France has the Tour, Italy has the Giro and Spain has the Vuelta. So what about Britain?
In case you didn't know we have a pretty major stage race too in the shape of the Tour of Britain.
OK so perhaps it doesn't have quite the glamour of the aforementioned European offerings but the Tour of Britain
still attracts some of the best riders in the world and certainly throws up its own challenges to all who enter.
So check out the information below and be sure to stick it in your diary for 2013.