Organizers Pleased With Inaugural Women's Tour Race, Looking To Make It 'Regular Event'

Organizers of the inaugural Women's Tour expect the event to "continue and remain in the East of England," according to the BBC. Olympic champion Marianne Vos won Britain's first "multi-stage elite race for women, which went through Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Essex, Leicestershire and Bedfordshire." Women's Tour organizers SweetSpot CEO Hugh Roberts said, "I'm happy to say our expectations were exceeded. That augurs well for the future." It was the first Int'l Cycling Union (UCI)-ranked competition for women in Britain and, "amid efforts to raise the profile and financing of female cycling, is expected to become an annual event." Roberts: "It was always our intention to do that" (BBC, 5/13).