Race organisers are blaming Brexit and funding challenges after the latest Tour of Britain was labelled “boring” by critics with repetitive, flat stages and the lack of participants a noticeable feature of this year’s edition.
The peloton was thinned out in the race which finished on Sunday with victory for Wout van Aert and that was due to Britain’s departure from the European Union, according to the race director Mick Bennett. Only 96 riders started the race in Altrincham last week, and Bennett told Cycling Weekly: “It’s purely and simply Brexit.”
