The 2017 Women's Tour to climax in London
Last Updated: 15/02/17 11:45am
London will host the finale to this year's Women's Tour, which is run over five days in June.
The fifth and concluding stage takes place in the capital, and will feature 14 laps of a six-kilometre circuit which starts and finishes on Regent Street.
The Women's Tour, first held in 2014, was won last year by Britain's leading road race cyclist Lizzie Deignan.
Olympic gold medallist in the team pursuit, Katie Archibald, will be part of the WNT team and she said: "I'm excited but also nervous about the opportunity to ride the Women's Tour since it's one of the most competitive stage races on the women's UCI calendar.
"The race being hosted by London is a fantastic opportunity for women's cycling and shows how far the sport has grown over the past couple of years."
Deignan is expected to defend the title for the Dutch team Boels-Dolmans.
Starting on Wednesday, June 7, the Tour's opening stage is from Daventry to Kettering, before moving to Staffordshire the following day.
It's then on to stage three between Atherstone and Royal Leamington Spa, before the penultimate stage which starts and finishes in Chesterfield.
Those left in the race will then converge on the capital for the conclusion on Sunday, June 11.
