Drat - stage 4 is a local one but I won't get to see it round here! My cousin always comes down from Scotland on the Friday so we drive out to watch the Saturday stage and then ride the sportive on the Sunday. We will have to drive to somewhere on the route on Saturday and then drive out to Leeds on the Sunday and miss watching the stage pass along the Calder Valley.
That stage 4 route looks really tough! Goose Eye is a steep climb but it isn't very long. Park Rash (near Kettlewell) is a brutal climb and would be a fantastic place to watch the peloton ascend in painful slo-mo. I am sure that thousands of fans will have exactly the same idea so get there early. Greenhow Hill out of Pateley Bridge will also be good - there are about 3 steep ramps on it. Otley Chevin is about 1 mile at a steady 10% so that will be another great vantage point.
Stage 3 passes right past my front door
I'm having a BBQ in the front garden for it - I can't bloody wait!!!
Its coming through Pontefract hope they get the roads sorted, further along the route, Old Pool Bank is a good climb for us mere mortals probably nothing for the pro's.
Is there a GPS file of the routes anywhere ?
I'll tell you where Cheese Bottom is for a fiver
Its coming through Pontefract hope they get the roads sorted, further along the route, Old Pool Bank is a good climb for us mere mortals probably nothing for the pro's.
Is there a GPS file of the routes anywhere ?
South Elmsall has a slightly unsavoury image, as does Airedale (an estate in Castleford, not the 'valley of the -River-Aire)Sometimes, and i hate to admit this, i don't get northern jokes.