Edinburgh professional cyclist Sean Flynn, 22, has been named in the Team dsm-firmenich PostNL line-up for the Lloyd’s Bank Tour of Britain which gets underway from Kelso next Tuesday, 3 September.
The first stage will also end in Kelso before heading south and ending in Suffolk five days later.
Sean is joined in an eight strong line-up by Kelso’s Oscar Onley, 21, who has been receiving rave reviews.
Much attention will also be focused on Tom Pidcock who retained his Olympic cross-country mountain biking title in Paris.
Pidcock will be competing for INEOS Grenadiers.
Stage One will take in a 181.9 kilometre (113.1 mile) route starting and finishing in Kelso, passing through Coldstream, Gordon, Melrose, Denholm, Jedburgh and St Boswells, with more than 2,300 metres of ascent.
Riders will be presented ahead of the race from 9.30am and the first jersey presentations take place following the conclusion of the first stage at approximately 3.04pm.
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