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<\/p>\nSOME of the world\u2019s top cyclists will be rolling into town in the Lloyds Tour of Britain this Saturday, when Stage 5 takes riders on a spin around Monmouthshire and twice up the legendary Tumble climb.<\/p>\n
Fans will be out in force at the roadside, not least because Welsh cycling superstar Geraint Thomas is making his last appearance in a professional race, after a stellar 19-year senior career. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The riders face an 83-mile route from the start at Pontypool Park to a summit finish atop The Tumble above Abergavenny, before racing a 69.8-mile final leg between Newport and Geraint\u2019s home city Cardiff next day, including Caerphilly Mountain.<\/p>\n
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The stage 5 route of the Tour of Britain through Monmouthshire (Lloyds Tour of Britain )<\/p>\n
Stage 5 starts from Pontypool Park in Torfaen at 11.30am and heads straight into Monmouthshire towards Usk and Chepstow, taking in the first of five king of the mountain ascents at Llangwm, averaging 4.7 per cent over its two miles. <\/p>\n
From Chepstow, the race heads up the three-mile Itton Hill, and then heads on to Monmouth via Devauden and Trellech, before heading out along Rockfield Road and taking the Old Ross Road climb back to Abergavenny via Cross Ash and Llanvetherine, through Mardy and Llanfoist.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Excitement is building as the Lloyds Tour of Britain heads for Monmouthshire <\/p>\n
Then it heads up The Tumble, averaging an 8 per cent incline, followed by a fast descent into Blaenavon and along the Afon Lwyd valley to Pontypool. <\/p>\n
The stage then retraces its route to Usk, turning north via the Chain Bridge across the river, back to The Tumble and the final, gruelling race to the summit finish after more than 2,330m of ascent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The race resumes next morning (Sunday, September 7) at 11.45am beside the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And while the 69.8-mile final stage only features two categorised climbs (Mynydd Bedwellte and Caerphilly Mountain), the constant undulations add up to almost 1,750m of ascent, with a fast finish down to Cardiff\u2019s Bute Park, passing the Maindy cycle track where Geraint started as a youngster.<\/p>\n
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Stage 6 Lloyds Tour of Britain 2025 (Lloyds Tour of Britain)<\/p>\n
The Lloyds Tour of Britain began on Tuesday (September 2) in Suffolk and takes in Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire and Warwickshire before hitting South Wales.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s expected timings are START Pontypool Park 11.30am \/ Usk 11.51am \/ Llangwm 12.07pm\/ Itton 12.27pm\/ Llanishen 12.38pm \/ Monmouth 12.55pm \/ Abergavenny 1:35pm \/ The Tumble (first passage) 1.47pm \/ Blaenavon 1.50pm |\/ Pontypool 2.04pm \/ Usk 2.20pm \/ Llanellen 2.40pm \/ FINISH The Tumble 2.55pm.<\/p>\n