There will be extensive coverage of this year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Women (5-8 June) across BBC Sport as the largest free-to-attend sporting spectacle in the UK joins the broadcaster’s summer schedule of iconic women’s sporting events.
The four-day event will be live on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, with content also across the BBC Sport social media channels.
There are a record number of teams competing in the race this year – 19 - highlighting the prestige and global pull of racing at this world-class event on the roads of Britain. Among the riders scheduled to take part are current European champion Lorena Wiebes, double 2024 Olympic gold medallist Kristen Faulkner, and former race winner and world champion, the UK’s Lizzie Deignan.
Managing Director of British Cycling Events, Jonathan Day, said:
“We are really pleased that the BBC will broadcast the Lloyds Tour of Britain women during a huge summer of sport for women. The event is breaking records this year with the number of teams riding across the four stages, so it is brilliant news that the races will be available across BBC Sport’s platforms, allowing the British public to follow the action from this sporting spectacle.”
Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport, says: “The Tour of Britain Women will be another great moment for women’s sport this summer and we’re delighted to bring this event to fans across the UK through our popular digital platforms.
“The BBC has a strong track record of backing women’s sport. Not just the victories, but the stories, the grit and the passion behind them. And as the UK’s most-used sports broadcaster, we’re proud to shine a spotlight on this race and its great cyclists.”
There are even more opportunities to be brought closer to the action of this year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain women.
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. Sign up here.
To discover the routes of all four stages of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women in more detail, and more information about the race, host venues, and participating teams, please click here.
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Women gets underway in the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire on Thursday 5 June, with a stage between Dalby Forest and Redcar across the North York Moors National Park, before the second stage from Hartlepool ends with an uphill finish at Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
The race concludes with a pair of stages in Scotland, the first in the Scottish Borders, starting and finishing in Kelso, before the final stage in Glasgow on Sunday 8 June.
Following the final leg, fans and cyclists of all ages and abilities will have the chance to take part in the free Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival, building on Glasgow’s cycling legacy, and providing a unique chance to ride on the same closed road, traffic free, circuit as the world’s best. For more information on the Lloyds Tour of Britain Family Cycling Festival, please click here.
