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Tour of Britain full route announced
The route of the 2014 Tour of Britain was unveiled this evening at Canary Wharf in London. As well as the Stage 1 circuit in Liverpool, revealed this morning, the race will also be visiting Bath and Brighton on an eight-day journey round the country that culminates in a double-header final day in London with an individual time trial followed by a road stage, as happened in 2011.
We'll bring you more later, but to start with, as the race raises its profile — this year, for the first time, it has UCI 2.HC status — there will be three hours of live TV coverage every day on ITV. Now that is something to look forward to.
Race director Mick Bennett says: "With our toughest summit finish yet, an individual time trial in London and several longer stages, this year's Tour of Britain has a varied and testing route that will present opportunities to a variety of riders.
"The route will again showcase some fantastic scenery, and combine major British cities with charming and picturesque towns and villages, as well as testing climbs, all of which will make for a memorable Tour.”
Jonny Clay, director of cyclesport at British Cycling, added: "This year's Tour of Britain is set to be the biggest and best yet and is a fantastic way to showcase the event's new, upgraded 2.HC status.
"The Tour of Britain will not only deliver on every level for cycling fans, giving them the opportunity to see the best teams and riders in the world competing on their door step, but it is also a great day out for people of all ages. Watching the race from the roadside is free, allowing thousands of spectators to get caught up in the excitement of the event passing through their city, town or village.”
Organisers have agreed with Transport for London that the Tour of Britain will finish in London for the next five years.
Here's the route:
| Stage 1 | Sun 7 Sep | Liverpool |
| Stage 2 | Mon 8 Sep | Knowsley to Llandudno |
| Stage 3 | Tue 9 Sep | Newtown to the Tumble |
| Stage 4 | Wed 10 Sep | Worcester to Bristol |
| Stage 5 | Thu 11 Sep | Exmouth to Exeter |
| Stage 6 | Fri 12 Sep | Bath to Hemel Hempstead |
| Stage 7 | Sat 13 Sep | Camberley to Brighton |
| Stage 8a | Sun 14 Sep | London individual time trial, presented by TfL |
| Stage 8b | Sun 14 Sep | London circuit race, presented by TfL |
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Just in preparation for Scottish independence. will enjoy watching tour of Scotland though, lots of mountain stages
It looks like it is here:
http://www.glasgow2014.com/image/cycling-road-map
Have a look at this pipe dream for next year: http://www.strava.com/routes/92370
I like the look of that mate
Okay, so London gets three days of racing at UCI HC or WorldTour level, and probably two HC in future.
One of those races, RideLondon, will take place mainly in Surrey, while this year the Tour de France spends maybe an hour in London.
But from next year, Yorkshire - and nowhere else - gets its very own THREE-day stage race, arranged by ASO and probably also at HC level.
Don't get me wrong, it's great that it will be taking place.
But it does rather shoot down the argument that London (home to around 60 per cent more people than Yorkshire, by the way) gets everything.
There is, of course, the third option where the whingers do a bit of growing up and recognise that it's not always going to go their way.
It'd probably a step to far to ask them to get behind the Tour and offer congratulations to those areas that have the opportunity to showcase this time round..
I like this idea. You could even take it further and use a couple of towns/cities as hubs and run the stages in a different direction from the hubs each day.
You could say have four days based out of Taunton, a rest day and then another four days based out of Stirling one year and the next year pick another two hubs. The rest day is only there to facilitate the relocation between hubs. Can you imagine the concentrated revenue brought into an area and the boost to local cycling.
Just an idle musing. Please don't shoot me, it's been a very long day.
Simon, i assume your from London, although i maybe wrong.
Its when your not from London you realise how much more the city gets compared to other areas. Its not just cycling but a lot of other sports as well and its the mentality of a lot of Londoners that becuase its the capital it should automatically get more and its this that annoys and frustrates people.
I dont particularly like London having worked and lived there for a while but i suppose being the capital it will get more.
In the end as long as the race showcases the country and the fans then all is well and good.
Time to make this a two week race and spread it around a bit more. A lot of the country is left untouched, central britain, the east and northeast, nothing.
No lake district stage..... BOOOOOOOOO !
No lake district stage..... BOOOOOOOOO !
I guess the Scottish referendum has already happened, new to be, why are there no stages anywhere even remotely close to Scotland at all, the highlands would be an epic stage and easy to get from Aberdeen to watch some form of professional cycling
Haha! Some South East action, definitely pop to Brighton for the day
Simon, not quite sure what your point is, other than you can cut and paste to take things out of context.
Unless I'm mistaken, the ToB takes the route to places that support it financially so it can only go where the councils are willing to a) host it and b) pay for it. That's one of the main issues behind the long transfers and the geographic inequalities. If you want a stage, a council near you has to be willing to do it and to put its hand in its pocket.
As well as cost, from an armchair perspective there's hopefully consideration given to choosing a course that showcases some of the country's areas of natural beauty and obviously some decent gradients. Basically it needs to look good on telly!
Then of course you'll get the NIMBYs not wanting spectators and everything else descending end masse into the national parks......and also if the stages are out in the sticks there'll be fewer spectators.
Would you like some help with that chip on your shoulder? Perhaps a flower in your hair would make you feel better?
We've been spared a Stoke stage!
Born in Scotland, lived there a few years and have often gone back, grew up and started working in London, went to university in Wales and have lived last several years in Oxford and, more recently, the Cotswolds. So been around a bit and certainly don't have London-centric mindset.
Stage 2 Braemar - Dundee, having a summit finish up Craigowl Hill (3.4km at 9.3%)
Stage 2 Braemar - Dundee, having a summit finish up Craigowl Hill (3.4km at 9.3%)
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