Yanto Barker relishing challenging Totnes-Vire course

The two-day Totnes-Vire race features a double-header on Saturday, including a criterium race, while Sunday features a tough course, climbing Doccombe and Haytor

Yanto Barker

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Ahead of this weekend’s Totnes-Vire race, One Pro Cycling leader Yanto Barker admits Sunday’s third stage will be a test for everyone in the peloton.

Barker, who won the season opening Perfs Pedal Race in Hampshire in February, will be riding on his home roads in the event organised by Mid-Devon CC, the club he rode for when he won the National Junior Road Race Championship in 1998.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.