The Tour of Britain 2024 kicks off on Tuesday with a star-studded lineup

During the dispute of the grand tours everything else in cycling tends to be overshadowed. This is not the case of the Tour of Britain 2024 which starts next Tuesday, September 3 and will consist of 6 stages with a hilly profile. A race that would go practically unnoticed if it weren't for the fact that in this 2024 edition it will have a tremendous participation.

Pidcock, Evenepoel or Alaphilippe choose the Tour of Britain 2024 on their way to the World Championships

On Tuesday, September 3, the Tour of Britain 2024 begins, always an exciting race due to the toughness of the terrain it covers and which will be a good warm-up for some of the best cyclists in the peloton as they approach the World Championships in Zurich on September 29.

Luxury cast. Favorites for victory in the Tour of Britain 2024

Although most of the best in the peloton are competing in La Vuelta, some figures have chosen the Tour of Britain 2024 to fine-tune their form for the European Championship, the World Championship, and the Italian classics at the end of the season.

The first of them can only be the flamboyant Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel who will lead a Soudal-QuickStep team that will also include another reference man for this race, Julian Alaphilippe, who, surely and seeing how he is recovering his best level, has surely thought about the option of adding a third rainbow jersey to his palmares that would place him among the legends of this sport.

Of course, we cannot forget the local idol, the British Tom Pidcock whose main goal is not the World Championships in Zurich, which is too tough for him, but the XCO World Championships taking place this weekend. Therefore, Pidcock's presence in this race could be a crowd pleaser where he can enjoy the race with his homework already done, usually favorable conditions, along with the form he already has, to achieve a good performance in this race.

Beyond these three stars, in a second tier we find very notable names such as the Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen or Wout Poels.

Tour of Britain 2024 Route

In 2024, the Tour of Britain route will consist of 6 stages, all of them with similar profiles: hilly terrain, narrow and small roads, and tough climbs that turn each stage into a small classic. Without a doubt, a race that does not disappoint due to the intensity with which each stage is usually contested.

A route that starts in Scottish lands and moves south to contest its final stages in the center of England, with the common denominator, apart from the profile of the stages, of fairly contained distances, the longest being the first stage with 181 kilometers.

How to watch the Tour of Britain 2024

With television attention focused on the decisive week of the 2024 Vuelta a España, options to watch the Tour of Britain are limited. Eurosport never fails and will cover the race, but only through the digital platform already integrated in Max.

Fortunately, we will have the option to follow the Tour of Britain without restrictions thanks to the live streaming that British Cycling, the race organizer, will carry out every day on their YouTube channel and which will be available without any restrictions or geolocation, a broadcast that will start at 2pm local time, which means one hour later in Central European time.