The UK’s biggest cycling event comes to Duns

Scotland will host multiple days of the 2022 Tour of Britain, with stage 2 of this year’s race taking place in the Scottish Borders on Monday 5 September.

The stage 2 race will feature a mix of roads old and new to the event, before a first-ever finish in Duns. The stage winner will be crowned in the shadow of the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum, which celebrates the two-time Formula 1 world champion who lived nearby. Hawick will be the starting point of stage two. Stage 2 will start in Hawick and finish in Duns, and Jedburgh, Morebattle, Kelso, Coldstream and Eyemouth are all on the route. The Borders have previously welcomed the race on eight occasions, including a stage start in Hawick last year, as well as a stage that started and finished in Kelso in 2019.

Visit www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/stage-two for the stage map, timings and other important information about the event.

About the 2022 Tour of Britain

The 2022 Tour of Britain (Sunday 4 – 11 September) includes the race’s most-northerly Grand Départ ever in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It will also feature a much-anticipated return to Yorkshire and first-ever full stages in Gloucestershire and Dorset before what promises to be a spectacular finale on the Isle of Wight. 

ITV4 will continue to broadcast live flag-to-flag coverage of every stage, as well as a nightly highlights show, allowing fans in the UK to watch wherever they are. The race will also be shown in over 150 countries worldwide, in part thanks to the event’s partnerships with Eurosport and the Global Cycling Network.

Last year’s star-studded race was won by Belgian rider Wout Van Aert (Team Jumbo – Visma), with reigning world road race champion Julian Alaphilippe finishing third overall. A roadside crowd of over one million spectators resulted in the Tour of Britain generating £29.96m of net economic benefit for the UK economy, according to research by Frontline.