Tour of Britain (HC)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Tour of Britain is a week-long professional stage race held in mid-September. It is the modern successor to British stage races dating back to the end of the Second World War, notably the Victory Cycling Marathon (1945), Brighton-Glasgow (1946 - 1950, '52), Tour of Britain (1951, '52, '53, '54, '55), the Milk Race (1958-1992), The Kellog's Tour of Britain (1987 - 1994) and the Pru Tour (1988-1999).
Sponsorship difficulties, exacerbated by a couple of tragic accidents ended the running of a British national tour in 1999.
The current Tour of Britain started in 2004 and with its current 2.1 UCI ranking, it attracts a decent field of professional racers despite its usual conflict with the Vuelta a España.
For 2014, The Tour of Britain was promoted to HC status.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
| 1951 | Ian Steel 63hr 9min 53sec |
Alex Taylor | Ian Greenfield | 1,403 | 22.223 |
| 2004 | Mauricio Ardila 18hr 58min 36sec |
Julian Dean @ 12sec |
Nick Nuyens @ 17sec |
803.5 km | 42.341 |
| 2005 | Nick Nuyens 19hr 4min 32sec |
Michael Blaudzun @ 8sec |
Javier Cherro Molina @ 22sec |
768 km | 42.261 |
| 2006 | Martin Pedersen 21hr 51min 24sec |
Luis Passamontes @ 51sec |
Filippo Pozzato @ 2min 11sec |
870.5 km | 39.828 |
| 2007 | Romain Feillu 21hr 21min 33sec |
Adrian Palomares @ s.t. |
Luke Roberts @ 6sec |
926.2 km | 43.363 |
| 2008 | Geoffroy Lequatre 27hr 21min 49sec |
Steve Cummings @ 5sec |
Ian Stannard @ 14sec |
1159.5 km | 42.373 |
| 2009 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 28hr 6min 24sec |
Chris Sutton @ 23sec |
Martin Reimer @ 25sec |
1197.6 km | 42.623 |
| 2010 | Michael Albasini 29hr 23min 47sec |
Borut Bozic @ 1min 5sec |
Greg Henderson @ 1min 10sec |
1228.4 km | 41.774 |
| 2011 | Lars Boom 26hr 57min 35sec |
Stephen Cummings @ 36sec |
Jan Barta @ 55sec |
1110.0 km | 41.173 |
| 2012 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke 33hr 11min 22sec |
Nathan Haas @ 18sec |
Damiano Caruso @ 23sec |
1,349.9 km | 40.67 |
| 2013 | Bradley Wiggins 29hr 45min 22sec |
Martin Elmiger @ 26sec |
Simon Yates @ 1min 3sec |
1,188.4 km | 39.94 |
| 2014 | Dylan van Baarle 32hr 22min 50sec |
Michal Kwiatkowski @ 10sec |
Bradley Wiggins @ 22sec |
1,376.7 km | 42.52 |
| 2015 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 34hr 52min 52sec |
Wouter Poels @ 13sec |
Owain Doull @ 42sec |
1,443.3 km | 41.378 |
| 2016 | Steve Cummings 31hr 30min 45sec |
Rohan Dennis @ 26sec |
Tom Dumoulin @ 38sec |
1,296.4 km | 41.139 km/hr |