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
Tour of Almaty cycling in Kazakhstan. Astana team rider and 2014 Asian Games time trial champion Alexey Lutsenko won the race. Tour of Almaty The Tour of Almaty is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Kazakhstan since 2013. The race usually held in October each year. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 race as part of the UCI Asia Tour. In 2014 the 2nd annual Tour of Almaty was organized by the Almaty Akimat and the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation. It was broadcast live by Eurosport, KazSport and Almaty channels. More than 20