Teams Announced for The Tour of Britain

22.07.2009

The Tour of Britain today announced the names of nine out of the 16 teams that have confirmed they will be taking part in Britain’s biggest free to attend sporting event.

The teams confirmed to take part in this year’s event are:

• AG2R La Mondiale
• Agritubel
• Barloworld
• CandiTV – Marshalls Pasta
• Team Columbia – HTC
• CSF Navigare
• Team Halfords Bikehut
• Rapha – Condor
• Topsport Vlaanderen

"This year’s Tour of Britain will be fielding the best and strongest set of teams ever to take part in the event. By having such high profile teams, of which some are currently taking part in the Tour de France, spectators to this year’s Tour of Britain will be guaranteed to see the highest calibre of cycle racing ever to take place on British soil," said Mick Bennett, Technical Director for The Tour of Britain. "It has always been our desire to include domestic teams on The Tour of Britain, as we see these emerging cycling teams playing an essential part in helping to develop the sport in this country."

"As a British-based team, it’s great to be racing against some of the best teams in the world on home turf," said Phil Griffiths, Team Manager for CandiTV – Marshalls Pasta. "Thanks to The Tour of Britain, our team now has the chance to prove ourselves to an international audience and hope to inspire the younger generation to take up cycle racing."

The names of the individual riders taking part in The Tour of Britain from each team will be announced closer to the event in September.