Tour of Britain Women 2025 Stage 3 Course Analysis

Welcome to our preview of Stage 3 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, taking place on Saturday, 7 June 2025.

Essential Race Details

• Date: Saturday, 7 June 2025

• Start Time: 11:00

• Distance: 143.8 km

• Start - Finish: The Square, Kelso - The Square, Kelso

• Race Level: UCI Women's WorldTour

• Pro-cycling stats: Official race statistics

• Official Site: Here

• GPX Download: Here

Other Stages

• Stage 1: here

• Stage 2: here

• Stage 4: here

Stem Notes

Miles	Km	Notes
0.0	0	Start - immediately into series of steady climbs
3.1	5	Steady climbing at 3% average gradient
10.8	17.4	Bessies Burn climb - 1.34km at 3.4% (max 9%) - 54m gain
17.4	28	Kicker sequence begins - short punchy climbs on narrow roads
26.1	42	Dingleton Climb approach - NARROW START, filter LEFT off main road
34.2	55	B6359 climb - 1.41km at 4.2% (max 11.7%) - 61m gain
41.0	66	Dunion Hill - 3.8km at 4.7% (max 11.9%) - 183m gain - LONGEST CLIMB
59.0	95	INTERMEDIATE SPRINT - The Square, Kelso - Start of inner loop
67.7	109	Kicker sequence REPEAT - same punchy climbs as first loop
76.4	123	Dingleton Climb approach REPEAT - FINAL QOM - critical positioning
89.4	143.8	FINISH - Flat finish into Kelso's cobbled market square

Course Analysis

Total Distance: 143.8 km
Expected duration: Approximately 4 hours
Course Structure:

• One large outer loop (95 km) featuring all major climbs

• One smaller inner loop (54 km) repeating key climbing sections

• Intermediate sprint at finish line after first loop

• Flat finish into Kelso's cobbled market square

95km Outer Loop

Start with a larger outer loop, before a smaller inner loop that misses out Dunion Hill\

0-28km: Opening With Steady Climbing

The stage begins immediately with a series of steady climbs. From 5km to 10km, average of 3%.

At 17.4km, a short climb:

• Distance: 1.34km

• Gradient: 3.4%, 9.0% average

• QOM: 3 min

28-35.7km: Kicker Sequence

At 28km, sequence of short punchy climbs to tackle, at 4km in length (QOM: 10mins)

With the most challenging of the kicks being one of the first and also comes as the riders turn right of a main road and the hill is on narrower roads

View Corner of main road to Clintmains to Scotsview in Google Street View

The segment for the first kicker at 29km just after the corner shown above is:

• Distance: 0.2km

• Gradient: 11.4%, 18.4% average

• QOM: 35 sec

The segment for the final climb in the series of kickers is at 35km is:

• Distance: 0.65km

• Gradient: 5.1%, 11.5% average

• QOM: 1:38 sec

35.7-42km: Approach to Major Climb

A transitional section leading riders through the rural landscape toward the first major climb. Nothing significant to note. The start of the climb is technical therefore expect a fast run in to manage positioning into the narrow start of the climb.

42-48km: Dingleton Climb - First Ascent

Narrow approach to the start of the climb. As enter town, filter to the left of the main road to start the hill.

View Filter of main road in Google Street View

Then pinches further after 90 degree corner

View Pinch at start of climb in Google Street View

It then continue as wide roads for the remainder of the ascent and descent

The segment for the entire climb is:

• QOM speed: 17.0 km/h
• QOM VAM: 1,141 m/h
• QOM relative power: 4.27 W/kg

48-65km: Rolling Roads to Dunion

After the Dingleton descent, riders traverse rolling countryside to Dunion Climb. Descent road conditions and wide roads.

Climb segment at 55km:

• QOM speed: 25.6 km/h

66-73km: Dunion Hill

Straightforward run into the hill on the main road

Segment details:

• QOM speed: 26.2 km/h
• QOM VAM: 1,255 m/h
• QOM relative power: 5.07 W/kg

73-95km: Return to Finish (Kelso)

Rolling roads alongside the River Tweed lead back to Kelso for the intermediate sprint and start of the second loop.

• Intermediate Sprint at The Square, Kelso (95km)

95km to Finish: Inner Loop

• Kicker Sequence Repeat (109-116km)

• Dingleton Climb Second Ascent - Final QoM (123-128km)

Final Run to Kelso (128-143.8km)

The concluding 15.8km is rolling and wide roads run back into the finish

Weather Outlook

Forecast preserved from the original 2025 race preview; not a current forecast.