World-class cycling returns to Caerphilly County Borough next month as Stage 6 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men races from Newport to Cardiff via Caerphilly County Borough on Sunday 7th September.
The stage will feature the world’s top professional riders including Geraint Thomas’s final appearance in a road race.
There will be several opportunities to support the riders with approximate timings having been released:
Start
- Newport (Geraint Thomas National Velodrome): 11:45
- Pontymister: 12:06
- Wattsville: 12:14
- Blackwood: 12:26
- Crumlin: 12:37
- Markham: 13:14
- Rhymney: 13:32
- Deri: 13:53
- Bargoed: 13:59
- Nelson: 14:11
- Ystrad Mynach: 14:17
- Caerphilly: 14:26
- Cardiff: 14:45
How the closures work
The rolling road closure entails closing roads along the Lloyds Tour of Britain route, and junctions with access roads to the route, ahead of when the race is expected to pass and while the race moves through.
The length of closure of the rolling road block depends upon how spread out the riders are. Typically, the lead motorcycle instigating the closure is 15 minutes ahead of the lead rider. The closure then remains in place until all riders and race cars have passed through.
There will be police cars as well as National Escort Group (NEG) motorbikes that will work to safely hold traffic and restart traffic before and after the race moves through areas of a town, city or village.
The rolling road closure works like a moving bubble: the edges of the bubble are maintained by the police escort bikes and race safety and support cars at the front and rear of the race, while the race itself (i.e. the riders) sits in the centre of the bubble.
