British Biking has introduced that stage 4 of the Lloyds Financial institution Tour of Britain Males will happen within the East Midlands this September.
The fourth stage of the shortened six day race will begin in Derby on Friday 6 September earlier than ending in Newark-on-Trent, a city positioned northeast of Nottingham.
The remainder of the host cities had been introduced by the nationwide governing physique final week. Beginning in Kelso within the Scottish borders on Tuesday 3 September, the race will then end in Felixstowe, Suffolk on Sunday 8 September.
In between the beginning in Scotland and the end on the Suffolk coast, the race may also go to the likes of Darlington, Sheffield and Northampton because it steadily heads south.
Following on from the announcement that Northampton will play host to the race for the primary time, Derby will now be part of that listing as a primary time host in 2024. The stage is ready to start out exterior the Derby area, a widely known monitor biking venue, earlier than heading by means of Derbyshire and throughout the border into Nottinghamshire.
Newark-on-Trent has hosted the race on two earlier events. Visma-Lease a Bike’s Olav Kooij received a dash end within the city throughout final yr’s race marking his fourth consecutive stage win. His teammate Wout van Aert went on to win the race total for the second time in his profession.
If Van Aert returns to the race this yr, he will likely be accustomed to the end alongside the seafront in Felixstowe on the ultimate day, after profitable a dash end within the city final September.
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The total route particulars for every stage are anticipated to comply with within the weeks forward as British Biking will get set to stage the Tour of Britain Males for the primary time. After the liquidation of the race’s former organiser, SweetSpot, British Biking took over the operating of the occasion.
It has additionally been shortened to 6 levels with the intention of reaching parity with the newly created Tour of Britain Ladies transferring ahead.
After the success of previous levels within the county, British Biking Occasions managing director Jonathan Day mentioned that he anticipated big crowds of roadside followers to assemble as soon as once more in Nottinghamshire for stage 4.
Day mentioned: “We’ve got seen the nice help throughout Nottinghamshire for current editions of the race, so have little doubt that communities in Derby, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire will once more be out in power to welcome the riders and to make for one more memorable stage of the Lloyds Financial institution Tour of Britain Males, coming on the finish of an enormous summer time of biking.”
