The Tour of Britain Women, the only WorldTour race in the UK, returns from Thursday 5th June to Sunday 8th June in England and Scotland. While it is the second edition under the Tour of Britain Women name and British Cycling organisation, this is technically the ten-year anniversary of the event previously called the Women’s Tour.
For 2025 the race begins in Yorkshire and a short Stage 1 ends in Redcar. Stage 2 departs Hartlepool and could be a potentially GC-decisive day that ends on the steep Saltburn Bank climb. It’s then a trip across the border for Stage 3 around Kelso before the last day culminating on a circuit in Glasgow.
If you would like to ask your own question you just need to , or subscribe.Last year Lotte Kopecky topped the general classification after winning the first two stages. Great Britain’s Anna Henderson finished second, 17sec down with Kopecky’s SD Worx-Protime teammate Christine Majerus in third.
Kopecky and Majerus will not be on the start line this year, but their team brings the world’s best sprinter Lorena Wiebes to go hunting for stage wins. Henderson is back though, this time with a strong Lidl-Trek squad. Other GC favourites include Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Kim Le Court-Pienaar, Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner and Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto’s Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Keep an eye on Sarah Van Dam from the Ceratizit team too, the Canadian is having a run of fine form, barely finishing outside the top five since mid-April and riding to third overall at Itzulia.
Where and how to watch the Tour of Britain Women 2025
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In the UK, the Tour of Britain Women 2025 will be broadcast live for free on the BBC. Viewers can catch the action on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and on the BBC Red Button channel. The race will also be broadcast online through Discovery+. Highlights will be shown on TNT channels.
If the race isn’t being broadcast in your country or you are travelling abroad, a VPN will allow you to hide your device’s location to access content that is normally geo-blocked. One such VPN provider is ExpressVPN, which is well reviewed, helps users to find free to watch cycling, and costs start from around £5 per month.
Tour of Britain Women 2025 TV and streaming times
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All times BST and subject to change by broadcasters
Stage 1: Thursday 5th June
BBC: 12:00-14:20
Discovery+: 11:30-14:00
Stage 2: Friday 6th June
BBC: 12:00-14:20
Discovery+: 10:45-14:00
Stage 3: Saturday 7th June
BBC: 12:00-15:20
Discovery+: 11:00-15:00
Stage 4: Sunday 8th June
BBC: 09:50-12:30
Discovery+: 09:55-12:30
