Have not done any of the races there but ride in there all the time as local. Going off the above linked route (I haven’t logged in so just the overview they give) that looks like its all blue on the Newton Heath side then at the end of that blue section it follows the river on the path as far as the bridge in the middle of the Vale then left up the dirt track where the Clayton side Red/Blue end/crossover to the Red/Black, keep going past that, turn right back onto the Blue to the finish taking in just one half of the big bowl.
Could look at it better at home or maybe v12jat can confirm but that’s what it looks like to me. HTH.
