Tour of Britain 2021

[roadrash]

A few details for anyone interested
https://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/sweetspot-confirm-dates-and-look-ahead-to-2021/

 

[figbat]

Ooooh.... the women's tour is starting just up the road from me. Hopefully I'll get a chance to get over there.

 

[DRM]

So once again they ignore Yorkshire, and head west as usual, not exactly a tour of Britain then

 

[BrumJim]

..and I bet they miss out Rutland again. Shocking!

 

[Adam4868]

So once again they ignore Yorkshire, and head west as usual, not exactly a tour of Britain then

Stop moaning you get your own Tour 😁

 

[roadrash]

wherever they have the stages there will always be the usual moaning.....not exactly a tour of britain is it ,... it doesn't pass my front door

 

[BrumJim]

The stages are being announced day by day here.

Currently Cornwall, Devon, Warrington, Cumbria and Aberdeen have been announced. But details of the first two stages only.

Time for the usual "It's not coming to my part of Britain" complaints.

 

[mjr]

Same route as last year's was going to be, isn't it? A tour up that namby-pamby west side. They should come over to the east for a proper test of a flat time trial with none of that freewheeling rest nonsense.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Rescheduled to 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 17th edition of the UK’s most prestigious stage race (Sunday 5-12 September) includes two full stages apiece in both Wales and Scotland.

Twelve of the start and finish host venues are new to the eight-day event, which will cover 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) of racing.
https://tourofbritain.co.uk/spectacular-route-unveiled-for-2021-tour-of-britain

 

[nickyboy]

Going to the Great Orme they should make the riders do the road the trams take up to the top. Its lower slopes are practically unrideable for everyday cyclists. Anything else like a boring circumnavigation of the Orme would be a travesty. They should also herd the Llandudno goats onto the road to increase the excitement

 

[newts]

Nearly goes past my front door
Nasty narrow right turn near the end of stage 2

 

[BrumJim]

Going to the Great Orme they should make the riders do the road the trams take up to the top. Its lower slopes are practically unrideable for everyday cyclists. Anything else like a boring circumnavigation of the Orme would be a travesty. They should also herd the Llandudno goats onto the road to increase the excitement

Looking carefully, it doesn't go up exactly the same route, but takes the parallel Ty-Gwyn Road, which is marked up at 20%.

Doesn't go anywhere near me. Tour of Britain? Tour of Celtic Britain, more like!

 

[Hacienda71]

Looking carefully, it doesn't go up exactly the same route, but takes the parallel Ty-Gwyn Road, which is marked up at 20%.

Doesn't go anywhere near me. Tour of Britain? Tour of Celtic Britain, more like!

Not sure Warrington is Celtic although there may be a few interloppers with Irish Liverpudlian ancestry.

 

[Aravis]

It looks like a nice collection of stages which will look good on television.

I see that the first stage goes through both Zennor and Zelah, handy for any of the riders who haven't finished the A-Z challenge yet.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Wout van Aert has decided he finally is ready to step up to the big time.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wo...tain-on-road-to-flanders-world-championships/

And Cav will be there too