For any road cycling fans (and I believe there are some on the forum) the Tour de Yorkshire kicks off on ITV4 tomorrow morning (3rd May).
Expect some great scenery, huge crowds and very competitive cycling!
Ah yes, good spot. Highlights at 1:45 tomorrow, but looks like they move around day to day.
Thanks for the heads up :thumbsup:
Quote from: Newportnobby on May 02, 2018, 03:43:30 PM
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Expect some great scenery, huge crowds and very competitive cycling!
And rain! It's grim up North. :D
Quote from: RailGooner on May 02, 2018, 04:51:29 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on May 02, 2018, 03:43:30 PM
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Expect some great scenery, huge crowds and very competitive cycling!
And rain! It's grim up North. :D
Think I'll just stick to the "Sunny South" then! 8) :D
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Rain is not forecast! But it is May, in the UK, so anything could happen.
I'm going to watch it on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th stages but haven't decided exactly where yet.. possibly Otley Chevin, Howden and Pickering. But I'll give the cameras a manic wave as they go past so be sure to watch cos you may (unwittingly) see me.
Kudos points to Mr Sprue and his mates for the Bianchis. Top class. (I've got one too!)
fingers crossed Mark Cavendish manages to make it past the first stage ::)
£10 says he crashes at some point.
I'm likely to see the finish of the race in Leeds city centre on Sunday.
Not sure if the TdY Sportive will be on TV but I'm riding it on the Sunday so look out for me. I'll probably stick around to see the pros come through in Leeds too as I did last year. I just hope I've done enough training. :help:
I aim to be at the top of Greenhow Hil [no doubt with a few thousand others] -It's only four miles down the road from me. In my view the real climb of the day is Park Rash out of Kettlewell - the corner at the start of the climb is 1 in 3 for a few yards [that's 33% in today's money].
Re: Cav crashing - perhaps we should set up a fund to buy him some stabilisers, he does seem to be falling off rather a lot these days.
Quote from: cycletrak9 on May 02, 2018, 07:00:05 PM
Re: Cav crashing - perhaps we should set up a fund to buy him some stabilisers, he does seem to be falling off rather a lot these days.
Or a set of these! :)
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Quote from: Newportnobby on May 02, 2018, 03:43:30 PM
For any road cycling fans (and I believe there are some on the forum) the Tour de Yorkshire kicks off on ITV4 tomorrow morning (3rd May).
Expect some great scenery, huge crowds and very competitive cycling!
Good call on all three Mick, especially on the ladies race. It was nice to see my home town (Beverley) too. Weather was kind today. Cav stayed on, and a Yorky won, Great day.
Not getting much modelling done though. The Giro starts tomorrow, so even less for a few weeks. I hope I don't overload.
8) It looks absolutely glorious up North today. :sweat:
I'm the other side of the Pennines and our weather is as good as Scarborough's looks but without the wind :D
Quote from: Newportnobby on May 05, 2018, 05:01:32 PM
I'm the other side of the Pennines and our weather is as good as Scarborough's looks but without the wind :D
You just need to eat more baked beans Mick. ;)
Talk about a race of two halves!
The first half was pretty sleep inducing but, oh boy, the second half was just electrifying. I'll say no more as some folks may not have seen it yet.
It's 8.30 a.m. , I'm sitting at my desk/workbench.
Cyclists are already passing the window on the road to the bottom of Greenhow at the rate of around 25 per minute.
It is going to be crowded on the top of the hill!
Mike
I've just checked the TdY website and apparently whilst we are not on the race route we are on the route of the accompanying sportive - this probably accounts for the traffic!
Quote from: cycletrak9 on May 06, 2018, 08:32:52 AM
It's 8.30 a.m. , I'm sitting at my desk/workbench.
Cyclists are already passing the window on the road to the bottom of Greenhow at the rate of around 25 per minute.
It is going to be crowded on the top of the hill!
Mike
I've just checked the TdY website and apparently whilst we are not on the race route we are on the route of the accompanying sportive - this probably accounts for the traffic!
I'm afraid I was one of those people! I live nearby but didn't have time to recon that part of the route before doing the sportive and all I can is that it's nasty! Huge thanks to all the spectators though, their encouragement got me to the top without stopping. Was a great day. Shattered though.
Glad you had a good ride Richard - No need to apologise, I was a racing cyclist myself from the age of 16 right up to my late forties and it is great to see the growth of cycling as a leisure activity. In the 1960's if you rode a bike it was assumed that you did it because you couldn't afford a car. We watched the race on the descent from the top of Greenhow and I was amazed that Rosetto managed to stay away to the finish - what a ride!
I was dreading poor Rossetto being caught before the finish but he held on after 120kms on his own.
What a performance! :claphappy: