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Marianne Vos will return to Great Britai🍨n for🐽 the first time since winning her Olympic gold in 2012, when she ride the inaugural Women’s Tour, in May.

Vos beat home favourite Lizzie Armitstead on a rainy Mall in London, to take her first Olympic title on the road. The pair are expected to face-off once𒈔 again when the race begins on May 7.

"It's great that we get a big new stage race on our calendar with The Women's Tour,” the reigning world champion said on the race’s website. “The times that I've raced in Great Britain - with of course the London Olympi𝓀c Games fresh in my mind - I have been amazed by the huge crowds and the enthusiastic people. I'm sure it will be a fantastic event and I'm looking forward to competing here with the best riders from all over the World."

With the penultimate week of the World Cup series going on at🐎 the Tour of Chongming Island there is a risk that some riders will opt to head out in China. Having Vos on the start line will be a big boost for the race, which is hoping to match the recent successes of the men’s Tour of Britain.

Armitstead’s Boels-Dolmans team is also likely to make an appearance, which could include current time trial world champion Ellen van Dijk. Wiggle Honda, the home of two-time world champion Georgia Bronzini, also has a strong British contingent, including tra🎶ck star Laura Trott, could also be there on the start line.

The Women’s Tour is the first UCI ranked stage race for woman in Britain. Organisers SweetSpot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:announced last year that it would give the women’s race the same tr🏅eatment as the men’s, includ🍒ing television time and prize money. The race managed to secure the ranking 2.1, the highest outside of the world cup, meaning it can invite a world class field.

The race begins on May 7 in Oundle, Northamptonshire and finishing in Bury St Edmunds the following Sunday.