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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
HookMoor, or between Knottingley & Pontefract?
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
A few photos
Hope you can see them, if not, let me know
Stage 1
Top of Raw Lane (from Ulleskelf & Cawood), towards Tadcaster
Womens Race
Pontefract (heading out of town, towards Darrington)
My (running) buddy 'Becks', who rode down & met me there
Stage two
It put in 2 appearances on the (traditional) 'Great North Road' route
1st; Aberford
Wentbridge
Presumably post-abandonment?
Hope you can see them, if not, let me know
Stage 1
Top of Raw Lane (from Ulleskelf & Cawood), towards Tadcaster
Womens Race
Pontefract (heading out of town, towards Darrington)
My (running) buddy 'Becks', who rode down & met me there
Stage two
It put in 2 appearances on the (traditional) 'Great North Road' route
1st; Aberford
Wentbridge
it seems that Liz DNF'd, I'll try to talk to her, if I see her at School this weekRichard A Thackeray said:It seems that I know one of the riders this morning
A member of one of the late-invite teams, is in my running club, & same cycling club, plus is my daughters PE tutor!! (& a damned good triathlete)
I sometimes see her out on the roads around the village she lives in, & where the running club meets up, but I had no idea about today (or that she was in such a team)
I'll be looking at the results with interest
http://teamjadan.com/
http://letour.yorkshire.com/the-asda-womens-tour-de-yorkshire-race (bottom right)
Presumably post-abandonment?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
My cousin drove us over to watch the men climb Rigton Bank. We got the scale wrong on the map on his smartphone and ended up parking 2 miles away from the summit of the climb so we had a 2 mile walk/jog each way!
There was a good crowd there and lots of the public doing the climb, to applause from the spectators. Biggest cheer of the day was for a small girl riding up the steepest part of the climb. Admittedly, her very fit dad was riding alongside her one-handed and giving her a gentle push!
My cousin took some photos at the summit and I shot video clips on the steep bit.
We are doing the TdY sportive from Scarborough in the morning so my cousin has gone to bed to get some sleep since we are getting up at 03:30. Our start time is 07:30 and we expect the drive over to take about 2.5 hours. We didn't have time to go through today's pictures and videos, and we will take more tomorrow. Expect some to be posted by me over the next few days.
Another few minutes on CC and then I will turn in and try to get 3.5 hours sleep before tomorrow's excitement begins!
There was a good crowd there and lots of the public doing the climb, to applause from the spectators. Biggest cheer of the day was for a small girl riding up the steepest part of the climb. Admittedly, her very fit dad was riding alongside her one-handed and giving her a gentle push!
My cousin took some photos at the summit and I shot video clips on the steep bit.
We are doing the TdY sportive from Scarborough in the morning so my cousin has gone to bed to get some sleep since we are getting up at 03:30. Our start time is 07:30 and we expect the drive over to take about 2.5 hours. We didn't have time to go through today's pictures and videos, and we will take more tomorrow. Expect some to be posted by me over the next few days.
Another few minutes on CC and then I will turn in and try to get 3.5 hours sleep before tomorrow's excitement begins!
Between Knottingley & Pontefract a short wallk from home, here is another I took on the way home.
Turdus philomelos
Guru
- Location
- West Lothian
.There was a good crowd there and lots of the public doing the climb, to applause from the spectators. Biggest cheer of the day was for a small girl riding up the steepest part of the climb. Admittedly, her very fit dad was riding alongside her one-handed and giving her a gentle push!
I love the whole atmosphere prior to the race ploughing through. For me its what makes the day so brilliant.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Thanks for all these great pictures. Mrs A and I stayed in Willerby and rode into Beverley for the start. We met Bradley Wiggins and his team in the excellent Cafe Velo and again found the Lotto Jumbo team friendly and accessible. The weather was pretty vile, and the wind cold and strong, so we didn't see as much as last year. We caught the finish of the women's race in Doncaster on the way home yesterday, but the timing of the races meant that we would have had to hang around for many hours to see the men, so we decided to come home and watch it on TV. That didn't go well as the TV problems meant that all we got was a scrappy highlights package over a take-away curry. Still a nice trip and a great race well worth supporting. The warmth of the welcome is fantastic.
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Just popped the highlights on. Hearing Daniel Friebe doing the rider interviews. Will he be the next post-race person (taking from Matt Rendell), as able to conduct interviews in a vast amount of languages.
phil_hg_uk
I am not a member, I am a free man !!!!!!
If there are any other Radio Hams or anyone with a scanner on here that are interested, I have found some of the race radio feeds between 168 mhz & 169 mhz and on 168.320 mhz ( might be 168.325 mhz as the khz spacing on my 30 year old scanner is a bit off ) it seems to be some sort of commentary link.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Well done Tommy Voeckler. To chase down the lead group like that and then deliver was brilliant. What a great race that was. As good as a classic for enduring interest. And great crowds too. Love this race.
adamangler
Veteran
- Location
- Wakefield
well thats the first time ive watched an entire stage on the Tv, 5 hours or so and was really interesting throughout, normally stages are a bit boring until the last 50k or so but this was tactical all the way. I was going to go out and watch it, but whats the point in watching riders fly past for a few minutes. Did that last year and it was over in 30 secs, peleton flys past, team cars, done. Once youve seen it once youve seen it. Different if your at the finish but didnt fancy the chances of driving into scarborough today would have been a nightmare getting in and out. Much better to watch on the box with a few coffess and a big cake.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
And wasn't it great to have the chance to watch the entire stage. I was up in Yorkshire for the first couple of days, but you do see more on TV!
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
On Sutton Bank today. Never stopped raining and I'm only just about getting warm now. Found this photo taken by Radio York on Twitter. I am in the bottom left hand corner looking short with my hood up and wearing a pink rucksack. Can't believe how they manage to get up a hill like that with the added hazard of everyone getting right in their faces. This is why I'm hanging back a bit.
