Lotte Kopecky and her SD Worx-Protime teammate Lorena Wiebes, recent winner of all three stages in the Ride London Classique, are the star attractions with Lizzie Deignan, the home favourite and 2015 road race world champion.
Six months ago, as doom and gloom enveloped women's cycling in Britain, the race appeared dead and buried after a bitter spat between the then promoters Sweetspot and British Cycling over unpaid fees for naming rights.
The surprise appointment of the former Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers deputy team principal Rod Ellingworth as Tour of Britain race director, allied to the injection of a around 20m investment into British Cycling by a new sponsor, Lloyds Bank, has been game-changing.
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