Tour of Britain 2015 - Stage 5 - Prudhoe - Hartside Fell

Thursday 10^th September brought Stage Five into our home region, Northumberland. Stars of the cycling world raced through the centre of Hexham with thousands of spectators there to cheer them through the gruelling fifth stage and EcoCabs was there to capture the moment.

The Cyclists then travelled across the Pennines and into Cumbria with the early route from Prudhoe alongside the River Tyne and then Hadrian’s Wall. The stage took in the Lake District National Park around Ullswater before the final climb of eight kilometres to the summit finish on Hartside Fell above Penrith in the Eden District.

Wout Poels (Team Sky) took the the victory on the Tour of Britain’s only summit finish of the 2015 edition, riding past Edvald Boasson Hagen (MTN-Qhubeka) in the final 150m to seal the stage glory.
He couldn’t claim the leader’s yellow jersey however, as Boasson Hagen’s five-second lead on Poels at the start of the day saw the Norwegian champion move to the top of the GC by one second.

We can fully support your ride from start to finish and supply bike transport to the start point and collection from the end point. Baggage transfers can also be arranged and delivered to your chosen accommodation along the route ahead of your arrival.

Eco Cycle Adventures has capabilities to cater for all sized groups.

Our fleet comprises of cars, mini buses and mini coaches, fully equipped with specialised bike trailers and top of the range Thule bike carriers. We regularly service many popular routes with 8 – 16 & 22 people with bikes, but we have capacity to take up to 70+ at one time.

Some people will complete this cycle route in pairs and others rely on the camaraderie of larger groups, some as big as 100.

Our team, some with first aid training and with a general knowledge of bike mechanics (on request) are enthusiastic, friendly and eager to help.

We will transport you, your bike and bag to the start point of Stage Five of the Tour Of Britain 2015.

As you cycle, we will transfer your luggage to your chosen accomodation ahead of your arrival.

After you have completed Stage Five of the Tour Of Britian 2015, we will greet you with a smile and a well-deserved pat on the back and transport you, your bike and bag home.

If you have left your own transport at the start or end of the Stage, we can also provide a one-way transfer back to your vehicle.

Our transfer packages for riders, bikes and bags will vary depending upon whether you're collected from your home, mulitple collection points, transport hubs, or the amount of people travelling in your group.

Firstly, if you need to be transported to the start of the cycle route you're about to embark, you need to establish where you would like to be collected with your bike & baggage. Also, will this be one point for all or does each of your group require separate collections from different points?

Next, depending on the length of your cycle route and the number of days you're cycling will dictate how many stop-overs you require. Find this out and we will collect your baggage and take it ahead of your arrival to your chosen accomodation, then collect it the following day and do the same for the duration of your cycle route. At the end of the ride, we will collect you and your group with bags and take you bake to your pre-arranged drop-off point, again this may be one point for the whole group of individual drop-off's.

All of our transfer packages for riders, bikes and baggage and individually priced with all of the above taken into consideration. We are very competitive and take care with each enquiry having already transported thousands enthusiastic riders and their individual bikes and even more bags.

Please do not hesitate to get in-touch for your quote today, email us, call us or simply click on the enquiry form, we look forward to hearing from you.

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