Date August bank holiday English name Junior Tour of Wales | Region Blaenau Gwent, Wales Discipline Junior male Road race | |
Type Three day 5 stage road race Organiser John Richards(29 years) Talbot Thrush (5 years) Richard Hopkins 2015 on. | ||
The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual three-day cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the 2016 edition was the 36th edition held. The race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series - and as such attracts the best junior racing cyclists from across the UK, as well as elite international junior teams from across Europe and beyond.
Steve Jones and Eddie Smart were regular helpers at the Junior Tour of Wales, following their death in a car accident, organizer John Richards introduced a shield to be awarded in their honour for the best Welsh rider.
In 2009, Jeff Banks became patron of the Junior Tour of Wales, to be succeeded in 2012 by Geraint Thomas. The headquarters moved 2014 from Nantyglo Leisure Centre to Brynmawr Foundation School following the closure of the former.
The most recent winner is Fred Wright of VC Londres, the first first-year junior to claim overall victory since Alex Dowsett in 2005.