Tadej Pogačar‘s UAE Workforce Emirates-XRG will seem on the Tour of Britain Males for the primary time this September as a part of a 19-team area that can contest the race.
Nonetheless, the Slovenian is unlikely to be a part of the UAE squad for the six-day competitors. Pogačar was initially because of race the Vuelta a España after claiming a fourth Tour de France title, though he withdrew from the race earlier this week because of fatigue; he’ll return to competitors on the GPs de Québec and Montréal in Canada earlier than the World Championships.
In addition to UAE, eight different WorldTour squads might be on the beginning line in Suffolk on 2 September: Visma-Lease a Bike, Groupama-FDJ, Bahrain Victorious, Ineos Grenadiers, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Soudal Fast-Step, Lidl-Trek, and Picnic PostNL. Equally to UAE, Groupama-FDJ may even debut on the occasion.
Soudal Fast-Step, Ineos Grenadiers and Visma-Lease a Bike are the three most profitable groups within the historical past of the fashionable Tour of Britain, having received a complete of 64 particular person phases between them.
Aside from the presence of Geraint Thomas, no different riders have been confirmed as a part of the beginning listing but. The Welshman is because of retire on the finish of the race in his hometown of Cardiff. Forward of the World Championships, it is potential for riders to attend the Tour of Britain as a heat up race, as Wout van Aert did when he triumphed in 2021 and 2023 and may very well be a part of the Visma group choice as soon as extra.
Elsewhere, eight ProTeam stage squads are set to participate. Israel-Premier Tech – the group of final 12 months’s winner, Stevie Williams – are set to return, as are Uno-X Mobility, Unibet Tietema-Rockets, Kern Pharma, Flanders-Baloise, and Tom Pidcock’s Q36.5 Professional Biking. The third squad making its Tour of Britain debut is Tudor Professional Biking, the group of the two-time street World Champion Julian Alaphilippe.
After impressing with aggressive driving in final 12 months’s occasion, the Anicolour-Tien 21 squad will return to the race subsequent month. The Portuguese registered group would be the solely UCI Continental group included. Nice Britain may even area a six-rider sturdy group as common.
“This 12 months’s line-up of groups for the Lloyds Tour of Britain Males is among the finest that we’ve ever seen assembled for the race, and exhibits the standing with which the occasion is held by UCI WorldTour and Professional Groups,” mentioned the race’s managing director, Jonathan Day. “Pleasure is constructing for September, and what might be a extremely aggressive Lloyds Tour of Britain Males. We can’t wait to see these groups in motion.”
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Males will get underway in Woodbridge, Suffolk on 2 September.
