Originally published on Cyclingnews
The route for the 2016 Tour of Britain has been announced and will take the riders from Scotland, through Wales and the South West of England. The eight-day race, which begins in Glasgow on September 4 and finishes in London a week later, hopes to form, once again, part of many riders' preparations for the World Championships.
“We are confident that this year’s route for the Tour of Britain will provide the opportunity for eight exciting days of racing and a multitude of opportunities for riders and teams to be aggressive and make the race,” said race director Mick Bennett.
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“We believe that with the combination of longer stages of over 200-kilometres, the tough circuit and time trial in Bristol and the summit finish at Haytor we have not just a great preparation for the World Championships but also a fantastic race that will showcase the British countryside and stands alone in its own right as a race riders will want to win.
Bristol is set to host a split stage on the penultimate day of racing with a time trial and road race taking place on the same hilly course. Bennett told our sister site Cyclingnews that this split stage will have a much bigger impact than the previous London split days.
"It is a technical one, and the climb up zig zag hill was difficult enough in 2014 when [Michal] Kwiatkowski won and that was just one climb of it. I think it will make all the difference. The time trial in London was pan flat and the circuit was too. This time it is a technical time trial circuit, not one for the purists, and then they’ve got it five times in the afternoon so it is completely different to the London concept," he said.
The route
2016 Tour of Britain route
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