Saw on my local news today that the tour of Britain will be on two days finish on Winlatter Pass, one a Team Time Trial (14K)
I guess one of the good things about Whinlatter is that it has a large carpark as opposed to more difficult Lakeland Passes
Anyway the stages
Stage 1 finishes in Newport
Looking at the map a hilly stage with flat finish.
Stage 2 Finishing in Barnstable
An attack at Challacombe could split the race wide open after a testing day in Devon, not a lot of flat wound there and I presume narrow windy roads
Stage 3 Starts and finishes in Bristol
Not sure about these roads but the finish is I think where Kwiatkowski won from a late attack a few years ago
Stage 4 has sprinters stage all over it
Stage 5 This is the first whinatter pass stage, a 14k team time trial from Cockermouth
Whinlatter Pass is not over steep the last 4k averaging 4%, but it will be interesting to see how teams hold it together on the 4k finish, this will probably decide the GC
Stage 6 twice climbs Whinlatter from the eastern harder side, not as hard as say Honister, but still an uphill finish, I dont expect big gaps and even riders like Ed Bos could win here
Stage 7 This is the longest stage finishing in Mansfield
Possible bunch sprint
Stage 8 Is the London Crit, not much to say about this, they could have found a more interesting way to finish the race
Overall there are some tough stages bit the TTT might be decisive
I guess one of the good things about Whinlatter is that it has a large carpark as opposed to more difficult Lakeland Passes
Anyway the stages
Stage 1 finishes in Newport
Looking at the map a hilly stage with flat finish.
Stage 2 Finishing in Barnstable
An attack at Challacombe could split the race wide open after a testing day in Devon, not a lot of flat wound there and I presume narrow windy roads
Stage 3 Starts and finishes in Bristol
Not sure about these roads but the finish is I think where Kwiatkowski won from a late attack a few years ago
Stage 4 has sprinters stage all over it
Stage 5 This is the first whinatter pass stage, a 14k team time trial from Cockermouth
Whinlatter Pass is not over steep the last 4k averaging 4%, but it will be interesting to see how teams hold it together on the 4k finish, this will probably decide the GC
Stage 6 twice climbs Whinlatter from the eastern harder side, not as hard as say Honister, but still an uphill finish, I dont expect big gaps and even riders like Ed Bos could win here
Stage 7 This is the longest stage finishing in Mansfield
Possible bunch sprint
Stage 8 Is the London Crit, not much to say about this, they could have found a more interesting way to finish the race
Overall there are some tough stages bit the TTT might be decisive
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