Tour of Britain 100,000 spectators saw a long break by Bradley Wiggins last until the penultimate lap, before Enrico Degano of Team Barloworld took the sprint on the line. The Colombian Mauricio Ardila, of Chocolade Jacques, won the General Classification. The 2005 race was run as a UCI 2.1 category in six stages starting in Glasgow on 30 August and finishing in London on 4 September. The 2006 Tour of Britain took place from 29 August to 3 September as a UCI category 2.1 event. Martin Pedersen and Andy Schleck of Team CSC won the overall and King of the Mountains classification, respectively.
Tour of Britain a police motorcyclist being killed in a collision with a motorist near Worcester. After a five-year hiatus, the Tour of Britain returned in 2004. It began as a five-stage race before increasing to an eight-stage race in 2008. Like the preceding PruTour, it is a professional men's race, attracting UCI World Tour teams, although it has also attracted semi-professional teams and the amateur Great Britain national team. From 2014, the race has been rated 2.HC by the UCI and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2004 Tour of Britain was the first edition of the latest version of