Route Unveiled as Tour of Alberta 2016 Returns to Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – The route has been unveiled for the Lethbridge stage of the Tour of Alberta 2016.
The race – which will be televised in 161 countries – will see 120 elite cyclists from around the world travel 107-km, doing nine laps of a circuit that begins and ends at Galt Gardens on September 1.
It will get underway at 5 pm at Galt Gardens, with competitors going north on Scenic Drive to Peenaquim Park and then back out of the river valley to return downtown. It’s expected to end between 7-8 pm.
Chair of the local organizing committee, Chris Witkowski, noted that it’s significant to have the race back in Lethbridge, especially after the challenges they faced last time it was here in 2014.