2014 launch for women’s Tour of Britain

By Peter Cossins
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Five-day race will offer same prize money as men’s event

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The Women's podium Laura Trott - Silver, Lizzie Armitstead - Gold and Dani King ­ bronze(Image credit: Gerry McManus)

Tour of Britain organisers Sweetspot have confirmed they are to launch a women’s edition of the race, with the first edition likely to take place in May next year. The event, which will be covered on terrestrial TV, will run to five days and offer a prize fund equal to the men’s equivalent.

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Peter Cossins

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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