worrall Hill and Speech House.

Stage four introduces new locations to the race, with North Wales' Wrexham hosting the depart, and the finish in Welshpool. Climbs include Hirnant Bank and the cat 1 classified Bryn-y-Fedwen.

However, it's stage five which functions as the Queen stage, with the 106.6km route from Pembrey Country concluding with a summit finish at Black Mountain - which measures 7.2km in length, and averages 5.3%, notably, featuring 21% ramps along the way.

It's highly likely that we'll see the GC competition cemented atop of Black Mountain, but there is still one stage left - with what's likely to be a sprinter's race from Chipping Norton to Oxford.

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Women's Tour 2022 route

Stage one (Monday, June 6): Colchester to Bury St Edmunds, 142.1km

Stage two (Tuesday, June 7): Harlow to Harlow, 92.1km 

Stage three (Wednesday, June 8): Tewkesbury to Gloucester, 107.9km

Stage four (Thursday, June 9): Wrexham to Welshpool, 144.7km

Stage five (Friday, June 10): Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain, 106.6km

Stage six (Saturdaay, June 11): Chipping Norton to Oxford, 142.9km

Where can I watch the Women's Tour 2022?

For the first time in the race's history, the Women's Tour will be broadcast live on Eurosport Player and GCN+ , with a highlights show each evening on ITV4 in the UK.

Who is riding the Women's Tour 2022?

Thirteen of the 14 UCI Women's WorldTour teams will compete in this year's race, for what is set to be the joint largest field ever, with 102 cyclists riding for 17 teams. 

Among the competitors are former champions Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) and Coryn Labecki (Jumbo-Visma), who won in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Niewiadoma is among the favourites to take the overall win, with stage five specifically tailored to climbing abilities, as the stage finishes atop the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire. 

Meanwhile, Labecki is an accomplished rider who has triumphed at both the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and Tour of Flanders. Women's Tour stage winners Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM), Christine Marjerus (SD Worx) and Chloe Hosking (Trek-Segafredo) are all set to join the duo on the start line as well, as they look to add to their palmarès this time out. 

Wiebes is fresh off of winning all three stages and the general classification at the RideLondon Classique, too, meaning she is in top form to compete at the WorldTour event. Newly-crowned UCI World Hour Record holder Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) will also be racing across the six stages, as she looks to showcase her incredible power on the bike once again, just weeks after her last successful effort. 

However, last year's winner Demi Vollering isn't scheduled to start the race on June 6. 

The Women's Tour begins with a stage concluding in Bury St Edmunds, after starting in Colchester. Stage two will start and finish in Harlow, with the third day a race around Gloucestershire. Two subsequent legs will visit Wales, with Oxford and the Cotswolds hosting the finale. 

Women's Tour 2022 start list

SD Worx VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal CECCHINI Elena FOURNIER Roxane MAJERUS Christine MOOLMAN Ashleigh REUSSER Marlen

Team DSM GEORGI Pfeiffer WIEBES Lorena JASTRAB Megan KIRCHMANN Leah KOCH Franziska KOOL Charlotte

FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope COPPONI Clara BROWN Grace DUVAL Eugénie GROSSETÊTE Maëlle LE NET Marie FAHLIN Emilia

Movistar GUTIÉRREZ Sheyla MARTIN MARTIN Sara GONZÁLEZ Alicia GUARISCHI Barbara OYARBIDE Lourdes RODRÍGUEZ Gloria

Canyon//SRAM NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna BARNES Alice BOSSUYT Shari CHABBEY Elise CROMWELL Tiffany HARVEY Mikayla

Le Col-Wahoo VAN 'T GELOOF Marjolein HOLDEN Elizabeth TACEY April VAN DER DUIN Maike VANDENBULCKE Jesse VERHULST Gladys

BikeExchange-Jayco MANLY Alexandra CAMPBELL Teniel FAULKNER Kristen FIDANZA Arianna KESSLER Nina WILLIAMS Georgia

EF Education-TIBCO-SVB SMITH Abi BORGHESI Letizia DOEBEL-HICKOK Krista EWERS Veronica ERATH Tanja SHAPIRA Omer

Coop-Hitec Products ROBERTS Jessica IVERSEN Ane GÅSKJENN Ingvild MOHR Mari Hole JØRGENSEN Tiril

UAE Team ADQ BERTIZZOLO Sofia BOOGAARD Maaike PATUELLI Alessia TOMASI Laura TREVISI Anna WRIGHT Sophie

CAMS-Basso LEWIS Sophie MORROW Beth SCOTT Katie SHROSBREE Danielle STORRIE Becky STUART Sammie

Trek-Segafredo LONGO BORGHINI Elisa CORDON-RAGOT Audrey BÄCKSTEDT Elynor HANSON Lauretta HOSKING Chloe VAN DIJK Ellen

Liv Racing Xstra JACKSON Alison DE JONG Thalita BUURMAN Eva TON Quinty NEUMANOVA Tereza

Human Powered Health KRÖGER Mieke BUIJSMAN Nina CHRISTIE Henrietta KUIJPERS Evy RAAIJMAKERS Marit WILLIAMS Lily

Jumbo-Visma LABECKI Coryn BEEKHUIS Teuntje KASPER Romy MARKUS Riejanne SWINKELS Karlijn

Uno-X Pro Cycling LUDWIG Hannah LOWDEN Joss LETH Julie OTTESTAD Mie Bjørndal YSLAND Anne Dorthe

Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling ASENCIO Laura BRAUßE Franziska CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia LACH Marta

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Tour of Britain Women stages announced as countdown to Grand Départ begins

The hosts of the 2024 tour of britain women stages have today been announced, as preparations for the inaugural edition of the race progress ahead of the grand départ in welshpool on thursday 6 june..

The race will see the world’s top female riders and teams go head-to-head across four tough stages of racing, in what will be the first major international stage race delivered by British Cycling Events. 

Hundreds of thousands of fans will line the streets for what is the nation’s biggest free-to-attend sporting event, as the country gears up for another thrilling summer of cycling.

This year’s race will feature a number of familiar start and finish locations which have successfully hosted major international events in recent years.

The race will begin in Welshpool, situated in the heart of mid-Wales. Welshpool hosted the thrilling finish of stage four of the 2022 Women’s Tour, where Australia’s Grace Brown (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope) sprinted to victory. The stage will see riders head north to the picturesque seaside town of Llandudno, in what will be a challenging start to the race. 

Stage two will see riders stay in Wales for a start and finish in Wrexham, which also featured in the 2022 Women’s Tour. The rolling route will take in a series of challenging climbs in the dramatic Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wales.

The caravan then will cross the Welsh border to the north-west of England, where Warrington will host both the start and finish of stage three on Saturday, with a flatter route that will favour the sprinters. Warrington welcomed the men’s Tour of Britain in 2021, where Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) claimed a memorable stage win.

The race will then conclude in Greater Manchester, as part of the city region’s European Capital of Cycling celebrations. Riders will depart from the National Cycling Centre, the home of British Cycling, before taking in some of the region’s challenging climbs before they reach the finish line in Leigh, where the race winner will be crowned.

Full routes for each of the stages, along with the teams and riders competing, will be announced in the coming weeks.

“A monumental effort”

The race route has been designed and agreed in just 10 weeks, when we launched our new vision for major cycling events in Britain, thanks to the hard work and support of an experienced team of event staff. We’d also like to extend our gratitude to Welsh Government, Conwy County Borough Council, Powys County Council, Wrexham County Borough Council, Warrington Borough Council, Manchester Active and others who have demonstrated such enthusiastic support for the race. 

Jon Dutton OBE, CEO of British Cycling, said:

“Today is another important milestone in our journey and reflective of the enormous goodwill and support which major road cycling events continue to enjoy.

“Our primary focus has been to deliver a safe and competitive race in 2024, and while there is still a great deal of work to do, we remain every bit as determined to harness the race’s spotlight to make a real impact in the communities which it touches. We know that it is a vision which resonates strongly in the positive conversations we’ve been having with prospective commercial partners and hosts which continues to be extremely encouraging.”

Rod Ellingworth, who was announced as Tour of Britain Race Director in March this year, said: 

“It’s been a monumental effort by the whole team over the past 10 weeks to confirm the stages for this year’s Tour of Britain Women. The race will take in four competitive and challenging routes, some challenging climbing in Wales and what I’m sure will be brilliant crowds on the roadside throughout.”

Lizzie Deignan, former road world champion and Olympic silver medallist, said:  

“It’s always special to race in Britain, and I’m so pleased to have two top level stage races to look forward to on home soil as I ramp up my preparations for a busy summer ahead.  

“There’s clearly so much support and fondness for the race, both at home and further afield. The four stage hosts deserve credit for their commitment to women’s racing and for helping to make the race happen, and I’m sure that together we can put on a brilliant show in June.”

Earlier this month, British Cycling announced that the Tour of Britain Men would be delivered over six days in 2024, with an ambition to bring future parity to the two national tours, following the alignment of the event names in 2024.

Positive conversations continue with a number of commercial partners along with towns and cities interested in hosting future stages of both the men’s and women’s events. 

“An opportunity to showcase the best of our area”

Jeremy Miles, Welsh Government Economy Secretary, said:

“Wales and cycling go hand in hand, with our spectacular scenery and routes providing elite and recreational cyclists alike with both challenge and enjoyment.

“This is a welcome return to Wales for this fantastic event and provides an excellent opportunity to showcase Welshpool, Llandudno, Wrexham and the surrounding area to an ever-growing cycling audience. We are very pleased to have been able to support the event and look forward to providing a warm ‘Croeso’ to all in June.”

Diane Reynolds, Powys County Council’s Director of Economic Development and Growth, said:

“We are delighted that this year’s Tour of Britain Women is going to start in Powys, from one of our many beautiful market towns, Welshpool.

“It is a town that cycling enthusiasts will enjoy visiting and the area includes many places of interest, and lots of great places to eat or drink a coffee while taking in the race action and exceptional scenery.”

Councillor Nigel Williams, Lead member for Economy and Regeneration, Wrexham, said: 

“Once again the sporting spotlight will be on Wrexham as we continue to be a welcoming location for national events.

“After the success of last year’s Tour of Britain we have another opportunity to showcase the best of our area and this will bring huge benefits to the local economy.

“I know many enthusiasts will be looking forward to the event and to seeing the elite of British cycling as they race through the area. It will give many within the city centre and surrounding areas the opportunity to give the cyclists a warm Welsh welcome to Wrexham as they pass through.”

Professor Steven Broomhead MBE, Warrington Borough Council Chief Executive, said:

“Following the success of the men’s Tour of Britain stage finish in 2021, it’s great news that Warrington will host the pinnacle of the sport again, this time with both a start and finish for the Tour of Britain Women.

“We’re pleased to be playing our part in celebrating some of the world’s greatest cyclists, bringing elite sport back to Warrington once again. It will be a fantastic showcase that will equally generate societal, health and wellbeing benefits.”

Eamonn O’Rourke, CEO of Manchester Active, said:

“In the year Manchester was successful in becoming the very first European Capital of Cycling, we are delighted to be announced as a host stage for the 2024 Tour of Britain Women. 

“Hosting such a prestigious event cements Manchester’s commitment to supporting women’s sport at all levels, and our dedication to encourage more women and girls to participate in sport and physical activity. Having hosted the Men’s Tour of Britain back in 2019 and more recently, the Grand Depart in 2023, it is a real honour to welcome and support the women’s stage to Manchester.

“We're also thrilled that the route will commence from the National Cycling Centre, our world-famous ‘medal factory’ and home of British Cycling, providing a spectacular backdrop for the start of this stage – a unique opportunity only available when hosting cycling events in Manchester.”

Tour of Britain Women 2024:

• Stage 1 – Thursday 6 June 2024: Welshpool to Llandudno 
• Stage 2 – Friday 7 June 2024: Wrexham 
• Stage 3 – Saturday 8 June 2024: Warrington 
• Stage 4 – Sunday 9 June 2024: Greater Manchester

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Routes revealed for opening stages of 2024 Tour of Britain Women

WREXHAM is set to host a stage of the 2024 Women's Tour of Britain. 

The prestigious cycling event will return to Wrexham after the men's tour was held in the Welsh city last summer. 

It has been confirmed that the women's event will have two stages in Wales next month and now the routes have been announced. 

The Grand Départ will take place in Welshpool on June 6 and the opening stages will see the world’s top riders tackle some of Wales’ most iconic roads and climbs, with thousands expected to line the streets to welcome the race.

Stage 2 of the event will involve a 140.2km ride starting and ending in Wrexham on June 7 . 

The race’s second stage will start and finish on Chester Street in Wrexham’s city centre and will take in some of the breath taking scenery in Denbighshire, West Cheshire and Chester, with a further one sprint and two Queen of the Mountains segments along the way.

The peloton will travel north out of Wrexham, crossing into West Cheshire after just 20km, where the route ramps up alongside the Peckforton Hill Range, part of the Mid-Cheshire Ridge.

The route will then cross back into Wrexham, taking in the villages of Bangor-on-Dee and Overton, before the sprint will be decided in Johnstown. The race will then continue along a scenic stretch of the Llangollen Canal.

Riders will have less climbing to contend with on this stage, however big crowds will be expected on the iconic Horseshoe Pass, which arrives at a pivotal point of the stage with around 30km to go.

The ensuing descent will set up a fast run-in to Wrexham for the stage finish to conclude the race’s journey in Wales, passing through Minera and Rhostyllen, before a short hop back over the border to Warrington for stage three.

Stage two will start at 11:15, with riders expected to return to Wrexham for the stage finish at approximately 15:15.

Councillor Nigel Williams, Lead member for Economy and Regeneration, Wrexham said: “I’m once again really pleased to see a nationally important event such as the Tour of Britain Women being hosted in Wrexham, giving people the opportunity to see elite cyclists in a major competition.

“The race will give many the opportunity to witness and cheer on the cyclists, be that in the city centre for the start and end stages or as they pass through our communities. Please come to show your support and give them a warm Welsh welcome.”

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Tour of Britain Race Director, Rod Ellingworth, said: “Working with our partners we’ve been able to plot out two really challenging and entertaining stages in Wales to open the race, with some iconic climbs and opportunities for the sprinters too.

“We wanted the Tour of Britain Women to show off the very best of Britain’s roads and scenery, and having spent a lot of time out driving the routes I’m absolutely certain that we’ve delivered.

“Finalising the routes in such a short timeframe has been a huge challenge, and only made possible thanks to the support of colleagues in Welsh Government, Conwy County Borough Council, Powys County Council and Wrexham County Borough Council, who deserve enormous credit for the commitment to the race and women’s cycling more broadly.”

Tour of Britain Women 2024:

• Stage 1 – Thursday 6 June 2024: Welshpool to Llandudno
• Stage 2 – Friday 7 June 2024: Wrexham
• Stage 3 – Saturday 8 June 2024: Warrington
• Stage 4 – Sunday 9 June 2024: National Cycling Centre to Leigh, Greater Manchester

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After the race did not go ahead in 2023 due to a lack of funding, the route for the 2024 edition of the Tour of Britain Women (formerly known as the Women’s Tour) has now been revealed after British Cycling took over the organisation of the race from the now defunct Sweetspot went into liquidation.

Forming part of the Women’s WorldTour, the race will consist of four stages across England and Wales. The opening stage will take place on June 6th, starting in Welshpool on the Anglo-Welsh border and taking the riders to the seaside town of Llandudno, where we saw a thrilling finale in the men’s Tour of Britain three years ago, with Wout van Aert winning on the Great Orme climb.

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The routes for the opening two stages of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women in Wales have been revealed, ahead of the Grand Départ in Welshpool next month.

The Tour of Britain Women is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour.

The opening stages will see the world’s top riders tackle some of Wales’s most iconic roads and climbs, with thousands expected to line the streets to welcome the race.

Riders on the first stage will set off from Welshpool on Thursday, June 6.

Powys County councillor, David Selby, said: “It’s exciting that Powys has been chosen to host the Grand Départ from Welshpool for this year’s Tour of Britain Women.

"It will provide a great opportunity for both residents and visitors to watch some of the world’s top cyclists in action as they race through the north of the county and for us to showcase the beauty of our natural surroundings to a national and international audience.”

Stage two will take place the following day from Wrexham.

Wrexham councillor, Nigel Williams, said: “I’m once again really pleased to see a nationally important event such as the Tour of Britain Women being hosted in Wrexham, giving people the opportunity to see elite cyclists in a major competition.

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