Team Ineos, Jumbo-Visma and Team Sunweb headline the 20-team Tour of Britain start list, with Mathieu van der Poel`s Corendon-Circus team also invited to the weeklong stage race as the Dutchman heads to Britain early to prepare for the road World Championships in Yorkshire. Ten WorldTour teams have been invited, with French squad AG2R La Mondiale back in Britain for the first time since 2009. The ten WorldTour teams are Dimension Data, EF Education First, Lotto Soudal, Mitchelton-Scott, Katusha-Alpecin and Movistar. Joining them are Professional Continental teams Corendon-Circus, Israel Cycling Academy, Wanty-Gobert, Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise and the Danish Riwal Readynez team. The British Continental teams Canyon dhb, Madison Genesis, Wiggins Le Col, SwiftCarbon all get a place after qualifying via the Tour Series criteriums, and a Great Britain team will complete the start list.ADVERTISEMENT The Tour of Britain gets underway in George Square in Glasgow on Saturday, September 7 and finishes Manchester city centre on Saturday, September 14. Last year, Julian Alaphilippe won the overall classification in London after his team finished second in the team time trial and he was second on the key hilly stage to Whinlatter Pass in the Lake District. However the Frenchman`s Deceuninck-QuickStep are not among the participating teams in 2019. The Tour of Britain have still to confirm the leading riders but Mathieu van der Poel has already said that he will ride. - Tour of Britain (@TourofBritain) August 6, 2019
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