TOUR OF WESSEX MARKS A SPORTIVE REVOLUTION

Tour of Wessex 2007

It is something cycling in Britain has been crying out for ? a Premier Calendar race and a cyclo-sportive event held at the same time.

And on the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May, more than 2,000 sportive entrants will get the chance to follow in the wheel tracks of the top riders in Britain, at the three-day Tour of Wessex.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.