Tour of Britain 2011

[Biscuit]

THe TOB has filled up my inbox via the power of twitter. Anyway. Route details are out.

Sunday 11th September, Stage One, Peebles to Dumfries
Monday 12th September, Stage Two, Kendal to Blackpool
Tuesday 13th September, Stage Three, The Stoke-on-Trent Stage
Wednesday 14th September, Stage Four, Welshpool to Caerphilly
Thursday 15th September, Stage Five, Exeter to Exmouth
Friday 16th September, Stage Six, Taunton to Wells
Saturday 17th September, Stage Seven, Bury St Edmunds to Sandringham
Sunday 18th September, Stage Eight a, The TfL Stage, Individual Time Trial
Stage Eight b The TfL Stage, Circuit Race.

Looks good so far.

 

[paddy01]

Exeter to Exmouth....... must be going some long way round then, it's only 11 miles or so :-)

Will be a fine spectacle to see these guys riding some of roads I ride on a daily basis! :-)

 

[Biscuit]

Indeed - goes all over the place.


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[snorri]

ToB and they don't get north of Peebles...wimps.

 

[photography27]

no swansea this year then....hmph!!

 

[Biscuit]

ToB and they don't get north of Peebles...wimps.

You'd have hoped they could have least had an Edinburgh to Glasgow in there somewhere.

 

[xpc316e]

For the second year running, a stage starts in Bury St Edmunds. Apparently the organisers were impressed with what the town and county did last year, so they are coming here once more - whoopee!

 

[colinr]

But not through Norwich this year. Grumble.

 

[Telemark]

ToB and they don't get north of Peebles...wimps.

At least they make it north of the Border this year! Last year it was the Tour of England and a bit of Wales, if I remember correctly (goes off to check ...)

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[briantrumpet]

Exeter to Exmouth....... must be going some long way round then, it's only 11 miles or so :-)

Will be a fine spectacle to see these guys riding some of roads I ride on a daily basis!

Yes indeed. Great news for cycling in Devon. I knew that Somerset were not going to host the ToB this year, so I'm glad Devon has taken up the slack - Somerset's loss is Devon's gain. I'll also look forward to seeing them fly along roads familiar to me - there are some very quick sections there - I've done nearly all of them, though must do the Haytor climb sometime. It's a shame they aren't doing the Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride in Devon this year, but I will probably do the route solo or with a friend or two sometime over the Summer anyway.

 

[paddy01]

I quite like the idea of riding the Devon tour route, distance is a bit of a concern though, I've just chickened out of the Force Charity Century Cycle 100 miler and plumped for the 55 as I think a 100 that goes over the top of Exmoor (twice) might be a bit much for a first 100.

 

[briantrumpet]

I quite like the idea of riding the Devon tour route, distance is a bit of a concern though, I've just chickened out of the Force Charity Century Cycle 100 miler and plumped for the 55 as I think a 100 that goes over the top of Exmoor (twice) might be a bit much for a first 100.

It certainly won't be an easy ride - I'm guessing there'll be getting on for 10,000ft of climbing, including some long pulls. I'll try to find that out a bit more precisely once I know what the exact route is. I don't think you'd want to try this if you haven't got a good 100 miles confidently in your legs.

Yeah, I'm doing the 100-mile Force ride - perhaps you should be brave and do it next year - it actually only goes up onto Exmoor once and comes back down - the profile isn't too scary. Not nearly as taxing as the ToB route.

 

[spen666]

for those Sweaties wingeing that Tour doesn't spend long enough in Sweaty land- I suggest you speak to your local councils. If they do not bid for the Tour or provide the necessary support it is not going to go there.

 

[perplexed]

They must be expecting a load of wimpy lightweights to ride this year.

Otherwise they'd come through Sheffield and her accompanying, endless, chuffin hills!!

 

[Biscuit]

for those Sweaties wingeing that Tour doesn't spend long enough in Sweaty land- I suggest you speak to your local councils. If they do not bid for the Tour or provide the necessary support it is not going to go there.

I didn't know they had to bid? That's interesting. I thought it was down to the race organisers, sponsors, and logisitics of coverage etc. Does that mean the local councils are using tax payers money to bid for the tour to be routed through thier borough?