Had a great day yesterday out with Dad and Andy "chasing" the Tour of Britain around Stoke-on-Trent. Initially we headed down to Trentham for the start. It was great to wander around the support vehicles and team coaches looking at the bikes and catching a glimpse of the riders.
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| Mark Cavendish |
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| Team Sky Bikes |
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| Team Sky bikes |
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| Mark Cavendish and the rest of the riders rolling out from Trentham |
We watched them roll-out of Trentham and then after we picked up a quick coffee "to go" we headed over to Gun Hill. After last year we decided this time to leave the car at the bottom and walk up. It wasn't too bad a walk up and we had plenty of time. We found our spot on a the windy top of Gun Hill and waited for the riders to come over.
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| Sky riders and Cav coming over the top of Gun Hill |
Once the race and all the support vehicles had come over Gun Hill we headed back down and jumped in the car to head up to Hanley to catch the end. Dad took the "scenic" route back and I was giving him updates roughly where the race was from Twitter updates. Dad was confident we'd make it back to Hanley with plenty of time. As we were heading up Holden Bridge I told Dad that the leaders had only 5km to go .... it was then a made dash up to Hanley. Dad dropped me and Andy off on Town Road while he went park the car and we legged it across Hanley. We could see the helicopter and as we got closer we could hear the commentator. Just as we rounded the corner we heard that the leading group had already crossed the line! However we did manage to catch the rest of the peloton and the stragglers at the back. The stage was won by Lars Boom of Rabobank.
I waited around and watched the podium presentations, had a photo taken with Dean Downing and then had to go in search of Dad. Eventually found him sitting outside Go Outdoors !
A great days racing around Stoke-on-Trent.
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