tour of Britain future in doubt the future of the tour of Britain is in doubt after British cycling terminated their agreement with race organizer Sweet Spot over unpaid fees alleged to be in the hundreds of thousands of pounds British cycling own the rights to the tour of Britain race and tender those rights to promoter Sweet Spot who organized the event to do this sweet spot pays British cycling and installments to maintain their agreement but sweet spot is allegedly behind on these payments by £700,000 these non-payments date back to 2022 therefore the tour of Britain is effectively without an organizer for 2024 and so is at risk however a British cycling spokesperson seemed positive about the possibilities of the race going ahead under a new organization British cycling remains fully committed to the delivery of the tour of Britain in 2024 and will share further details in due course they told cycling weekly the agreement with sweetbot reportedly forms a large part of British cycling’s income for the year and leaves a nearly quarter of a million pound Gap in their Accounts at a time when budgets are already stretched Sweet Spot have encountered several Financial challenges in the last 2 years with high costs incurred due to cutting short of the men’s tour of Britain in 2022 due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II and then being forced to cancel both the Tour series and women’s tour in 2023 to increased running costs and a reduced level of commercial support sweet spots owner Hugh Roberts told the guardian we are in very positive talks particularly regarding the women’s tour with numerous stakeholders I am optimistic that the issues with British cycling can be overcome we have to resolve our differences
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