Former champions and other stars confirmed for Women's Tour 2022
The prestigious cycling event is due to visit Suffolk and Essex next month
Star riders including former champions Kasia Niewiadoma and Coryn Labecki have confirmed they will be taking part in this year's Women's Tour.
Past stage winners Lorena Wiebes, Christine Majerus and Chloe Hosking are also joining the lineup for the prestigious race, which opens in Essex next month.
Stages One and Two of the race will take in parts of both Suffolk and Essex and bring some of the world's most elite cyclists to East Anglia.
Niewiadoma, who triumphed in 2017, is among the favourites for this year’s title.
The Polish rider, who competes for the Canyon//SRAM Racing team, is also two-time Women’s Tour stage winner.
American Coryn Labecki was the overall winner of the 2018 Women's Tour. She will lead Team Jumbo - Visma; a squad that also features Brit Anna Henderson.
Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes will return to the competition for a second time, competing for Team DSM.
Twelve time Luxembourg road race champion Christine Majerus has been named in the provisional lineup for Team SD Worx.
102 riders are set to take part in this year's race, across 17 different teams. Its the joint largest field ever for the competition.
Stage One will head into Colchester town centre and through the wider borough before crossing into Suffolk and towards the finish line on Angel Hill in Bury St Edmunds.
Stage Two is a 96.4km circuit of the Essex countryside, starting and finishing in Harlow.
The Women's Tour is the UK's first international women's stage race and usually attracts about 300,000 spectators across the country, with millions more following on TV and online.
Where is the tour going?
Stage one: Colchester to Bury St Edmunds Monday 6 June
Stage two: Harlow to Harlow Tuesday 7 June
Stage three: Tewkesbury to Gloucester Wednesday 8 June
Stage four: Wrexham to Welshpool Thursday 9 June
Stage five: Pembrey Country Park to Black Mountain Friday 10 June
Stage six: Chipping Norton to Oxford Saturday 11 June