Tour of Britain final stage route change due to Cycle Superhighway construction

Construction of new Cycle Superhighways in London means a route change for final stage of 2015 Tour of Britain

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The route of this year’s Friends Life Tour of Britain London stage is to be a circuit race confined to Westminster only – against the organiser’s wishes.

ToB organiser Sweetspot had requested that the capital’s stage – likely to be the final stage on Sunday, September 13 – was a route that passed through several areas of the city.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.