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Details revealed of Stage Four of the Friends Life Women’s Tour
| Published: 17th April 2015 09:28 |
Cheshunt’s Laura Trott among those expected to race in June
Launch of Broxbourne Leg of the Womens' Tour 2015
Broxbourne will again welcome the world’s top cyclists this summer, as we play host to the Friends Life Women’s Tour on Saturday 20 June 2015.
And among those who could be racing is Cheshunt’s own, double Olympic Champion Laura Trott, now riding for the Matrix Fitness cycling team.
Stage Four will start from the High Street in Waltham Cross (close to the Eleanor Cross memorial), finishing 102-kilometres, 63.4-miles, later on Stevenage’s High Street. Along the way riders will pass through Cheshunt Old Pond, Wormley, Turnford and Broxbourne and end up in Hoddesdon town centre. The riders will then make their way to Stevenage.
Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture, Councillor Dee Hart said “It was fantastic to welcome the first ever Women’s Tour to Broxbourne last year. We’re proud to be supporting this unique event again and I hope even more of our residents come out to show their support and be inspired. I wish everyone participating the best of luck.”
Former resident, Laura Trott said “It was a really special moment for me last year to have the Women’s Tour visit my home town and being able to race in front of a home crowd all cheering me was an amazing experience. I’m really excited the race will be back again in 2015 and am looking forward to seeing even more spectators out lining the roadside.”
Starting at 10am, Stage Four is expected to finish in Stevenage at around 1.15pm, with highlights of the race being shown on ITV4 that evening, with a repeat the following morning.
16 teams from nine different countries will take part in the 2015 Friends Life Women’s Tour, including 12 of the world’s top 15 ranked teams. Among them are world number one team Rabo Liv, the Boels Dolmans teams of Lizzie Armitstead and the national teams of Germany and the United States.
Members of the public are encouraged to come out, line the route and support the cyclists.
For further information, residents can visit the Borough’s website at www.broxbourne.gov.uk/womenstour or the official event website at www.womenstour.co.uk .
Created by SweetSpot Group, the Friends Life Women’s Tour is the UK’s first ever international stage-race, bringing the world’s top riders to compete over five days in Great Britain. SweetSpot are an event organiser and sports marketing company behind the organisation of the Tour of Britain,the UK’s biggest professional cycle race and the country’s largest free-to-watch sporting event, and the creation of the unique Tour Series races.
In 2014 Broxbourne hosted the start of Stage Four to Welwyn Garden City, won by Olympic Champion Marianne Vos. Ahead of the stage Laura officially opened the Laura Trott Leisure Centre in Cheshunt.
The Friends Life Women’s Tour will run from Wednesday 17 to Sunday 21 June 2015.
Stage One Wednesday 17 June Bury St Edmunds to Aldeburgh
Stage Two Thursday 18 June Braintree to Clacton
Stage Three Friday 19 June Oundle to Kettering
Stage Four Saturday 20 June Waltham Cross to Stevenage
Stage Five Sunday 21 June Marlow to Hemel Hempstead
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