The race consisted of eight stages, starting on 15 September in Peebles, and finishing on 22 September in London.

The race was part of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour and was categorised by the UCI as a 2.1 category race.

Sir Bradley Wiggins won the race after gaining a lead in the stage 3 time trial.

[2] There were 8 stages in the 2013 race covering a total of 1,159.3 kilometres (720 mi).

[3] Notable stages were Stage 6, which featured the race's first ever summit finish, and Stage 3, an individual time trial, something absent in the previous edition.