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Tour of Britain Men
September 7 @ 10:45 am
West Northamptonshire will welcome Britain’s biggest professional cycling event this September, as we host the penultimate stage of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men.
Taking place on Saturday 7 September, the fifth stage of the tournament will start from the University of Northampton and finish at the Guildhall on Northampton’s Derngate after 147 kilometres (91 miles) of racing through the area, including Daventry and nearly 30 villages.
The route
Along the way the race will pass through Daventry, followed by a loop south of the town through villages including Abthorpe, Wappenham, Helmdon, Culworth, Byfield and Hellidon, before looping around Northampton via Watford, West Haddon, Naseby, Kelmarsh and Brixworth for the approach to the finish via Sywell and Ecton.
During the stage riders will tackle a pair of categorised King of the Mountains climbs at Newnham Hill and Bulls Hill, just south of Daventry, and an intermediate sprint at Holcot, at the eastern end of the Pitsford Water causeway.
Full details, including start and finish times, can be found at www.westnorthants.gov.uk/tour-britain-men