The route for the fourth stage of the Tour of Britain (August 30 - September 4) was unveiled yesterday at Loughborough University. The east Midlands stage from Buxton Derbyshire to Nottingham takes in many of Derbyshire's picturesque villages and towns including Bakewell, Matlock, Cromford, Wirksworth, Belper, Duffield, Derby, Swarkstone, Ashby-de-la Zouch, Loughborough, Leicester, Melton Mowbray, Ab Kettleby and Upper Broughton.
The 2005 Tour of Britain starts in Glasgow, Scotland on Tuesday, August 30 and finishes in Westminster, London on Sunday, September 4.
