host to two stages<\/a> of the biggest professional cycling event on 2 and 3 September.<\/p>\nOne route will pass through East Suffolk, then Mid Suffolk, and Babergh the following day.<\/p>\n
The district councils said they were excited and believed their communities would enjoy the event. <\/p>\n
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Lloyd’s Tour of Britain<\/p>\n
The first stage of the race will pass through East Suffolk<\/p>\n
On 2 September, hundreds of riders will begin the race from Woodbridge at 11:00 BST, covering a total of 161.4km (100.4 miles) to Southwold.<\/p>\n
It will be the first time the opening stage of the race has been held in Suffolk since 2012. <\/p>\n
Throughout this stage, riders will pass through Grundisburgh, Aldeburgh, Saxmundham and Framlingham before an intermediate sprint takes place on Walpole Road in Halesworth. <\/p>\n
Riders will then come through Bungay before coming through Beccles, Wrentham and Reydon.<\/p>\n
The stage will then finish on North Parade in Southwold, expected at around 15:03.<\/p>\n
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Lloyd’s Tour of Britain<\/p>\n
The following day the race passes through Mid Suffolk and Babergh <\/p>\n
For the first time ever, Suffolk will host two stages of the race in the same edition.<\/p>\n
On 3 September, the next stage will start and finish in Stowmarket. <\/p>\n
The 169.3km (105.3 mile) leg starts at 11:00, heading towards Stowupland and Forward Green.<\/p>\n
The route then passes through Debenham and Bedfield with an intermediate sprint in Stradbroke.<\/p>\n
Riders then will head to Eye, Lavenham, and Sudbury, before turning back towards Stowmarket, finishing on Ipswich Street at 15:15.<\/p>\n
Following the Suffolk stages, the race then moves to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, as well as to Ampthill in Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n
It will later conclude in Wales on 7 September.<\/p>\n
‘Worked hard’<\/p>\n
Seamus Bennett, East Suffolk Council’s assistant cabinet member, said they were “thrilled” to host stage one, while Andy Mellen, leader of Mid Suffolk District Council, added they were also “delighted”.<\/p>\n
John Ward, Babergh District Council leader, said he hoped the district would make for “spectacular viewing”.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Day, managing director of British Cycling Events, said the team had “worked hard” to create a “great route” across the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alice Cunningham BBC News, Suffolk SWpix.com The Lloyd’s Tour of Britain Men cycling event will come through parts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-325082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114987321948501546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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