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

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

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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.

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Then pinches further after 90 degree corner

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

The segment for the entire climb is:

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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:

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66-73km: Dunion Hill

Straightforward run into the hill on the main road

Segment details:

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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

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