Sep 14, 2023 | Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
A very exciting Tour of Britain 2023 has just finished. The 2023 Tour was a men’s professional road cycling stage race. It was the nineteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of Britain and the 82nd British tour in total. The race is part of the 2023...
Dec 27, 2022 | Chris Froome, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Israel Start Up Nation, Mark Cavendish, Road Bikes, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Santos Tour Down Under, Team Sky, Tour de France, Tour de Zwift, Tour of Britain, Virtual Cycling, Zwift
As another year comes to a close, it is time to look back at some of the interesting high points of 2022. The weather at the start of the year was very mixed with temperatures about normal. Some nice bright days and some dull and miserable ones. In other words – an...
Sep 14, 2022 | AJ Bell, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Road Cycling, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain has a proud heritage going back to the Kellogg’s Tour (1987 – 1994) and even further to the Milk Race (1958 – 1986) and back to 1945 for the Victory Marathon. Originally the race was for amateur riders only and it wasn’t until 1985 that a mix of...
Oct 25, 2019 | Cycling, Mark Cavendish, Tour of Britain
I’m a great fan of the Tour of Britain, and have followed it from the early days of The Milk Race. The 2019 Ovo Energy Tour of Britain was an eight-stage men’s professional road cycling race. It was the sixteenth running of the modern version of the Tour of...
May 6, 2018 | Eddy Merckx, Giro d'Italia, Road Racing, Tour of Britain
Eddy Merckx, a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer, who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling, was born on the 17th June 1945, and this month; May 2018, is the 40th Anniversary of his retirement from competitive...
