TOUR OF BRITAIN MINI GUIDE

ToB general 1

The Tour of Britain professional stage race ? billed by the promoters as the UK's biggest free sporting event ? is set to make sporting history when 16 teams roll out from the Glasgow start next Tuesday, August 29. And this third edition of the modern incarnation of the Tour of Britain, concludes with the first-ever road stage across the capital, before a spectacular circuit race finish on The Mall on Sunday, September 3.

In total 16 six-man teams will contest the UCI 2.3-ranked six-day race, which features world road race champion Tom Boonen of Belgium leading the Quick Step team. Boonen has history with the race, having won the Nottingham stage in 2004. Second favourite must be T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden, second in the 2004 Tour de France behind Lance Armstrong, and third at the Tour this year.

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