The 2015 Pearl Izumi Tour Series will have its finale in road.cc’s home town of Bath – one of four first time venues for the city-centre racing series which unfolds during May and June, the others being Motherwell in Scotland, Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and Croydon.
The 12-round event will also feature the debut in the competition of two of the most high profile domestic teams launched in recent years – Sir Bradley Wiggins Team Wiggins, which the world and Olympic time trial champion joins from Team Sky after Paris-Roubaix in April, and England cricketer Matt Prior’s ONE Pro Cycling venture.
Beginning in Ryde on 14 May, the competition will also return to previous host venues, Redditch, Aberystwyth, Durham, Barrow, Canary Wharf and Peterborough.
Kellie Parsons, marketing director of Madison, which distributes Pearl Izumi in the UK, said: "This is our third year as title sponsor of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series. Last year's Series was a huge success and the line-up of venues sets the tone for an exciting five weeks of racing.”
Race director Mick Bennett of organisers SweetSpot added: "We are delighted to announce the seventh season of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series with prestigious new venues and high-profile new teams.
"The season ahead is certainly going to be highly-competitive and we look forward to what will be an action packed five weeks of competition with Britain's fastest teams vying for the title.
"As always we have tried to challenge our teams with something new, so we have four new circuits plus what will be a very tough hill climb event as a part of the Aberystwyth event.”
Besides ONE Pro Cycling and Team Wiggins, the competition will feature three other UCI Continental teams registered in Great Britain –Madison Genesis, NFTO Pro Cycling and Team Raleigh-GAC – plus Pedal Heaven RT, SportGrub Kuota and Velosure Starley Primal.
Five of the 12 rounds will also feature races in the women’s Grand Prix Series, with details to be announced shortly.
Round One Thursday 14 May Ryde, Isle of Wight (including TTT) Round Two Tuesday 19 May Redditch Round Three Friday 22 May Aberystwyth (including Hill Climb) Round Four Tuesday 26 May Motherwell Round Five Thursday 28 May Durham Round Six Friday 29 May Barrow Round Seven Tuesday 2 June Croydon Round Eight Thursday 4 June Canary Wharf Round Nine Tuesday 9 June Peterborough Round Ten Thursday 11 June Bath
7 thoughts on “IOW start, Bath finish, for 2015 Pearl Izumi Tour Series as dates anounced”
Motherwell….After the
Motherwell….After the success of Edinburgh last year, I was sure it would be back again this year.
Gkam84
I suspect Edinburgh has some bigger events in its future 😉
No West Woodburn, again.
No West Woodburn, again. Unbelievable.
I watched this last year – I
I watched this last year – I know Aber pretty well – and was so disappointed that they just pedal around and around such a small section of the town. They could have made so much more of it.
brooksby wrote:I watched this
I believe it’s as long as the other crits?
However, the previous year they had to cut it shorter due to the danger of waves coming over onto the road.
It’s a great weekend though, the sportive on Sunday is pretty good too. And I can’t wait to see what the ‘Hill Climb’ will be like!
Quote:”The season ahead is
FTFY
On the actual substance of the piece, I’m glad to see this event has followed me from Edinburgh to Croydon. I would have been sorry not to have another chance to watch it. I’ll be curious to see how they avoid the tram lines here.
Good job they are not using
Good job they are not using anywhere in the New Forest, can you imagine the Nimby’s response to that one! 😉