Full Tour of Britain route announced with Evenepoel and Thomas set to headline

The complete route for the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain has been revealed with the six-day stage race covering 886 kilometres from East Suffolk to Cardiff between September 2-7.

Whilst the start and finish locations for the race were already announced, British Cycling have released the full details regarding where the route will head each day, illustrating the towns, villages and roads that will feature across the event. 

One rider who is reportedly set to make an appearance, according to Cycling Weekly, is Remco Evenepoel, whose transfer to Red Bull-BORA hansgrohe for 2026 was confirmed on Tuesday. Nonetheless, the Belgian still has plenty to fight for during the remainder of the season in the colours of Soudal-QuickStep, and one race which the Belgian is set to attend is the Lloyds Tour of Britain. 

It’s a race that Evenepoel will be well versed with, having made his debut twelve months ago shortly after doing the Olympic double. From a personal perspective, Evenepoel didn’t set the world alight in his typical fashion, finishing 28th in the GC, but played an important teammate role in helping Paul Magnier to three stage wins.

After abandoning the Tour de France on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet, where he sat third in the general classification at the start of stage 14, having also picked up a stage win along the way, Evenepoel’s focus has switched towards the upcoming World Championships in Rwanda in September. 

As a former road race champion (2022), plus two-time and defending time trial champion (2023, 2024), Evenepoel will be looking to take a rainbow jersey with him when he makes the move across to the German team. 

The Tour of Britain will serve as the Belgian’s primary warm-up race with the event featuring plenty of new locations, as well as climbs well-known from previous editions, beginning with two stages in Suffolk on 2-3 September.

Milton Keynes will host the start of stage 3 on 4 September, before entering Bedfordshire and heading towards Biggleswade for a lap and a half of a 30-kilometre loop, followed by the finish in Ampthill.

Stage 4, 5 September, will be a particularly important day for the general classification contenders and Evenepoel as the route traverses Warwickshire for the longest stage of the race, featuring six categorised climbs and a finish atop Burton Dassett Hills Country Park.

The race enters Wales on the weekend for the final two stages, where the riders will take on the Tumble climb on stage 5 on 6 September. The climb is 4.9km long, averaging 8%

Caerphilly Mountain will feature and play a prominent role in the final stage, 7 September as the race heads to Cardiff on a stage which will serve as a tribute to Geraint Thomas in his hometown. The 2018 Tour de France champion is set to make his final appearance at the race after racing the Deutschland Tour, which kicks off on 20 August, before closing the curtain on an exceptional 19-year professional career. 

The final stage is also set to start in Newport, outside of the Geraint Thomas Velodrome, on another day that will be crucial for the general classification contenders.