East Suffolk route of cycle race confirmed
The 20th edition of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men will be decided on a 158-kilometre (98.5-mile) final stage through East Suffolk, between Lowestoft and Felixstowe this September.
East Suffolk will hold the final stage of Britain’s biggest professional cycle race on Sunday 8 September for the first time, coming after five days of racing that begins in the Scottish Borders,
Stage six will get underway at 10:30 from Lowestoft’s Promenade, the first time that the town has hosted the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, with the stage heading inland via Beccles and Bungay, and then south through Halesworth, Framlingham, and Saxmundham, before racing along the Suffolk coast between Thorpeness and Aldeburgh.
The second half of the route takes in Snape, Wickham Market, Kesgrave, and Martlesham, before a run in and finish on Sea Road in Felixstowe familiar to riders from 12-months ago, when Wout van Aert took a stage win in Suffolk. The stage is expected to finish between 14:08 and 14:53.
The stage will feature three intermediate sprints – each with time bonuses – at Beccles, Aldeburgh, and Grundisburgh, that will help shape the outcome of who follows in the wheel tracks of Wout van Aert as Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men champion.
More details of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men, including the detailed stage timings and competing teams will be announced in the coming weeks.
