Its origins trace back to 2010 when SweetSpot organised their first women's cycling race, the Horizon Fitness Grand Prix in Stoke-on-Trent.

[3] As history would show, SweetSpot's move was one that the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana organisers would announce some months later.

The first edition was a widely acclaimed success, attracting the world's top riders and teams and widespread media coverage for women's cycling in the UK.

In 2017, the finished in London for the first time in race history,[7] with Belgian rider Jolien D'Hoore winning the stage.

SweetSpot announced in March 2020[13][14] that the planned seventh edition of the race, scheduled to take place between Monday 8 and Saturday 13 June, was postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.