Tour of Britain cut back to six stages

British Cycling to match stage count and prize money with women's race from 2025

The men's Tour of Britain will be cut from eight to six stages in 2024 in order to lay the foundations for full parity with its women's equivalent in the years ahead.

It follows on from British Cycling announcing it will now organise both races in-house under its new major events subsidiary.

In a statement shared with Cycling Weekly, British Cycling CEO Jon Dutton confirmed the details of the plan and explained that talks were scheduled with the UCI in order to gain the necessary permission to scale back the ProTour event.