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will snake their way down to end up in the ferry port of Felixstowe in Suffolk over six days from 3 to 8 September.
Competitors covered the 113.1- mile course in around four hours, starting and finishing in Kelso and passing through Coldstream, Gordon, Melrose, Denholm, Jedburgh and St Boswells on route. The stage crosses the Cleveland Hills and the North York Moors National Park to the coast at Robin Hood’s Bay via a series of short, sharp climbs.Riders set out at 11am and are expected to finish by mid-afternoon.Stage 3: Thursday 5 September – Sheffield to Barnsley
Skirting Doncaster via Conisbrough and Denaby, cyclists will then loop around the north of Barnsley through Royston and Darton before a climb at Hound Hill, a final challenge for riders before the finish.Stage 4: Friday 6 September – Derby to Newark The East Midlands stage route includes an intermediate sprint, in the closing miles of the race at Collingham, before finishing shortly after 2pm.Stage 5: Saturday 7 September – West NorthamptonshireLeaving the campus, cyclists will head west from Northampton, through Daventry and then onto a loop south of the town and tackle climbs at Newnham Hill and Bullshill.
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