Yesterday (6th), Councilors and dignitaries from Cornwall Council and Penzance Council marked a year to go until the Tour of Britain gets underway in Penzance by confirming more details of the route for the first visit by the race to Cornwall.

Cornwall will now host the Tour of Britain for the first time on Sunday 5th September 2021 with a 183 kilometre (113.5 mile) opening stage from Penzance to Bodmin.

Cyclists will pass through St Just, St Ives, Hayle, Camborne, Pool, Redruth, Falmouth, Penryn, Truro, Newquay and St Austell.

The stage will feature three ŠKODA King of the Mountains climbs, the first two of these coming on the West Cornwall Coast Road at Zennor and then Rosewall Hill just before St Ives.

The third and final categorised ŠKODA King of the Mountains point will be in the village of Carnon Downs, atop Old Carnon Hill.

Cllr Tim Dwelly, Cornwall Council's portfolio holder for culture, economy and planning, said:

"Having the Tour of Britain in Cornwall offers us a chance to show our wonderful corner of the world off to a global audience and will provide even more reasons for visitors to come here and add a much-needed boost for our towns and our tourist industry next year."

The Tour of Britain stage will be the largest free national sporting event ever hosted by the Duchy with live television coverage of the whole stage broadcast in the UK and around the world and an estimated economic impact of over £3 million for the Cornish economy from hosting the opening stage.

"It is fantastic news not just for those of us lucky enough to live in Cornwall, but it will also attract visitors to come down to celebrate the start with us and provide an economic boost at the start of the late summer season," Malcolm Bell, Chief Executive of Visit Cornwall added.

The 2021 Tour of Britain is due to take place between Sunday 5 and Sunday 13 September 2021, finishing in the city of Aberdeen, with Devon, Warrington and Cumbria among the other confirmed host venues.

Full details of the 2021 Tour of Britain race route will be announced later in the year while detailed timings and locations of the intermediate Sprints for the Cornwall stage will be announced in the spring of 2021.

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