The Tour of Britain is the UK's biggest professional bicycle race and a centrepiece of the British sporting calendar, attracting over a million spectators to the roadside and hundreds of thousands more on television and via the Internet.

The Tour has quickly established itself as the main event in the British cycling calendar. Ranked at the 2.1 category by the UCI (International Cycling Union), the Tour of Britain takes place over eight days and nine stages, with the inclusion of an individual time trial in central London on the final day of the race.

Every year some of the world's top cyclists compete on British roads for the right to wear the yellow jersey. Over the past five years, Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champions have ridden The Tour of Britain, alongside stage and jersey winners from all three Grand Tours.

Britain's biggest professional cycle race, and the UK's largest free-to-spectate live sporting event, begins in Peebles in the Scottish Borders on Sunday the 11th of September and ends in London on Sunday the 18th of September with an iconic finish at Whitehall.

Along the way The Tour visits the North West, Wales, Staffordshire, Devon, Somerset and East Anglia. For all the latest news and updates on the Tour of Britain click here.

The Halfords Tour Series is a partner event of the Tour of Britain, which was held over eight stages and started in Durham on the 24th of May. The Tour also visited Aberystwyth, Peterborough, Colchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Oldham and Woking, finally coming to a conclusion at Canary Wharf, London on 16th June.

Ten teams once again battled over the eight rounds for the right to be crowned champions, and the best team in Britain.

Among them were Tour of Britain teams Endura Racing, Motorpoint Pro Cycling, Rapha Condor Sharp, Sigma Sport – Specialised and Team Raleigh bringing the likes of Olympic Gold Medallist Ed Clancy and former World Champion Rob Hayles to battle it out on your streets.

Following the success of the Horizon Fitness Women's Grand Prix in Stoke-on-Trent last year, Britain's top female cyclists also get a Series of their own this year, with the Johnson Health Tech Women's Grand Prix Series featuring at four of the rounds in 2011.

After their early round dominance wore off, Rapha Condor Sharp finally did enough to clinch their much sought after Halfords Tour Series title at Canary Wharf in the final round of the 2011 Series. Having come third overall for each of the past two seasons of the unique team based Series, the men of John Herety's team finally came good, to take a popular and hard fought victory.

To read about all the races and results on the Halfords Tour series click here.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men. The Prostate Cancer Charity was founded in 1996 in response to the urgent need to invest more in prostate cancer research and to raise public and political awareness of a long-neglected disease. The charity was established with the broad remit of improving the care and welfare of those affected by prostate cancer.

The Prostate Cancer Charity is now the UK's leading voluntary organisation working with people affected by prostate cancer and offers a confidential helpline, local support groups, help and advice to those diagnosed, information booklets, support from specialist nurses and an online community to help and support anyone affected by prostate cancer. Click here to learn more about the charity.

Commenting on the support of Outsourcery, Owen Sharp, Chief Executive at The Prostate Cancer Charity, explains:

"We are extremely grateful to Outsourcery for their continued support of The Prostate Cancer Charity and our Tour Rides. It is fantastic to see so many staff saddling up to join Team Outsourcery as they take on the London Tour Ride. It is only through the support of organisations like Outsourcery that we can continue to support the 37,000 men and their families who are diagnosed with prostate cancer ever year."

The Prostate Cancer Charity has partnered with The Tour of Britain to bring you Britain’s best bike rides. Experience the thrill of a Tour Ride whilst using your place to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity to fund research, provide support and information whilst campaign to improve the lives of men with prostate cancer.

You can ride the full professional stage or challenge yourself on the half distance in East Anglia, Wales, Scotland and Staffordshire. The Tour ride is also returning to Westminster in 2011 for the iconic London Family Ride, where you can ride the course just hours before the professionals compete in The Tour of Britain finale. To register for a ride near you and for more details, click here.

In addition to being an official partner of the Tour Rides, Outsourcery will be taking part in the charity rides. ‘Team Outsourcery’ will see around 40 staff, customers and partners, of mixed cycling abilities, join forces in a bid to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity.

Outsourcery will be joining hundreds of other teams cycling the closed streets of London on Sunday the 18th of September 2011 in the Canary Wharf Tour Ride. Some of the team members will be riding on 'Boris bikes’, in support of the London Cycle Hire scheme.

Please sponsor Outsourcery and help raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity.