{"id":48368,"date":"2025-08-06T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48368\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:35:12","slug":"tour-of-britain-route-between-milton-keynes-and-ampthill-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48368\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Britain route between Milton Keynes and Ampthill revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Fullbrook<\/p>\n<p>BBC News, Buckinghamshire<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753979529_433_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/27a526c0-63c4-11f0-af20-030418be2ca5.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"SWpix.com A cyclist with his arms aloft as he crosses the line first. He is wearing a red top and a cycling helmet and wrap around sunglasses. He is being followed by other cyclists and there is a crowd of people on the right hand side behind the hoardings.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>SWpix.com<\/p>\n<p>Paul Magnier won the race in nearby Northampton in 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The villages and towns that will make up part of the route for Britain&#8217;s biggest professional cycle race have been detailed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire will host Stage 3 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men on 4 September, starting at Midsummer Boulevard and finishing on Woburn Street in Ampthill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It has now been announced the 122.8-kilometre (76.4-mile) leg will pass Woburn, Toddington, Barton-le-Clay, Shefford, Northill and Old Warden<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Adam Zerny, leader of Central Bedfordshire Council, said: &#8220;We know how excited local residents are about hosting the event, and we see this as a great chance to showcase our picturesque villages and countryside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Deputy leader of Milton Keynes City Council, Lauren Townsend, added: &#8220;We&#8217;re proud to be hosting the start of this major stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men here in Milton Keynes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">&#8220;We look forward to welcoming people from across the city and beyond to cheer on the riders and be part of the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753979529_433_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/170d4bc0-72c0-11f0-afda-bb39e9f348ef.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"British Cycling A map of Bedfordshire including Milton Keynes on the far left- shows the route of the tour in green with labels on Ampthill and Milton Keynes.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>British Cycling<\/p>\n<p>The route crosses Bedfordshire after leaving Milton Keynes<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Stage three starts in Milton Keynes at 11:30 BST and ends in Ampthill around 14:40. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The route leaves the Buckinghamshire city via Caldecotte and on through Woburn Sands, passing Woburn Abbey Deer Park on its way towards Toddington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">After reaching Chalton, riders will head east to Streatley and Barton-le-Clay, passing an ancient woodland at Sharpenhoe<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Spectators near Biggleswade will see the riders twice as they loop the area, before climbing uphill in the final sprint towards Ampthill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Jonathan Day, managing director for British Cycling Events, said: &#8220;With a month to go until the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men gets underway, we are delighted to be sharing the exciting details of all six routes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753979529_433_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/57c1f6a0-63c2-11f0-b78c-6b951187ffbf.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SWpix.com A large group of cyclists riding through a town with crowds cheering them on either side of the street. Some people are taking pictures of the cyclists.\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>SWpix.com<\/p>\n<p>The event attracts a roadside audience of more than one million<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">This year will be the first time that the Lloyds Tour of Britain has come to Ampthill and Central Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The competition begins on 2 September with two stages in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The largest free-to-attend sporting spectacle in the UK features Olympic, world and Tour de France champions, and attracts a roadside audience of more than one million spectators. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Buckinghamshire SWpix.com Paul Magnier won the race in nearby Northampton in 2024 The villages&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-48368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}