Milk Race 5 June, 1974
CYCLING WEEKLY|September 16, 2021
A precursor of this year’s AJ Bell Tour of Britain, the 1974 Milk Race was a feast of hills and seaside towns. Starting in Brighton, the route zig-zagged north via Great Malvern and Llandudno, across to Skegness, Scarborough and Whitley Bay, traversing the North Pennines, before finishing in Blackpool (via Harrogate).
Milk Race 5 June, 1974

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