The Tour of Britain bike race comes to Broadway on Wednesday 10th September

Stage Four is 185Km long, starting in

Worcester > Malvern > Pershore > Evesham > Broadway > Snowshill > Finishes in Bristol.

see the full stage route map here. There is also a really good document here on how Worcestershire is supporting the race.

Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish are the big names to watch out for, and you can keep up to date with the standings at the ITV Tour of Britain site.

How the race affects Broadway, & how we can join in

Tour of Britain route through Broadway

The race will pass through Broadway, as it comes from the Evesham direction, to the Collin Lane roundabout, up the bypass, right at the next roundabout onto the Leamington Road, turn right onto the High Street and then left by the Green and onwards and upwards to Snowshill and beyond.

There will be an intermediate sprint stage on the Leamington Road, which means there is likely to be some drama there, as there are points to be won by the sprinters, and it means Broadway will get a large mention on the TV and media.

Road Closure

The High Street from the mini roundabout to The Swan will be closed from 10-11.00 approx. for the Broadway races.

And for the main Tour of Britain Race 12-12.30 approx

The other roads approaching Broadway, and the Snowshill road and beyond will be closed in a rolling road closure 15 minutes in advance of the race. As it is a race the timings are approximate.

As soon as the race passes through the roads will be back to normal.

Events on the day

The race itself passes through at 12.30
Best themed and dressed shop window – £100 prize
From 10 am Broadway’s own bike race
11 am Marquee on the Green – Vince Freeman performing
Biscuit decoration – bicycle theme
Hoopla and hook a duck
Street entertainers
Wychavon Health advice roadshow
Children’s picnic – cycling cavalcade TBC

Broadway Bike Race

A relay race consisting of Teams of 3 riders, sharing one bike Starting from the green, heads up to the Leamington Road mini roundabout and back down the High Street. One bike per team to be shared by all riders, therefore the riders swap at the green.

* Contact Mark Riley to enter, more teams are very welcome mark@rileyandthomas.co.uk 01386 832379 07535 218416

*This is for fun, and the rules might change, be mis-applied, forgotten or stuck to as appropriate.

Follow on Twitter #TOB2014 @TOBWorcs

Thanks to Wychavon Council for the support

Just as we were putting this banner up, 2 Skoda cars from the tour of Britain happened to go by and give us a toot, which was nice.

Just as we were putting this banner up, 2 Skoda cars from the Tour of Britain just happened to go by and give us a toot, which was nice.