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• Circuit of approximately 18km to finish on the Mall

• GB’s Cat Ferguson among favourites for yellow jersey

London will provide the backdrop for a landmark moment in cycling history as it hosts the first team time trial in the women’s Tour de France next year.

The best riders in the women’s peloton will race against the clock, as teams, on a central London circuit of approximately 18km, passing the Houses of Parliament, London Eye and Tower Bridge, and culminating in a finish on the Mall.