The 2025 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Women hits the British roads from this Thursday (5 June) for four thrilling stages, culminating in Glasgow on Sunday 8 June, with the accompanying Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival at the final stage.
Here we’ve pulled together all the key information you need to follow the action, as the best riders in the country take on global stars here on home roads.
The stages
Thursday 5 June will see the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women getting underway at 11.30 in Dalby Forest. Riders from the 19 participating teams will contest the first sprint and the first two ‘Queen of the Mountains’ climbs of the 2025 race, including the 6.4-kilometre climb of Blakey Ridge in the picturesque North York Moors National Park, before a dramatic finish in Redcar.
Stage two on Friday will see the competitors begin at Hartlepool Marina, with a unique team presentation aboard HMS Trincomalee at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, before heading through the Tees Valley and a tough finish at Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The riders will have to tackle the famous hairpin bends on the Saltburn Bank not once but twice – as the route completes a loop through Skelton, Boosbeck, Lingdale and Brotton before descending to the bottom of Saltburn Bank where the strongest riders will do battle one final time.
The third stage kicks off a weekend of high action as the riders arrive in the Scottish Borders for the first ever Scottish stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women. The riders will start and finish in The Square in Kelso on Saturday 7 June, with riders having to face the Scott’s View and Dingleton climbs twice, which are always crowd favourites.
Glasgow hosts the final stage on Sunday 8 June, with a spectacular city centre circuit, as well as the accompanying Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival. Glasgow Green will play host to the 10-lap race, finishing on the green, where a new champion will be crowned. On the day, from 9am to 5pm, free events and activities will be on offer, with the opportunities for fans, families and cyclists of all ages and abilities to ride the same route in the afternoon completely free of charge.
Commenting on the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, Jonathan Day, Managing Director British Cycling Events, said;
“Whether you’ll be gripping the handlebars in the race, the barriers on the roadside, or the arms of your chairs at home, you can really feel the anticipation and buzz in the air forthis year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Women. We have a fantastic line-up of teams and riders who will be racing through our communities for an incredible four days.
“Major events like these have a unique and distinct power to inspire people to get out on their bikes to experience the joy of cycling. We have some fantastic hosts, and they have created a range of events and activities for people to enjoy at each location, without them none of this would be possible.”
Find out more about all the stages here and spectator information here.
The riders
For this year's Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, there will 114 riders spread across a record number of teams competing in the race, 19, highlighting the prestige and global pull of racing at this world-class event on the roads of Britain.
Many eyes will be on Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek), who will line up for her final Lloyds Tour of Britain Women. The former world road race champion is one of four former stage winners in the race, alongside Australian duo Sarah Roy (EF Education – Oatly) and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla Jayco), and Lorena Wiebes (Team SDWorx – Protime)
Alice Towers, riding for Team Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto and winner of the 2022 National Road Race Championships said:
“I’m really excited to be racing, even though it’s nowhere near where I’m from. But it still feels familiar, in the way that the roads and the towns are. It’s always nice to be in the UK, and I’m most looking forward to seeing the people out on the roads, hearing the familiar accents, and just having short, quick travel days. I’m flying home directly from Glasgow, so I should be home for dinner – I’m really looking forward to that.
“Even though stage three looks the hardest on paper, I think all the stages are challenging in their own way. It’s more about being an all-round rider who can handle the GC. Racing in the UK isn’t always a pure power test on the climbs; it’s about fatigue resistance and the ability to withstand the elements.”
The Great Britain Cycling Team will field a strong mix of experience, youth and overall talent. 2018’s Lloyds National Road Race champion Jess Roberts has ridden the race on one previous occasion, while April Tacey, has two appearances in the race to her name. Fenix – Deceuninck teammates Millie Couzens and Flora Perkins both return, having raced in the 2024 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women for the Great Britain Cycling Team. Two of the six rider squad, Anna Morris and Ella Maclean-Howell will also make their debut in the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women.
Olympic silver medallist Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) is the best placed rider from the 2024 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women to return, having finished runner-up last year, while another rider to watch will be Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco), who came agonisingly close to winning stage one 12 months ago, on her way to fifth place overall.
Speaking ahead of the event, Letizia Paternoster riding for EF Education - Oatly said:
“I can’t wait to come to the race; I have really nice memories from last year. I think it will be a good challenge for the whole team and there are a few stages that really suit me.
“I’m just coming back after a period of rest after the Vuelta and for sure my shape is not at the peak, but I’ve had some good training sessions lately and I’m feeling better and better."
On Day One, look out for Kristen Faulkner (EF Education – Oatly), Anniina Ahtosalo (Uno-X Mobility), Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), S’Annara Grove (CJ O’Shea Racing), and Kimberley (Le Court) Pienaar (AG Insurance – Soudal), all of whom will line-up at Forestry England Dalby in their special national champions jerseys, alongside the European road race champions jersey of Lorena Wiebes.
The full list of riders can be found here.
How to follow
The entirety of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain will be available on the BBC iPlayer, as well as coverage on the BBC Sport website, app and content on the BBC Sport social media channels.
Fans can also stream flag-to-flag coverage from each stage on the Tour of Britain YouTube channel, click the links below, subscribe to the channel and hit ‘notify me’ to receive an alert when the stream goes live.
Stage One: Dalby Forest to Redcar
Stage Two: Hartlepool to Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Stage Three: The Scottish Borders Stage
Stage Four: The Glasgow Stage
The event, which will also be available across WarnerBros. Discovery+ with a digital only live stream, in addition to daily highlights on the TNT channels and digital, as well as the TNT red button.
In further enhanced coverage of the women’s race in 2025, British Cycling will launch a new, dedicated Lloyds Tour of Britain TikTok channel bringing the race to a wider, younger audience. There will also be more exciting race content available on our YouTube channel and fans can get daily updates about the race straight to their inbox by subscribing to a dedicated Lloyds Tour of Britain newsletter.
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