Watching Tour of Britain at Cannock

awallace

Hi all,

Does anyone know what time i need to be in place before the road closures, and what do people do about parking? Park well away and ride in? How much movement on the course is allowed before the riders come through?

Many thanks

alec

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awallace wrote:

Hi all,

Does anyone know what time i need to be in place before the road closures, and what do people do about parking? Park well away and ride in? How much movement on the course is allowed before the riders come through?

Many thanks

alec

usually a rolling road closure, using NEG, should be ok until 10 mins before. It's not olympic stylee, minimal disruption.

Bozman

Check the Tour of Britain website, this will give you rough times for the stages and as mentioned the race is run on a rolling road not closure.

RonB

Will be coming across the Chase (towards Rugeley) between 1100 and 1130 on the 13th. Hope to be there myself, budget meeting permitting.

whyamihere

I'm probably going to be trying to make my way over to the Chase to have a quick watch.

mattshrops

Was at the start last year but i fancy a trip to the chase this time. will try to make it.Orright.

BelgianBeerGeek

The ToB website is very detailed. They can seemingly predict when the riders will be there to the last minute.
I did toy with the idea of staying with the folks in Stafford and riding up to see it, but have settled for a trip to Guildford to see the end.
According to the C+ supplement, if you cycle to the Chase there's cake! Bostin.

whyamihere

BelgianBeerGeek wrote:

According to the C+ supplement, if you cycle to the Chase there's cake! Bostin.

Didn't get that. Tell me more!

awallace

Cheers all. Got the full details now. Im in Birmingham so will allow an hour, get there for 1030/45, park up and ride in i think! Crazy what well do for a few seconds cycling?!

Gizmodo

I've volunteered to help out at KOM 1 and they want volunteers there from 10:30 to 12:30. I've plotted the stage and marked the KOM and Sprint points as accurately as I can from the information sent to volunteers.

See http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1585216

mattshrops

Gizmodo wrote:

I've volunteered to help out at KOM 1 and they want volunteers there from 10:30 to 12:30. I've plotted the stage and marked the KOM and Sprint points as accurately as I can from the information sent to volunteers.

See http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1585216

Cheers for that.

CanalRider

Gizmodo wrote:

I've volunteered to help out at KOM 1 and they want volunteers there from 10:30 to 12:30. I've plotted the stage and marked the KOM and Sprint points as accurately as I can from the information sent to volunteers.

See http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1585216

Thank you, appreciate that.

I think this will be worthy of a day off work. Where will be the best viewpoint on the Chase, Rugeley end, as I will cycle up from West Bromwich.

CR

RonB

I would suggest the top of the climb out of Brocton. I would imagine that any breakaways and the peloton will be flying along Penkridge Bank Road into Rugeley after that.

Gizmodo

KOM 1 at 21 miles. It's not a public road as such, it's an access road through the Chase, plenty of car parks, grass verges to stand on. http://app.strava.com/segments/1021710

Or at 25.5 miles it goes past a road called Birches Valley, there is mountain bike centre including a cafe 30 yards down that road. Get coffee whilst you're waiting. Come on a mountain bike and you can do Follow the Dog afterwards.

giropaul

I agree with RonB - they'll be flying after the evil little climb, as it's pretty much down hill until after Bower Lane (although the bit along to the German Cemetery is draggy at parts). All you'll see is a flash of colour!

For complete details of the route here's the Race Handbook.

http://www.tourofbritain.com/_ns_pdf/20 ... l_2012.pdf

awallace

Gizmodo wrote:

KOM 1 at 21 miles. It's not a public road as such, it's an access road through the Chase, plenty of car parks, grass verges to stand on. http://app.strava.com/segments/1021710

Or at 25.5 miles it goes past a road called Birches Valley, there is mountain bike centre including a cafe 30 yards down that road. Get coffee whilst you're waiting. Come on a mountain bike and you can do Follow the Dog afterwards.

Cheers for the info, Im definitely going to get on the road out of Brocton if i can.

CanalRider

Well I shall be coming on my roadie so follow the dog is out of the question, but I know the cafe. I might make an early start and make a day of it and my mom's is on route so I have to call in it's the law.

colsoop

Right on my doorstep and going through some of my riding route and i have jury service :roll:

mattshrops

colsoop wrote:

Right on my doorstep and going through some of my riding route and i have jury service :roll:

Get yourself arrested this week and they wont let you do it.

Velonutter

I should be there on Brocton Hill with my two Boxers if anyone wants a chat?

Gizmodo

The Skoda ad on the back page of the TOB supplement with this month's C+ says that Skoda will be serving free coffee and cake at Cannock Chase, presumably at their KOM area.