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here will be plenty of British interest within the Tour of Britain peloton, both from the WorldTour and domestic teams. From cycling’s upper echelons, aside from, and there’s a slew of British talent. As usual British Cycling will be fielding a Great Britain cycling team, which is set to include Israel-Premier Tech’s who just took a stage win and the GC at the fourday Arctic Race of Norway. The team also includes Lotto-Dstny Development rider , experiencing his second Tour of Britain after his debut last year; former Junior Tour of Wales winner , who is now gaining experience at the Groupama-FDJ development team and was fifth at the U23 Ghent-Wevelgem in March. Also lining up for Great Britain will be of the AVC Aix-en-Provence team and , who was left without a team when AT85 collapsed in March. Wood nevertheless went on to win the National Circuit Championship in June and is likely to be putting himself out there at the Tour of Britain with a view to securing a new contract. On the Trinity racing squad , not long out of the junior ranks, is a strong prospect for the future and could have an impact on the race, while the much more seasoned (TDT-Unibet) still holds the honour of being the only Brit to win a stage of the Tour de Yorkshire or the Tour of Britain while on a UK Continental team.

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