Le Tour de Grande-Bretagne (as I'm sure ITV4 have tried branding it, as we all know the French invented cycle races...) finished one of its stages in Burnham yesterday, and was greeted by "enthusiastic school children" who had been let out of school early to see it.
Its not surprising that this isn't one of the great tours (like France, Spain and Italy), since the Tour de France takes the competitors through the Alps and Pyrenees, past vineyards and gothic cathedral-like structures in glorious summer sunshine. And what do they get on the Tour of Britain? Some hills over Exmoor, a burnt out pub, the Woodpile, and the glamorous finishing straight with the Bejing Buffet and JPS. All in the rain.
And theres been a lot of rain. Usually on the other tours all the talk is about what tactics are going to be used, and which riders will get to the front when. But as soon as they hit Somerset the whole pre-race chatter is about waterproofs.
Summer came and went, but nobody thought to tell the cyclists.
Boje
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Summer came and went, no one thought to tell the sun
haha i thought it'd be a washout. on the bright side, at least the winner could get some discount 'Asti Spumante' from somerfields to celebrate...at the bus stop with the rest of the drinkers perhaps?
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