Race information
The Scottish Borders will host the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women for the first time this June, as stage three of the UCI Women’s WorldTour event comes to Kelso on Saturday 7June.
This will be the first time Scotland has hosted a UCI WorldTour cycling event.
The announcement comes after the region has successfully hosted the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on ten occasions since 2009, most recently in September 2024 when Paul Magnier won the opening stage in Kelso.
Stage three information
Stage three, the penultimate leg of the 2025 race and the ‘Queen Stage’, will again start and finish in The Square in Kelso, with riders tackling a testing and spectator friendly stage route around the Eildon Hills similar to that raced on by the men in 2024, covering 143.8-kilometre (89.4 miles).
After an 11am start, the route heads north west from Kelso to pass by Mellerstain House, then via Smailholm to the first of two ascents of the Queen of the Mountains climb at Scott’s View.
Dropping under the Leaderfoot viaduct, riders will then cross the River Tweed and race through Melrose to tackle the Dingleton climb.
Heading south via Denholm, the race climbs Dunion Hill and descends into Jedburgh before returning to Kelso alongside the River Tweed, with the finish line on the cobbled market square hosting the intermediate sprint.
The stage then circles the grounds of Floors Castle to take a more direct route to the second ascent of Scott’s View, repeating the climb of Dingleton, the last categorised climb of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, ten kilometres later.
That will set up a frantic final 15 kilometres back to Kelso, via St Boswells and alongside the Tweed, for the usual approach to the finish in The Square, with the finish expected around 3pm.
An interactive race map can be found on the Tour of Britain website.
Race timings
The race will start at 11am, with an estimated finish time of 3pm.
A full race schedule will be published in due course.
Spectator information
Spectator parking will be available at Borders Events Centre, Springwood Park, Kelso.
There will be activities and entertainment throughout the day in Kelso town centre, with further activities also planned in Melrose.
Spectators are able to watch the race anywhere along the route, however please be aware of the rolling road closure and parking restrictions in place in some communities. Details of these can be found on the following pages.
Teams information
Eighteen teams will take to the start line of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women this June, as the largest field in the event’s history has today been announced.
Twelve UCI Women’s WorldTour teams headline the entry list for the event, which will see 108 riders take part.
Defending champions and the world’s number one ranked squad Team SD Worx – Protime, who won the 2024 race with Lotte Kopecky, headline the entry list, alongside the Team Picnic PostNL team of British champion Pfeiffer Georgi, and the Lidl - Trek team of last year’s runner up Anna Henderson and former winner Lizzie Deignan.
In total thirteen of the world’s top fifteen ranked teams will be participating. Scotland will be represented by the Handsling Alba Development Road Team.
The full list of teams is:
- UCI Women’s WorldTeams: AG Insurance – Soudal Team (Belgium); Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto (Germany); CERATIZIT Pro Cycling Team (Germany); FDJ – SUEZ (France); Lidl-Trek (USA); Liv AlUla Jayco (Australia); Movistar Team (Spain); Team Picnic PostNL (Netherlands); Team SD Worx - Protime (Netherlands); Team Visma | Lease a Bike (Netherlands); UAE Team ADQ (UAE); and Uno-X Mobility (Norway)
- UCI Women’s ProTeams: EF Education – Oatly (USA);
- UCI Continental Teams: CJ O’Shea Racing (Great Britain); DAS – Hutchinson (Great Britain); Handsling Alba Development Road Team (Great Britain); Hess Cycling Team (Great Britain); and Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team (Great Britain)
More information can be found on British Cycling's Tour of Britain Women website.
About the Tour of Britain
The Lloyds Tour of Britain is the largest free-to-attend sporting spectacle in the UK and is delivered under the mantel of two races, one Tour of Britain. The Lloyds Tour of Britain Women takes place annually in June, as part of the UCI Women’s WorldTour, making it one of the most prestigious events in the sport’s global calendar.
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Women features the world’s top teams and riders, attracting tens of thousands of fans to the roadside, with live broadcast coverage of the race around the world.