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Eurosport, GCN strike long-term global deal for Tour of Britain, Women’s Tour

The 2019 Tour of Britain heads from Altrincham to Manchester (by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)

The Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour, the UK’s leading cycling races, have agreed five-year global broadcast rights deals with international sports broadcaster Eurosport and digital platform Global Cycling Network.

The contract between race organiser SweetSpot and the Discovery-owned entities will see the Eurosport app, GCN+ and the new discovery+ streaming service offer live and exclusive coverage of the Tour of Britain, initially from 2021 to 2025.

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