Women’s Tour of Britain Stage 4 Photos
I’m going to be in Warwick for the start of the stage, before moving on to a couple of locations – including the Burton Dassett finale. Warwick Ashorne Burton Dassett Country Park
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Lancaster Grand Prix Photos
The inaugural Lancaster Grand Prix took place today with riders starting and finishing in the host city. The course took them out into the Forest of Bowland area of natural beauty for 7 laps of a hilly circuit before heading back towards town. I rode the course on the way out and can attest to its hilliness, especially riding with a backpack containing all the...
Women’s Tour of Britain 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile
The 2019 Ovo Energy Women’s Tour (of Britain) starts on 10th June in the Suffolk town of Beccles. It then traverses across the middle of the UK, working its way down to Essex, across to Oxfordshire, a tiny burst north to Warwickshire and then heads west, where it spends 2 days in Wales. The end of the race is in Pembrey Country Park, completing a...
Rund um Köln 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile
The first week of June (2nd) sees one of Germany’s major one-day races take place. It’s the second oldest continually running race in Germany, a couple years off for the wars aside. The 2008 edition was cancelled due to snow, at the time the race took place on Easter Monday but has moved to its current start of June date since 2015. The amount of...
Women’s Emakumeen Bira 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile
The Emakumeen Bira is one of the oldest continually running Women’s stage races. It’s taken place each year since 1988 in the Basque region of Spain. For 2019, the time trial is gone – replaced instead with more climbing. The first stage is lumpy but expected to finish in a bunch sprint. The start of the 2nd stage has two decent climbs but their positioning...
Women’s Tour of California 2019 Preview – Tips, Contenders, Profile
California here we come, right back where we started from – or something. The Women’s Tour of California is a 3 stage race with a couple of sprint stages and 1 queen stage that will see the general classification sorted. And it starts tonight for us Brits. The sprint stages are no formality though. Stage 1 has a perfectly positioned little dig of a hill...
