Friday -
The fourth and first placed riders at the end of the Womens Junior road race, Aigule Gareeva and Megan Jastrab, on the climb of Ripon Road Harrogate passing the junction of the Harrogate Circuit at Kent Drive which was not in use for this race.
It was being used for practice by some teams who at opportune moments joined the race route; one team unidentifiable due to their rain jackets arrived just before the last riders passed and spotting a Slovakian rider greeted her with a shout of Go Roglic
A few videos of the Men U23 road race, firstly the front riders arriving at the turn into Crescent Road from Swan Road.
View: https://youtu.be/vwHNTzzdivg
The leading riders on the first lap on the decent/turn/climb from Valley Drive to Cornwall Road which I would suggest is the best spectacle of the course. Dan Martin was standing nearby.
View: https://youtu.be/EKhTBkj43AM
The leading peleton some way behind the front riders on the second lap breaching the top of Oak Beck Climb on Cormwall Road. I know exactly how one rider was feeling.
View: https://youtu.be/oiw9F5W9OOs
A further trailing group of riders on the decent of Penny Pot Lane towards Oak Beck Bridge.
View: https://youtu.be/SAfR0ehjnlw
Speaking to a marshall there had been a cyclist flying off their bike at the bridge also on Wednesday in addition to the one I partly saw on Monday. The original plan had been to put some netting up to catch riders but it the interest of scaring them less the boarding had been used instead.
And the broom wagon did have a broom.
Varying weather reports for today - BBC overnight rain clearing, local commercial radio - showers with heavy spells of rain. A distant view of Kabbs Ridge wind farm showed them turning pretty fast facing slightly south of west so looks like an outing for the ebiked hybrid if I am going to get to Norwood Edge in any decent time.
