Tour of Britain 2024 Route + results stage 1: Kelso - Kelso
The cobbled market square of Kelso has seen two stage finishes in the past seven editions. In 2017, Caleb Ewan outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen and Elia Viviani at the line. Two years after that, Alex Dowsett aimed to outsmart the fast men with a late attack, but he was caught within the last 50 metres before Matteo Trentin bested Jasper De Buyst and Mike Teunissen.
The Kelso stage takes place entirely within the Scottish Borders. It features several laps and passes through Coldstream, Gordon, Melrose, Denholm, Jedburgh and St Boswells. There are five KOM sprints, while the route takes in an elevation gain of 2,381 metres.
The final climb, Dingleton (2.6 kilometres at 6.1%), comes 23 kilometres from the finish in Kelso.
Results 1st stage 2024 Tour of Britain
1. Paul Magnier (fra)
2. Ethan Vernon (gbr) s.t.
3. Robert Donaldson (gbr) s.t.
4. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.
5. Casper van Uden (nld) s.t.
GC stage 1
1. Paul Magnier (fra)
2. Julius Johansen (den) + 0.01
3. Ethan Vernon (gbr) + 0.04
Tour of Britain 2024 - stage 1: route, profiles, more
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