Tour of Britain Stage 4 (7th Sep) Redcar - Helmsley

[pierrequiroule]

Hell of a stage that and I think I've ridden every inch of it over the years. Along the coast via Whitby to Robin Hoods Bay then along the Esk Valley to Stokesley (I think - map is not clear) then up Carlton Bank and Newgate Bank on the way to Duncombe Park. Fantastic.

Tour of Britain 2022 stage details revealed - Tour of Britain

Hill-top stage finishes at Glenshee Ski Centre in Aberdeenshire and The Needles on the Isle of Wight will bookend the Tour of Britain in 2022.

www.tourofbritain.co.uk

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

Ohhhh Carlton Bank will be interesting given its gradient coupled with its relatively narrow roads.

 

[pierrequiroule]

The peloton will almost certainly be well reduced by the time they reach Carlton Bank. I would imagine there will be massive crowds there and on Newgate Bank. I'm almost tempted to come over.

 

[MolteniArcore]

Ohhhh Carlton Bank will be interesting given its gradient coupled with its relatively narrow roads.

A horrible climb for us mere mortals but I don't think it's long enough to worry the professionals. The descent will be a good watch though!!

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

A horrible climb for us mere mortals but I don't think it's long enough to worry the professionals. The descent will be a good watch though!!

Not long enough, but the max gradient of 25% isn't fun for anyone.

 

[pierrequiroule]

True it's not long enough, but it's all relative and after what's gone before I'm pretty sure we'll get a small group going away there.

 

[WoodallServices]

The good thing is though something like the Tour of Britain is more like an extended Classic rather than a short Grand Tour so if you want to be in with a chance it’s get stuck in not I’ll have a day off and leave it to the climbers. Can’t wait see that.

 

[The_Lizards_Jumpers]

As you can imagine, the jolly folks on the Gazette comments page are overjoyed at the prospect of a revenue generating event bringing much needed income and publicity to the area.

Teesside and North Yorkshire leg of Tour of Britain route

It looks set to be a hilly one and it'll start from Redcar's Esplanade - here's exactly where you can see the cyclists as they race through our patch

www.gazettelive.co.uk

 

[pierrequiroule]

I laughed out loud when I read this one earlier. I reckon he's talking about you TLJ (you terrorist you) as I don't own anything in lycra.

I understand how it brings revenue into the affected areas but not everyone is excited about hundreds of lycra clad terrorists and their followers riding around causing mayhem and disruption for the locals.

 

[Davey_C]

Redcar was robbed of the tour de yorkshire so fair play to the tour of britain selecting this route

 

[Norman_Conquest]

On Tyne Tees tonight they mentioned the third keg but not the Redcar to Helmsley leg.

I wonder why??