http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The Great Tour (featuring Philippa York) - from 20 July en Sun, 17 May 2026 21:51:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20288#post-334273 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:09:54 +0000 chrisfl 334273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to Strava (and my eyes) they were right behind me on West Shore Road this morning, Before I turned off :(</p> <p>Apparently they also had Mark Beaumont and Sandy Gilchrist riding with them this morning. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20288#post-334270 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:55:41 +0000 Arellcat 334270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/top-former-cyclist-will-ride-scottish-homeland-first-time-decades-charity-event-2912486" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/top-former-cyclist-will-ride-scottish-homeland-first-time-decades-charity-event-2912486</a></p> <p>"Philippa York, who became the first Brit to win a major classification in the Tour de France in 1984, will return to cycle around Scotland’s coast from Edinburgh to her native Glasgow as part of The Great Tour, a fundraising journey around the coast of Britain.</p> <p>She will leave with the rest of the Great Tour cyclists from Edinburgh on July 20, and arrive in Ayr on August 4.</p> <p>The 1,750km route will take in Aberdeen, Inverness, Wick, Tongue, Ullapool, Mallaig and Oban on its route, with the group cycling between 80 and 140 kilometres a day." </p>