The 40 km (25 mi)[2] event started at Glasgow Green at 12:30pm,[3] with each of the riders beginning by heading east to Dennistoun and Haghill. The route continued north-east through Riddrie to the main circuit. The riders turned west and then north towards Barmulloch and Robroyston, before heading east through Auchinloch and on to Chryston and Moodiesburn. The route then headed south to the outskirt of Glenboig and then began to return west, passing through Muirhead, Stepps and Millerston, back towards the finish at Glasgow Green.[4]