INEOS GRENADIERS AMONG 18 TEAMS TO COMPETE IN TOUR OF BRITAIN

18 of the world’s leading teams, including home fan favourites INEOS Grenadiers, will compete in this year’s Tour of Britain.

They will be 1 of 5 UCI WorldTeams who will take the start in the 18th edition on the UK’s most prestigious race, which begins in Aberdeen on Sunday 4th September and culminates with what promises to be a spectacular finale on the Isle of Wight 8 stages later.

The 18 teams competing in the Tour of Britain 2022 are:

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• Bardiani CSF Faizanè (Italy)
• Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB (Belgium)
• BORA – hansgrohe (Germany)
• Caja Rural – Seguros RGA (Spain)
• Global 6 Cycling (New Zealand)
• Great Britain Cycling Team (Great Britain)
• Human Powered Health (USA)
• INEOS Grenadiers (Great Britain)
• Israel – Premier Tech (Israel)
• Movistar Team (Spain)
• Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling (Great Britain)
• Saint Piran (Great Britain)
• Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise (Belgium)
• Team DSM (Netherlands)
• Team Qhubeka (Italy)
• TRINITY Racing (Great Britain)
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway)
• Wiv SunGod (Great Britain)

The 2nd most successful team in modern race history, INEOS Grenadiers will look to go one better than the 2021 Tour, in which young British star Ethan Hayter placed 2nd overall.

While Movistar (lining up for their 9th consecutive participation), Team DSM (who first competed in the race in 2006) and Israel – Premier Tech (3rd start in as many editions) are regulars at the Tour, BORA – Hansgrohe will return to the race for the first time since 2014.

The participation of 6 teams – a Great British national squad, the country’s 4 leading domestic squads (Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling, Saint Piran, TRINITY Racing and Wiv SunGod) and Team Qhubeka – was previously announced.

Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain race director, said:

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“As ever we’re excited to welcome those teams competing in the Tour of Britain to the UK’s biggest bike race. It’s great to see plenty of familiar faces mixed with a couple of debutants. But, perhaps most interestingly, today’s announcement further hints at what awaits in potentially the most open and unpredictable, but certainly the hardest, edition of the race to date!”