‘We’d love to see Tom Pidcock against Remco Evenepoel at the Tour of Britain’ – Organisers hope to entice Paris Olympians

Rod Ellingworth, the new race director of the Tour of Britain, is hoping to convince Olympic gold medalists Remco Evenepoel and Tom Pidcock to ride this year’s race in early September. 

The British stage race has been revived by British Cycling after the previous organisers declared bankruptcy and even struggled to pay costs and prize money from recent editions of the race. Lloyds Bank has provided significant sponsorship for the race and British Cycling, with the men’s and women’s editions of the Tour of Britain considered a key part of a wider cycling strategy in Britain.