Tour of Britain returns to Nottinghamshire

The Tour will return for the first time in four years

Nottinghamshire has been chosen to host the penultimate – and longest – stage of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain cycle race.

The event returns to Nottinghamshire this year on Saturday 8 September starting in West Bridgford and ending in Mansfield, when 120 of the world’s top cyclists race the longest stage which is approximately 139 miles long.

The announcement comes on the back of last year’s successful event which attracted 210,000 supporters on the day – one of the biggest turn-outs across the eight stage race across the UK.

The race boosted the Nottinghamshire economy by more than £3.4m.

The route will take in key Nottinghamshire landmarks such as the new Sherwood Forest Visitor centre, Newstead Abbey, Clumber Park and Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. The race will travel through town and villages in the south of the county as well as taking riders over the Trent Bridge for the first time.

Mick Bennett, Tour of Britain race director, said: “The turn-out for the Nottinghamshire stage last year really was incredible. The viewing figures for ITV4 show that Stage Four was popular with the audience at home too, with half a million people tuning in to watch the highlights– attracting the highest ratings of any of the other seven highlight shows.”

The route will take in dozens of towns and villages including Ruddington, Cotgrave, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Southwell, Retford, Worksop and Hucknall.

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