The Tour of Britain – our biggest professional cycle race and largest free-to-spectate sporting event – is set for another triumphant London finish this year, following the success of the 2008 and 2009 events that took in the same final day loop incorporating Victoria Embankment and finishing in Whitehall.
The 2010 finish was hosted by Newham Council when the Pope’s visit prevented the use of central London locations, but with his Holiness safely back in the Vatican, Mayor of London (and renowned caped cycling crusader) Boris Johnson was free to comment, “The Tour of Britain is a fantastic event and I am thrilled to be able to support it. I would urge Londoners and visitors to turn out and cheer on the cyclists as they whizz past some of the capital’s iconic landmarks…”
With the World Championships in Copenhagen just a week after The Tour of Britain, the event can be considered something of a dress rehearsal with the world’s greatest sprinters going toe-to-toe, and if all that excitement weren’t enough there is also an opportunity for the great unwashed public (yes, you!) to take to the saddle and ride the course in advance in aid of The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride London. Details will be available soon at www.tourride.co.uk
Tour of Britain takes place September 11-18
