Tour of Britain
Tour of Britain 2009
12th – 19th September 2009
Rolling out from North Lincolnshire on Saturday 12th September and finishing in London on Saturday 19th September, the 2009 Tour of Britain will once more offer cycling fans eight days of exciting action. The winner will be crowned in London after the final day’s ride which finishes where last year’s tour started in the heart of the capital.
The 2009 Tour of Britain
| Stage No | Date | Start | Finish | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Saturday 12 September | Scunthorpe | York | 172km |
| Stage 2 | Sunday 13 September | Darlington | NewcastleGateshead | 153km |
| Stage 3 | Monday 14 September | Peebles | Gretna Green | 153km |
| Stage 4 | Tuesday 15 September | Blackpool | Blackpool | 148km |
| Stage 5 | Wednesday 16 September | Stoke-on-Trent | Stoke-on-Trent | 134km |
| Stage 6 | Thursday 17 September | Frome | Bideford | 183km |
| Stage 7 | Friday 18 September | Hatherleigh | Yeovil | 159km |
| Stage 8 | Saturday 19 September | London | London | 92.5km |
Tour of Britain and cycling resources
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A great time to get on your bike
With the amazing British cycling achievements in the Beijing from Sir Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins CBE, Victoria Pendleton, Rebecca Romero and the other medal winners from the GB Olympic team. Couple this with achievements of British cyclists in the 2009 Tour de France. 4th place in the GC for Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish, the undisputed fastest sprinter in the world.
Work is already underway on the London 2012 Velodrome, which is being designed to be the fastest track ever made. Cycling has become the second fastest growing sport in Britain. You might think that British cycling is having a bit of a renaissance at the moment. Transport for London think so, they also say that there has been a 91% increase in the number of cyclists on London’s roads since 2000, an estimated half-a-million cycle journeys every day in the capital.
