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In less than a fortnight’s time, the Tour of Britain will draw to a close in front of Caerphilly Castle.
The eighth and final stage of the competition will see cyclists race from Margam Country Park, near Port Talbot, to the 13th century venue on Sunday September 10.
Tour of Britain 2023 stages
Stage one, Sunday 3 September: Altrincham to Manchester
Stage two, Monday 4 September: Wrexham to Wrexham
Stage three, Tuesday 5 September: Goole to Beverley
Stage four, Wednesday 6 September: Sherwood Forest to Newark-on-Trent
Stage five, Thursday 7 September: Felixstowe to Felixstowe
Stage six, Friday 8 September: Southend-on-Sea to Harlow
Stage seven, Saturday 9 September: Tewkesbury to Gloucester
Stage eight, Sunday 10 September: Margam Country Park to Caerphilly
The cyclists will enter the borough through Nelson, pass through Llanbradach and complete two laps of Caerphilly Mountain, before crossing the finish line in Caerphilly town centre.
The eyes of the world will be on Caerphilly that day, with the event being shown live in more than 150 countries across the globe.
Road closures will be in place during the event.
Who will be competing this year?
Movistar Team (Spain)
- Gonzalo Serrano (Spain)
- Will Barta (USA)
- Max Kanter (Germany)
- Gregor Mühlberger (Austria)
- Oscar Rodriguez (Spain)
INEOS Grenadiers (Great Britain)
- Tom Pidcock (Great Britain)
Bingoal WB (Belgium)
- Floris de Tier (Belgium)
- Johan Meens (Belgium)
- Davide Persico (Italy)
- Dimitri Peyskens (Belgium)
- Lennert Teugels (Belgium)
- Louis Blouwe (Belgium)
Great Britain (Great Britain)
- Ethan Vernon (Great Britain)
- Jack Brough (Great Britain)
- Josh Giddings (Great Britain)
- Noah Hobbs (Great Britain)
- Oliver Wood (Great Britain)
- Stephen Williams (Great Britain)
BORA-Hansgrohe (Germany)
- Sam Bennett (Ireland)
- Ryan Mullen (Ireland)
- Nils Politt (Germany)
- Max Schachmann (Germany)
- Ide Schelling (Netherlands)
- Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands)
Bolton Equities Black Spoke (New Zealand)
- Jacob Scott (Great Britain)
- Matt Bostock (Great Britain)
- James Fouche (New Zealand)
- James Oram (New Zealand)
- Mark Stewart (Great Britain)
- Rory Townsend (Ireland)
Global 6 Cycling (New Zealand)
- Nicolas Sessler (Brazil)
- Giacomo Ballabio (Italy)
- Tomoya Koyama (Japan)
- Ivan Moreno (Spain)
- Callum Ormiston (South Africa)
- Tom Wirtgen (Luxembourg)
Jumbo-Visma (Netherlands)
- Wout van Aert (Belgium)
- Edoardo Affini (Italy)
- Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands)
- Olav Kooij (Netherlands)
- Jos van Emden (Netherlands)
- Nathan van Hooydonck (Belgium)
Equipo Kern Pharma (Spain)
- Roger Adrià (Spain)
- Igor Arriera (Spain)
- Iñigo Elosegui (Spain)
- Jose Felix Parra (Spain)
- Ibon Ruiz (Spain)
- Danny van der Tuuk (Netherlands)
Saint Piran (Great Britain)
- Alexander Richardson (Great Britain)
- Harry Birchill (Great Britain)
- Finn Crockett (Great Britain)
- Zeb Kyffin (Great Britain)
- Jack Rootkin-Gray (Great Britain)
- Bradley Symonds (Great Britain)
Team dsm – firmenich (Netherlands)
- Tobias Lund Arnesen (Denmark)
- Patrick Bevin (New Zealand)
- Enzo Leijnse (Netherlands)
- Niklas Märkl (Germany)
- Tim Naberman (Netherlands)
- Casper van Uden (Netherlands)
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (Switzerland)
- Mark Donovan (Great Britain)
- Damian Howson (Australia)
- Kamil Malecki (Poland)
- Nicolo Parisini (Italy)
- Joey Rosskopf (USA)
- Szymon Sajnok (Poland)
TDT Unibet Cycling Team (Netherlands)
- Harry Tanfield (Great Britain)
- Joren Bloem (Netherlands)
- Davide Bomboi (Belgium)
- Martijn Budding (Netherlands)
Abram Stockman (Belgium) - Hartthijs de Vries (Netherlands)
Team Flanders – Baloise (Belgium)
- Kamiel Bonneu (Belgium)
- Sander De Pestel (Belgium)
- Milan Fretin (Belgium)
- Elias Maris (Belgium)
- Ward Vanhoof (Belgium)
- Aaron Verwilst (Belgium)
TRINITY Racing (Great Britain)
- Luke Lamperti (USA)
- Robert Donaldson (Great Britain)
- Lukas Nerukar (Great Britain)
- Finlay Pickering (Great Britain)
- Ollie Rees (Great Britain)
- Max Walker (Great Britain)
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Norway)
- Stian Fredheim (Norway)
- Frederik Dversnes (Norway)
- Tord Gudmestad (Norway)
- Tobias Halland Johannssen (Norway)
- Ramus Tiller (Norway)
- Martin Urianstad (Norway)
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