List of road closures expected across Greater Manchester when the Tour of Britain event takes place

Various towns across Greater Manchester are set to welcome the cyclists of the Tour of Britain next month.

The 163.6km route is scheduled to start in Altrincham, take a tour anticlockwise around Greater Manchester before heading back through Wigan towards Manchester city centre. The hill climbs, dubbed as ‘King of the Mountains’, come at the Rake in Ramsbottom and Grains Bar.

The culmination of what is stage one of the tour will be at Deansgate, the scene of a memorable victory from recently-crowned world champion Mathieu van der Poel.

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Come Sunday, September 3, whether it be within a special hospitality package or just watching the cyclists zoom past from the roadside - spectators are welcomed and expected. However, this does mean there will be road closures in place.

In order to reduce disruption, road closures will only be in place for short periods of time whilst the riders go through. The Tour of Britain team will be operating a ‘rolling road closure’ which means roads on the route would only be closed for around 30 minutes at a time.

Cyclists will set off from Altrincham at 11.45am and are expected at Deansgate for 3.53pm.

Here is a timetable of when the riders will be going through each location on the route:

For more detailed timings on when each road is expected to close, visit the Tour of Britain website here.

Longer road closures for Manchester city centre

Manchester has been chosen to host the final stage with the finish line on Deansgate. In order for this to take place the following road closures will be implemented:

Road Closures at the following locations will take place between 5am and 9pm: