Cycling in the United Kingdom The governing organisation for cycle sport in the UK is British Cycling. The 21st century has seen a dramatic increase in the performance of British cyclists at the top levels of international cycling. Great Britain dominated the medal tables in cycling at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, while riders such as Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome have recorded multiple wins in professional road races such as the Tour de France. Major professional road races include the Tour of Britain, the Tour de Yorkshire, The Women's Tour and the London–Surrey Classic. On the track, the Revolution series events
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