Sep-10 on the Bristol downs – they cycled past a handful of times but that’s about it for what you see on a cycle race.
No brown paper bags to be seen. Bristol hosted the penultimate stage of the race, a split stage with riders contesting an 15-kilometre individual time trial in the morning before a 5-lap circuit race in the afternoon. Both stages took place entirely on a 15.3-kilometre circuit finishing atop the Bristol Downs. The 600-metre SKODA King of the Mountains climb of Bridge Valley Road, which averages 9%, featured in the final kilometres of both stages.
