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Top class cycle racing returns to Lincoln on Sunday May 9th as the Lincoln Grand Prix takes to the streets of Lincoln and surrounding countryside. The race now in its 55th year brings continental teams to Lincoln to race against the home based elite road racing stars and with it great publicity for the City with the race regularly voted by both riders and public as the country’s favourite one day event.

With the continued support of Lincoln City Council, the East Midlands Development Agency, the County Council, and our commercial sponsors the race continues to attract the best of the home based teams and riders and a big interest from abroad.

The race starts from the Yarborough Leisure Centre at 10 am and is expected to finish in Castle Square on its 11th lap of the circuit at 1.30 pm.

Television is back here for the seventh time with the event being recorded for Eurosport. Last year's transmission was aired on five occasions bringing some great shots of the race as it wound its way around 11 laps of the 8 mile cuircuit, covering a total of 86 miles. For the second year running the race enjoyed glorious weather and showed Lincoln at its best as the crowd of around 10,000 enjoyed the ambience of the event and a superb finish by Russell Downing to take the winner's spoils. Russell's success last year earned him a place in the huge Sky Team and we wish him every success in his new role as they take on the best of the world professional teams with the eventual goal of a Tour de France winner.

The Velo Club Lincoln with the support of British Cycling and the Lincolnshire Sports Partnership will be organising some public participation events in Castle Square during the race, more on this on the web site shortly.

So Lincoln is the place to be this May for a top class international sporting event, it’s free to watch and a great achievement for the City. Many roads around the circuit will be closed for both the safety of the riders and public, so leave the car in a downtown car park and walk up to the historic centre of Lincoln and Lincoln’s own Grand Prix.

Ian Emmerson OBE
Race Organiser