Get ready for The Women’s Tour on 4 October

On Monday 4 October, people in South Oxfordshire will have the opportunity to see professional cyclists in action as more than 100 elite riders race through Woodeaton, the Baldons, Clifton Hampden and by Culham Science Centre during the AJ Bell Women’s Tour.

The Tour will start in Bicester from 11am and will pass through Woodeaton around 11.30am. The riders will then travel through Oxford before re-entering South Oxfordshire via Watlington Road around 11.50am.  The Tour will then race through the Baldons, Clifton Hampden and by Culham Science Centre before leaving the district via Abingdon Bridge. 

To ensure the safety of competitors and the public, rolling road closures will be in place while the event passes through each area.  There will also be no parking on the route on race day until after all the riders have passed. All rolling road closures for the race will be managed by the race organisers Sweetspot and their police outriders.

Cllr Maggie Filipova-Rivers, Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “I know many people in South Oxfordshire are looking forward to seeing the Women’s Tour on Monday, and I can’t wait to see everyone lining the route to cheer the riders on.

“To ensure everyone’s safety there will be rolling road closures taking place on the route, so I’d urge people to check the route and the estimated timings to make sure you don’t miss out on the action.”

“I know The Women’s Tour will inspire lots of people to take up cycling, both as a sport and as a way of getting around without the need for a car, and this will have real long-term benefits for our residents’ health and wellbeing.”

For more information, including the full route, estimated route times and more details about the road closures, please visit southoxon.gov.uk/womenstour.

More information about the AJ Bell Women’s Tour

Created by SweetSpot Group in 2014, the Women’s Tour is the UK’s first international stage race for women, bringing the world’s top riders to compete in Great Britain as a part of the UCI Women’s World Tour.

In addition to its wider aims of promoting active and healthy lifestyles to women, the event has championed equality in sport, notably offering the same prize fund pro rata as the men’s Tour of Britain.

The race, which has been won by the likes of Marianne Vos (2014), Lizzie Deignan (2016 and 2019) and Coryn Rivera (2018), attracts an annual roadside audience of 300,000, as well as over three million fans through linear and online platforms.

For more information about this event visit the Women’s Tour website.