Tour of Britain Lars Boom. The 2012 Tour of Britain was held from 9 to 16 September. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke originally won the event, the first British rider to do so since its relaunch. In 2014, following investigation for biological passport irregularities, Tiernan-Locke was banned for two years and stripped of his 2012 title. The race was retrospectively awarded to Australia's Nathan Haas, riding for the Garmin-Sharp team. Mark Cavendish, in his last race as World Champion, won three stages including the final stage in an uphill sprint up Guildford's cobbled high street. Tour de France 2012 winner, Bradley Wiggins was forced to pull
2016 Tour of Britain the opening stage into Castle Douglas, was named as the Tour's most combative rider. For the first time since 2006, no rider won more than one stage. As well as the victories recorded by Greipel, Vermote, Groenewegen, Dennis and Ewan; pair Ian Stannard and Wout Poels, 's Jack Bauer and rider Tony Martin took stage wins. The twenty-one teams invited to participate in the Tour of Britain are: The route for the race was announced in February 2016. 2016 Tour of Britain The 2016 Tour of Britain was a nine-stage men's professional road cycling race. It was the thirteenth running