 Roman Feillu, winner in 2007 |
Following their stunning success in the Team Pursuit at the Olympic Games earlier today, Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas can expect a thunderous welcome from British fans when they line up for the Tour of Britain in London on Sunday 7th September.
Both Wiggins and Thomas will be riding The Tour of Britain for their respective professional teams, Team Columbia and Barloworld.
They won’t be the only Olympic medallists on show; Chris Newton, Bronze Medallist over the weekend in the Points Race, will be leading the Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk squad at the Tour.
ITV4 will broadcast a nightly highlights programme between 19.00 and 20.00, each night of The Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain 2008
The Stages
Stage 1 London Circuit
Stage 2 Milton Keynes to Newbury
Stage 3 Chard to Burnham-on-Sea
Stage 4 Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent
Stage 5 Hull to Dalby Forest
Stage 6 Darlington to Newcastle Gateshead
Stage 7 Glasgow Green to Dumfries & Galloway
Stage 8 Blackpool to Liverpool
The Teams
Agritubel
An Post – M.Donnelly – Grant Thornton – Sean Kelly Cycling Team
Barloworld
Great Britain
MTN Energade
Palmeiras Resort – Tavira
Pinarello RT – Candi TV
Plowman Craven Cycling Team
Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk
Rock Racing
SouthAustralia.com – AIS
Team CSC – Saxo Bank
Team Columbia
Team Garmin – Chipotle presented by H30
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