20mph restrictions force key British race to make late route change

Junior Tour of Wales altered at last minute due to 11 kilometres of 20mph sections

Junior Tour of Wales
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The Junior Tour of Wales, one of Britain’s most important development races, has been forced into a last minute course alteration due to a handful of 20mph zones featuring in the 381 kilometre route, Cycling Weekly has learned. 

First held in 1981, the long-standing four-day event typically attracts Britain’s best junior male riders as well as elite international junior teams from across Europe. Former winners include Roger Hammond, Dan Martin, Fred Wright, Tom Pidcock and Lewis Askey. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.