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The race:
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 a 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. In 2020 the race became part of the UCI ProSeries
In 2014, 2012 winner Jonathan Tiernan-Locke was stripped of his 2012 win because of biological passport irregularities.
Out of respect for the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the final three stages of the 2022 Tour of Britain were cancelled.
Complete podium history:
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 |
1,159.5 km | 42.373 |
2009 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 28hr 6min 24sec |
Chris Sutton @ 23sec |
Martin Reimer @ 25sec |
1,197.6 km | 42.623 |
2010 | Michael Albasini 29hr 23min 47sec |
Borut Bozic @ 1min 5sec |
Greg Henderson @ 1min 10sec |
1,228.4 km | 41.774 |
2011 | Lars Boom 26hr 57min 35sec |
Stephen Cummings @ 36sec |
Jan Barta @ 55sec |
1,110.0 km | 41.173 |
2012 | 33hr 11min 22sec |
1st: Nathan Haas @ 18sec |
2nd: Damiano Caruso @ 23sec 3rd: Leigh Howard |
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 |
2017 | Lars Boom 30hr 56min 24sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 8sec |
Stefan Küng @ 10sec |
1,309.8 km |
42.331 km/hr |
2018 | Julian Alaphilippe 26hr 25min 58sec |
Wout Poels @ 17sec |
Primoz Roglic @ 33sec |
1,135.3 km |
42.942 km/hr |
2019 | Mathieu van der Poel 29hr 47min 41sec |
Matteo Trentin @ 17sec |
Jasper De Buyst @ 50sec |
1,267 km |
42.524 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 | ||||
2021 | Wout van Aert 31hr 42min 22sec |
Ethan Hayter @ 6sec |
Julian Alaphilippe @ 27sec |
1,310.9 km |
41.345 km/hr |
2022 | Gonzalo Serrano 20hr 53min 1sec |
Tom Pidcock @ 3sec |
Omar Fraile @ 7sec |
856.4 km |
41.000 km/hr |
2023 | Wout van Aert 28hr 43min 57sec |
Tobias Halland Johannessen @ 3sec |
Damien Howson @ s.t. |
1,271.1 km |
44.239 km/hr |
2024 | Stephen Williams 21hr 25min 14sec |
Oscar Onley @ 16sec |
Tom Donnenwirth @ 36sec |
946.5 km | 44.175 Km/hr |