by A.P.
The 2021 Women’s Tour scheduled for June has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, organisers have announced.
Created in 2014 as the UK’s first international stage race for women, this year’s event was planned to run between June 7-12 with organisers SweetSpot working with the UCI and British Cycling to re-arrange for later in the year.
Alternate race dates of October 4-9 have been requested with full details of the 2021 route announced when the dates are confirmed by the UCI.
The race, which forms a part of the prestigious UCI Women’s WorldTour, starts in Bicester, Oxfordshire and finishes with a stage from Haverhill to Felixstowe in Suffolk.
