Marianne Vos confirmed for the Women's Tour

Current Olympic and world road race champion to headline inaugural event

Marianne Vos and Lizzie Armitstead, London 2012, Watson's photos of 2012

Marianne Vos will compete in this year’s inaugural Women’s Tour, it was announced this morning.

The reigning world and Olympic road race champion will spearhead the Rabo Live team in the event, which begins in Northamptonshire on May 7.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.