Posted on: Friday 1 August 2025
Lloyds Tour of Britain Men organisers have today announced the 19 teams set to compete in this September’s race, which will see Pontypool host stage five of the prestigious tour.
The teams are headlined by the debut of multiple Tour de France winning squads, and the world’s number one ranked team, UAE Team Emirates – XRG.
As Wales prepares to host a stage of the Tour de France in 2027, thirteen teams racing in this year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain Men also competed in the recent Tour de France—winning 16 of its 21 stages.
Nine top tier UCI World Teams will contest the race, which kicks off in Suffolk on Tuesday 2 September, the most that have raced in Britain’s national Tour since 2019.
Stage five of the race sets off from Pontypool Park on Saturday 6 September, with the world’s elite riders passing back through part of borough later that day.
Lidl-Trek and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale both return to the race after an absence of several years, while the Groupama FDJ are the second UCI World Team due to make their race debut in September.
All three of the most successful teams in the history of the modern Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will be a part of this year’s line-up, with Soudal Quick-Step, INEOS Grenadiers, and Team Visma | Lease a Bike having won an incredible 64 stages between them.
The latter have won the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on four occasions, including on both their most recent participations, with Wout Van Aert.
Last year’s victorious team of Stevie Williams, Israel – Premier Tech, return as one of eight UCI ProTeams competing in the event. Among them will be a third squad making their event debut, Tudor Pro Cycling, who could include former winner Julian Alaphilippe in their six-rider squad.
In total, 12 of the world’s top 17 teams, according to the most recent UCI rankings (29 July), will be in action on Torfaen roads this September.
After impressing in the 2024 Lloyds Tour of Britain Men with their aggressive riding that earned two days in the points jersey, the Portuguese squad Anicolour / Tien 21 will return, and could include British rider Harrison Wood in their six-rider squad.
Completing the 19-team line-up and providing second British team (alongside INEOS Grenadiers) in the race will be the Great Britain Cycling Team, an ever present in the national tour since 2012.
Jonathan Day, Managing Director of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, said; “This year’s line-up of teams for the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men is one of the best that we have ever seen assembled for the race, and shows the status with which the event is held by UCI WorldTour and Pro Teams.
“Excitement is building for September, and what will be a highly competitive Lloyds Tour of Britain Men. We cannot wait to see these teams in action and racing through communities across England and Wales on our six stages.”
The full list of teams for the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men can be found on the British Cycling website: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/tourofbritain/men
Announcements around competing riders and team line-ups will be made in the second half of August in the build-up to the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men.
The Lloyds Tour of Britain Men begins on Tuesday 2 September in Suffolk and concludes in south Wales – first with a double ascent of The Tumble, before a final stage between the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, on Sunday 7 September.