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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jeremy Whittle

Women’s Tour under threat as British cycling promoter goes into liquidation

The Women's Tour was last hosted in 2022, the eighth staging of the race.
The Women's Tour was last hosted in 2022, the eighth staging of the race. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

The future of the Women’s Tour, the leading international British race and a fixture on the UCI Women’s World Tour, is looking bleak after its owner and promoter went into liquidation on Thursday.

SweetSpot, who also used to run the men’s Tour of Britain and the Tour Series of city centre races, has appointed KRE corporate recovery to deal with its creditors after entering voluntary liquidation and ­admitting its liabilities are likely to extend significantly past £1m.

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