The Women’s Tour 2022 cycle race made its way through Essex and Suffolk which started on June 6th.

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The opening of this year’s event was just after the 4 -day bank holiday weekend in the UK for the Queen’s 70-year Platinum Jubilee.

Some of the world’s best female cyclists took part and set off from Colchester’s Northern Gateway Sports Park.

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Starting in Colchester and finishing up on June 11th in Oxford they saw a great majority of southern England. The final leg of stage 1 was held in Suffolk where we saw world champion Elisa Balsamo cross the finish line in the number one spot.

Stage 2 has a 92.1km course, starting and finishing in the town of Harlow, with a total elevation of 868m.

You can read and follow the rest of the tour over on their website following the link below.