2013 Tour of Britain 2013 Tour of Britain The 2013 Tour of Britain was the tenth running of the current Tour of Britain and the 74th British tour in total. The race consisted of eight stages, starting on 15 September in Peebles, and finishing on 22 September in London. The race was part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour, and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 category race. Sir Bradley Wiggins won the race after gaining a lead in the stage 3 time trial. 19 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 5 UCI ProTeams, 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams, 7
Grand Tour (cycling) Giro and the Road World Cycling Championship make up the Triple Crown of Cycling. The three Grand Tours are events for men only, and no three week races exist on the women's road cycling circuit. The Giro Rosa, the ten stage Italian road race for women is the only race on the current women's circuit treated as broadly equivalent to a Grand Tour, although the defunct women's Tour de France was, in its time, given similar status. In their current form, the Grand Tours are held over three consecutive weeks and typically include two rest days near the end of