BRIGG AREA TIMES FOR OVO ENERGY TOUR OF BRITAIN CYCLE RACE SPECTATORS & WHEN ROADS WILL BE SHUT TO VEHICLES

 

Brigg Blog today sets out what local people will be keen to know about the major cycle race  visiting our area next week.
The OVO Energy Tour of Britain will be coming to town on Tuesday, September 5.
WHERE TO WATCH IT AND WHEN
Estimated times if you want to see the riders speed by are as follows:

• Messingham High Street 1.09pm
• Greetwell 1.24pm
• Kirton Lindsey 1.32pm
• Redbourne 1.38pm
• Hibaldstow (Station Road) 1.43pm
• Scawby (West Street) 1.46pm
• Scawby Brook 1.50pm
• Brigg (Bridge Street) 1.52pm
• Brigg (Barnard Avenue) 1.53pm
• Brigg (Wrawby Road) 1.54pm
• Wrawby 1.56pm
• Melton Ross 2.05pm
• Kirmington 2.11pm
• Croxton 2.13pm

You are being strongly advised to take up a vantage point at least half-an-hour before the listed time.

DELAYS FOR DRIVERS ON ROADS IN AND NEAR BRIGG
Motorists using roads in Brigg and district that are on the race route will want to know about delays to traffic.
What they call a rolling roadblock will operate. Between 15 and 20 minutes before the riders come through, police motorcyclists will shut the road and clear it of traffic.
Once the race has passed, the road will reopen.
No section should be shut for more than 30 minutes in total.
So take careful note if you are planning to drive on the A18 in Brigg early in the afternoon on September 5.
North Lincolnshire Council expects 200,000 spectators during the 178km stage which will criss-cross the district - north, south, east and west.

The local authority's leader, Coun Rob Waltham, from Brigg, seen above during the stage launch at the Buttercross in April,  said: “We’ve managed to keep our road closures to a minimum to avoid unnecessary disruption on race day but we apologise for any inconvenience these closures will cause. We’re encouraging residents to be aware and plan their journeys so they don’t get caught up.
“Hosting the Tour of Britain is an excellent opportunity for North Lincolnshire to showcase our area on a national stage and we want it to run as smoothly as possible. We’re expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors to come to our spectator-friendly stage, providing a welcome boost to our local economy and employment.”
Re-launched in 2004 after a five year absence from the calendar, the OVO Energy Tour of Britain is British Cycling’s premier road cycling event giving cycling fans the opportunity to see the world’s best teams and riders competing on their doorstep.  The OVO Energy Tour of Britain is the UK’s highest ranked professional stage race and the country’s largest free-to-watch sporting event, organised annually by SweetSpot Group.
Ranked at the 2.HC level by the UCI, the OVO Energy Tour of Britain attracts the world’s top cyclists, including Olympic and World Champions and Tour de France stage winners, to compete on British roads each September, with three-hours of live coverage a day on ITV4.


FROM CHRIS O'ROURKE, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL

Cycling fans will be able to watch every moment of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain live this September as ITV4 screen all eight stages from Start to Finish in their entirety for the first time.
Thanks to ITV4 and OVO Energy, fans won’t miss any of the action between Sunday 3 and Sunday 10 September, as the channel will have exclusive rights to the full live coverage of all eight days, with Matt Barbet and Yanto Barker once again presenting the coverage of Britain’s biggest professional cycle race.
Chris Houghton, Managing Director, OVO Energy, said: “We’re proud to be the title sponsor of the country’s largest free-to-watch sporting event, the Tour of Britain. This year, fans won’t miss a pedal stroke - with extended live television coverage of up to six hours each day across all eight stages of the race. Those tuning in will witness the most exciting Tour yet."
In addition to the live coverage, ITV4 will also screen a nightly magazine show bringing a wrap-up of the best of the action from each day’s stage for anyone who has missed the live programmes.
ITV4 will be celebrating broadcasting ten year’s of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain in 2017, having shown daily highlights each September since 2008, and live coverage of each stage since the 2012 race.
Commenting on the announcement, Alastair Grant, Commercial Director of race organisers SweetSpot said: “It is fantastic news that for the first time viewers on ITV4 will be able to watch every second of the OVO Energy Tour of Britain live, from our start in the heart of Edinburgh to the Cardiff finish, we look forward to providing viewers nationwide with a showcase of the best Britain has to offer this September. We are also delighted on behalf of our partners and regional stakeholders thanks to the greatly increased promotional platform that this extended live coverage will deliver, with over 15-hours more coverage.”
Among the star names who have already been confirmed for the OVO Energy Tour of Britain, which begins in Edinburgh on the 3 September are recently crowned European Champion Alexander Kristoff, World Time Trial Champion Tony Martin and Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski, plus multiple British Time Trial Champion Alex Dowsett, while British duo Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas are expected to ride should both recover from their Tour de France crash injuries in time.
OVO Energy, the UK’s top rated independent energy supplier was announced as the title sponsor of the Tour of Britain at the end of April.

Stage One: Sunday 3 September - Edinburgh to Kelso
Stage Two: Monday 4 September - Kielder Water & Forest Park to Blyth
Stage Three: Tuesday 5 September - Normanby Hall Country Park to Scunthorpe
Stage Four: Wednesday 6 September - Mansfield to Newark-on-Trent
Stage Five: Thursday 7 September - The Tendring Stage Individual Time Trial
Stage Six: Friday 8 September - Newmarket to Aldeburgh
Stage Seven: Saturday 9 September - Hemel Hempstead to Cheltenham
Stage Eight: Sunday 10 September - Worcester to Cardiff.
   

LINK TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE EVENT...