200,000 people expected to watch 3rd stage of Tour of Britain which kicked off near Scunthorpe

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Tuesday 5 September 2017 at 1:38pm

3rd stage of Tour of Britain kicked off from Normanby Hall near Scunthorpe Credit: ITV Yorkshire

Two hundred thousand people are expected to watch the third stage of the Tour of Britain - which kicked off at Normanby Hall near Scunthorpe this morning.

167 kilometre route loops around North Lincolnshire - ending in Scunthorpe this afternoon.

Yorkshire's Graham Briggs is hoping to win his first Jersey of the tour today.

He lost out in the first sprint earlier this week in stage one in Scotland.