Double Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France podium finisher Remco Evenepoel and Julian Alaphilippe, winner of the 2018 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men (both Soudal Quick-Step riders), have been confirmed for this September’s Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, which begins on September 3, 2024.
Remco Evenepoel will be joined on the start line in the Scottish Borders by teammate and former world champion Julian Alaphilippe, whose two previous appearances in the Tour of Britain have resulted in overall victory (in 2018), and third overall (2021).
For Evenepoel it will be a first appearance in the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, coming just a month after he became the first male rider in history to win gold in both the road race and time-trial at an Olympic Games.
This came in a season when he has already won stages in four major stage races, most recently at the Tour de France where he won the stage seven individual time trial on his way to the best young rider jersey and third place overall.
Double world road race champion (2020 and 2021) Alaphilippe will be making his third appearance in Britain’s biggest professional cycle race.
Alongside the formidable Soudal Quick-Step duo are Paris 2024 Olympic Games track cycling silver medallist Ethan Vernon (Israel – Premier Tech), Tour de France mountains specialist Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) plus a trio of national champions.
The trio of national champions scheduled to ride are also among the first names to be confirmed, led by Uno-X Mobility’s Norwegian road race champion Markus Hoelgaard and Estonian Norman Vahtra (Van Rysel – Roubaix). Vahtra is twice a winner of his country’s national road race title, the most recent coming in June this year.
Should he recover from injury in time Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team) will complete the trio riding in the national champions jerseys, having beaten WorldTour opposition to the Danish road race title in the summer.
In total 18 teams, including six that participated in this summer’s Tour de France, from 12 countries will line-up in Scotland for stage one on September 3, 2024 – with a field of 108 pro riders.
Fans wanting to enjoy the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men with premium experiences, can get closer to the action with hospitality, in-car places, and exclusive helicopter packages, available via Sportive Breaks.
|
Stage one
|
Tuesday 3 September
|
Kelso to Kelso
|
|
Stage two
|
Wednesday 4 September
|
Darlington to Redcar
|
|
Stage three
|
Thursday 5 September
|
Sheffield to Barnsley
|
|
Stage four
|
Friday 6 September
|
Derby to Newark-on-Trent
|
|
Stage five
|
Saturday 7 September
|
Northampton to Northampton
|
|
Stage six
|
Sunday 8 September
|
Lowestoft to Felixstowe
|
Relaunched in 2004 after a five-year absence from the British racing calendar, the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event, held annually across six stages in September. In 2024 the race celebrates the 20th edition in its modern incarnation.
- UCI WorldTeams: Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain); INEOS Grenadiers (Great Britain); Soudal Quick-Step (Belgium); Team dsm-firmenich PostNL (Netherlands)
- UCI ProTeams: Israel – Premier Tech (Israel); Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (Switzerland); Uno-X Mobility (Norway)
- UCI Continental Teams: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development Team (France); Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ (France); Global 6 United (Luxembourg); Lidl – Trek Future Racing (USA); Project Echelon Racing (USA); REMBE Pro Cycling Team Sauerland (Germany); Sabgal / Anicolor (Portugal); Saint Piran (Great Britain); TRINITY Racing (Great Britain); Van Rysel – Roubaix (France)
- National Teams: Great Britain Cycling Team
The Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men is part of the UCI ProSeries. The free-to-watch event attracts an estimated roadside audience of over 1 million spectators. Live coverage of the race is shown daily in the UK on ITV4, in addition to around the world.
