Tour of Britain provisional start list published
Full 96-rider provisional start list for The Tour of Britain unveiled
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins headlines The Tour of Britain’s provisional start list, which has been released today.
The provisional start list contains stage winners from all three Grand Tours, including seven Tour de France stage winners, with 31 victories to their name, 23 of them falling to the world’s number one sprinter and current World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish.
The rider list also contains four Tour de France jersey winners – Ivan Basso (2002 Best Young Rider), Mark Cavendish (2011 Green Jersey), Samuel Sanchez (2011 King of the Mountains) and Bradley Wiggins (2012 Yellow Jersey).
Six Giro d’Italia stage winners and six Vuelta a Espana stage winners are also on the list, while five of the riders lining up for this year’s Tour of Britain are Olympic medallists, including 2012 Individual Time Trial Champion Bradley Wiggins.
Seven teams line-up for The Tour having competed in this summer’s Tour de France, while Orica GreenEDGE, Liquigas – Cannondale, Saur Sojasun and Team UK Youth all make their Tour of Britain debuts.
Riders from 16 teams and of 23 different nationalities make up the start list for this year’s Tour of Britain, which gets underway in Ipswich on Sunday 9th September, for Stage One through Suffolk and Norfolk to the Norfolk Showground.
Amateur cyclists can take on the same challenges as the professionals via five different Tour Ride sportives this September, in East Anglia, Scotland, Wales, Stoke-on-Trent and at the Birmingham NEC Cycle Show. To sign-up and to take on the challenge of a route inspired by The Tour of Britain, to enter, please visit www.tourride.co.uk
Tour of Britain 2012
Sky Pro Cycling Liquigas - Cannondale AN Post Sean Kelly
Sean Yates Stefano Zanatta Kurt Bogaerts
1 Wiggins, Bradley GBR 61 Basso, Ivan ITA 121 Bagdonas, Gediminas U
2 Cavendish, Mark GBR 62 Beneffato, Marco ITA 122 Bennett, Sam IRL
3 Eisel, Bernhard AUT 63 Canuti, Federico ITA 123 Christian, Mark GBR
4 Hunt, Jeremy GBR 64 Caruso, Damiano ITA 124 Downey, Sean IRL
5 Knees, Christian GER 65 Krizek, Matthias AUT 125 Ghyllebert, Pieter L
6 Lofkvist, Thomas SWE 66 Longo Borghini, Paolo ITA 126 McLaughlin, Ronan
Endura Racing Saur - Sojasun Team Raleigh - GAC
Alex Sans Vega Lylian Lebreton Cherie Pridham
11 Tiernan-Locke, Jonathan GBR 71 Engoulvent, Jimmy FRA 131 Briggs, Graham GBR
12 Camano, Iker SPA 72 Galland, Jérémie FRA 132 Hampton, Russell GBR
13 Downing, Russell GBR 73 Hivert, Jonathan FRA 133 Holohan, Liam GBR
14 Bibby, Ian GBR 74 Lemoine, Cyril FRA 134 Oliphant, Evan GBR
15 Dempster, Zak AUS 75 Marino, Jean-Marc FRA 135 Sparling, Jamie CAN
16 Voss, Paul GER 76 Martias, Rony FRA 136 Sulzberger, Bernard AUS
Node4 - Giordana Racing Vacansoleil DCM Garmin - Sharp
Malcolm Elliott Cees De Brauwer Geert Van Bondt
21 Bialoblocki, Marcin POL 81 Mortensen, Martin DEN 141 Farrar, Tyler USA
22 Clarke, Dave GBR 82 Carrara, Matteo ITA 142 Haas, Nathan AUS
23 Cronshaw, Matt GBR 83 Kreder, Wesley NED 143 Hunter, Robbie RSA
24 Lavery, Philip IRL 84 Markus, Barry NED 144 Morton, Lachlan AUS
25 Northey, Mike NZL 85 Novikov, Nikita RUS 145 Vanmarcke, Sep BEL
26 Williams, Pete GBR 86 Wauters, Willem BEL 146 Vonhoff, Steele AUS
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team IG - Sigma Sport Team UK Youth
Hendrik Redant Becky Frewing David Povall
31 Clarke, Jonny AUS 91 Craven, Dan NAM 151 Barker, Yanto GBR
32 Forster, Robert GER 92 Hawkins, Peter IRL 152 Backstedt, Magnus SWE
33 Jones, Christopher USA 93 Last, Tom GBR 153 Gustavsson, Niklas SWE
34 de Maar, Marc AHO 94 Lloyd, Dan GBR 154 Opie, Chris GBR
35 Reus, Kai NED 95 Richardson, Simon GBR 55 Stevenson, Christofer SWE
36 Van Poppel, Boy NED 96 Sybrandy, Wouter NED 156 McGowan, David GBR
Euskaltel Euskadi Team NetApp
Alexander Diaz Jens Heppner
41 Sanchez, Samuel SPA 101 Barta, Jan CZE
42 Cabedo, Victor SPA 102 Benedetti, Cesare ITA
43 Cazaux, Pierre FRA 103 Huzarski, Bartosz POL
44 Garcia, Ricardo SPA 104 Jarc, Blaz SLO
45 Saez de Arregui, Adrian SPA 105 Koenig, Leopold CZE
46 Urtasun, Pablo SPA 106 Schorn, Daniel AUT
Orica - GreenEDGE Rapha Condor
Lionel Marie John Herety
51 Bobridge, Jack AUS 111 House, Kristian GBR
52 Bewley, Sam NZL 112 Cuming, Mike GBR
53 Hepburn, Michael AUS 113 Grenda, Ben AUS
54 Howard, Leigh AUS 114 Handley, Richard GBR
55 Kroupis, Aidis LTU 115 Jennings, Christopher RSA
56 Langeveld, Sebastian NED 116 Lang, Richard AUS
The 2012 Tour of Britain will take place between Sunday 9th and Sunday 16th September 2012
Stage One Sunday 9th September Ipswich to Norfolk Showground
Stage Two Monday 10th September Nottingham to Knowsley
Stage Three Tuesday11th September Jedburgh to Dumfries
Stage Four Wednesday 12th September Carlisle to Blackpool
Stage Five Thursday 13th September The Stoke-on-Trent Stage
Stage Six Friday 14th September Welshpool to Caerphilly
Stage Seven Saturday 15th September Barnstaple to Dartmouth
Stage Eight Sunday 16th September Reigate to Guildford