Wrexham set for Women’s Tour stage starting tomorrow

Over 100 of the world’s top riders will race through the heart of mid Wales from Wrexham to Welshpool on stage four of the Womens’ Tour tomorrow, before facing a gruelling uphill finish at Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire on Friday.

The route through and out of Wrexham town centre is as follows: Queens Square, Queen Street, Lower Hope Street, Town Hill, Bridge Street and on to Ruabon Road.

Waterworld car park and the Library car park will be occupied by the event organisers and therefore will be closed to the public between 4:00am – 1:30pm with the exception of blue badge holders in the Library car park.

If Wrexham are leveraging the Tour Stage like others have done (with hosts encouraged to engage) we can expect a range of speciality produce and meal deals, cycling related art installations, bike themed shop window displays as well as local businesses ready for an influx of visitors for a packed town centre!

Stage timings – full detail for full stage here.

Thanks to in principle support from the Welsh Government, who have twice before backed stages of the race in 2018 and 2019, both Wrexham and Welshpool will feature in the UK’s most prestigious women’s race for the first occasion.

Wrexham last hosted elite cycling when the opening stage of the men’s Tour of Britain finished in the town in 2015, with this year’s stage being part of the recent local UK City of Culture 2025 bid.

Stage four will start from the heart of Wrexham on Chester Street before skirting the English – Welsh border, passing through Ruabon and travelling alongside the Chirk Aqueduct and close to Chirk Castle, before entering Powys at Rhydycroesau.

Mick Bennett, Women’s Tour race director, said: “The Welsh stages in this year’s Women’s Tour are going to play a key role in determining our next champion. Both will offer a true test for the world’s best riders, with the thrilling racing set to be played out in front of some of the most spectacular scenery the United Kingdom has to offer. We thank all our stakeholders, including the Welsh Government, for their continued support of the Women’s Tour.”

The Women’s Tour will feature all 14 of the top division UCI Women’s WorldTeams, with 18 teams and 108 riders competing in the race, marking the biggest field in the eight-year history of the race.

Highlights of this year’s race will once again be shown on ITV4 in the UK, and around the world via Eurosport and GCN.

Competing teams
UCI Women’s World Teams: Canyon//SRAM Racing (Germany), EF Education – TIBCO – SVB (USA, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope (France), Human Powered Health (USA), Liv Racing Xstra (Netherlands), Movistar Team (Spain), Roland Cogeas Edelweiss (Switzerland), Team BikeExchange – Jayco (Australia), Team DSM (Germany), Team Jumbo – Visma (Netherlands). Team SD Worx (Netherlands), Trek-Segafredo (USA), UAE Team ADQ (UAE), Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway)

UCI Women’s Continental Teams: CAMS – Basso (Great Britain), CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling (Germany), Le Col – Wahoo (Great Britain), Team Coop – Hitec Products (Norway)

Created by SweetSpot Group in 2014, the Women’s Tour is the UK’s first international stage race for women, bringing the world’s top riders to compete in Great Britain as a part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour.

Stages
Stage one Colchester to Bury St Edmunds Monday 6 June
Stage two to be announced Tuesday 7 June
Stage three Tewkesbury to Gloucester Wednesday 8 June
Stage four Wrexham to Welshpool Thursday 9 June
Stage five Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain Friday 10 June
Stage six Chipping Norton to Oxford Saturday 11 June

Top pic SWpix of the Stage One in Colchester – despite some paid local promotion, this is a free promotion for what should be a great event.