Wales gets 1.1 one day race

[MatParker117]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wales-to-host-one-day-race-in-2015

Wales is set to play host to its first UCI categorised professional race in 2015 after the announcement of a new one-day event in June. The Velothon Wales will consist of a 120km mass-participation sportive in the morning with a full professional race on the same day.

South Wales is known for it’s challenging terrain and hosted the British National Championships earlier this season, where Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky) took the road race title.

Beginning and finishing in the capital Cardiff, the sportive route will take in Caerphilly Mountain and the Tumble climb in the Brecon Beacons, which will be covered during stage nine of this year's Tour of Britain. Caerphilly is well known to riders who’ve ridden the Tour of Britain in recent years, as the short ascent includes gradients of 17%. The sportive will complete one loop covering these climbs, totalling 1,400 metres of ascent. The professionals are likely to tackle it more than once, making for a challenging overall route that is unlikely to end in a sprint finish.

Tour of Britain, Tour of Yorkshire, Ride London and now this, 2015 looks a good year for racing on this island.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

That's nice. GB has a lot of nice terrain for cycling. It will be nice to see some racing there. Especially in Wales and Yorkshire there should be plenty good hilly terrain for making great routes.

Also, the British seem to like cycling, or at least the TDF seeing the crowds this year in the TDF.

 

[Catwhoorg]

Nice

Wales should get the Grand Depart next time le tour crosses the channel.

Great terrain, and people.
Probably not as accessible for the crowds though, compared to Yorkshire.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Caerphilly Mountain, the Box Hill of Wales

 

[VO2 Max]

Caerphilly Mountain, the Box Hill of Wales

Big time. Some major choppers to dodge last time we descended from there to Tongwynlais.