{"id":56627,"date":"2025-08-10T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56627\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:13:07","slug":"tour-de-france-legend-jens-voigt-cycling-through-highbridge-today-on-uk-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/56627\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France legend Jens Voigt cycling through Highbridge today on UK challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cycling fans in the Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge area are in for a treat today (Sunday, August 10th) as former Tour de France star Jens Voigt pedals through during a ride from Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019Groats.<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old German cyclist, now a Eurosport TV commentator, will be travelling along the A38 through Highbridge at around 1pm, as part of his Day 2 route from Exeter to Bristol, covering 122km.<\/p>\n

Voigt, who famously wore the yellow jersey twice and claimed two stage victories during his Tour de France career, began his \u2018LeJog Ride With Jens\u2019 adventure on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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The challenge spans nine stages and has already attracted attention from cycling enthusiasts across the country.<\/p>\n

In social media posts, Voigt has invited fellow cyclists to join him on the ride\u2014so locals can expect to see a peloton of riders accompanying him as he passes through Highbridge, East Brent, and Rooksbridge.<\/p>\n

All times are estimates and vary depending on weather, road conditions, and group pace.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a rough schedule of Jens Voigt\u2019s expected timings as he cycles through Somerset today (Sunday) on Day 2 of his Land\u2019s End to John O\u2019Groats challenge:<\/p>\n

Approximate timings for\u00a0Jens Voigt\u2019s Day 2 Ride09:30 \u2013 Start at Trek Bikeshop \u201cThe Bike Shed\u201d, Exeter09:50 \u2013 West Clyst (via Pinhoe Road, Main Road, Pinn Hill)10:00 \u2013 Broadclyst \u2192 Budlake10:30 \u2013 Cullompton \u2192 Willand10:55 \u2013 Appledore (via Exeter Road, Lane End)11:15 \u2013 Sampford Moor \u2192 Wellington11:55 \u2013 Taunton \u2192 West Monkton (Bridgwater Road)12:30 \u2013 North Petherton \u2192 Bridgwater (via Bristol Road, Pawlett)13:00 \u2013 Highbridge \u2192 East Brent (via Bristol Road)13:50 \u2013 Rooksbridge \u2192 Lower Weare14:10 \u2013 Churchill (via Bristol Road, Red Hill)14:40 \u2013 Airport Tavern (near Bristol Airport) \u2192 Barrow Common15:15 \u2013 Finish at Trek Shop Bristol, Embassy House, Queen\u2019s Avenue, Bristol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cycling fans in the Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge area are in for a treat today (Sunday, August 10th) as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-56627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}