The Tour of the North International stage race may have fallen victim to the Covid-19 pandemic, but a Zwift version of the race will still be run.
Just like the traditional road event, the virtual Tour of the North will take place over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and will feature four stages over three days
The event is being promoted by Team Ulster Zwifters and gets underway on Easter Saturday, April 3rd, with two stages; a 29km greater London flat race and an 8km TT in Bologna.
The following day sees the riders tackle four laps of the Watopia hilly route, for a stage distance of 37km, and on Easter Sunday the race concludes with a 46.8km race at Quatch Quest.
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“Team Ulster Zwifters are very proud to announce we have taken on the challenge of running this year's Tour of The North International Cycle Race 2021 virtual edition with full endorsement from the Tour of the North committee,” Ulster Zwifters said.
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“This International race has been running for over 50 years every Easter on roads around Northern Ireland.
“Former
winners include the former world number
1 Sean Kelly, in 1976, and more recently the 2013 world scratch race
champion Martyn Irvine from Newtownards who won the 2009 race.
“Our own Thomas Evans is also a former winner and he along with the commentary team will be streaming the full event live of our TUZ YouTube channel,” Ulster Zwifters added, saying it would release more details soon."
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