6/6 Stage 1 | Welshpool – Llandudno (142.4km) Hilly
The Tour of Britain doesn’t pull any punches, at 142.4km with 2,178 meters of climbing, stage 1 is the toughest on paper. Rarely flat, the peloton will likely thin out on the Llangynog and Ty’n y Llidiart climbs before descending to a rolling final 40 kilometers into the finish on the Welsh coastline. Group sprint or not, it’s likely to be a dramatically reduced bunch. 

6/7 Stage 2 | Wrexham – Wrexham (140.1km) Hilly

Stage 2 starts and finishes in the Welsh town of Wrexham, home of the Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney-owned football (we don’t call it soccer here) team. This time the stage is backloaded with a rolling start making way to the 4.2km at 6.4% Horseshoe Pass. After that, there’s a roller and then a 10km descent back to Wrexham but puncheurs ought to strike out for the GC on the climb.

6/8 Stage 3 | Warrington – Warrington (106.8km) Flat
It’s the flattest day of the week on Alice’s home roads but there are plenty of obstacles. Pexhill and Shrigley Road constitute the only lumps on the parcours but British roads deal plenty of challenges. It will likely end in a bunch sprint in Warrington though.

6/9 Stage 4 | Manchester – Leigh (99km) Hilly
Stage 4 is the shortest day of the race but packs a punch in the form of the narrow, steep Grains Bar and Ramsbottom Rake climbs. But, we’re in the Lancashire area of England which means the stage is full of rollers that will split the race up in this tour of the Greater Manchester area.