Tour of Britain 2016

Now this may not work - but here are some photos from near our lane end.

2007 peloton

Mark Cavendish ahead of the peloton (he was 2nd in the stage eventually)

And Cavendish and Wiggins in the peolton in 2012. Very wet.

Great photos Goldie! We were at the Cockermouth to Kelso stage last year (riding in a race car, whoo hoo!) and have done the Dartmoor stages two years previously. Back down to Dartmoor this year, for Haytor finish on Friday. We love this race, we can't get across to continent yet, so TDeF is on hold, but the atmosphere  for Tof B is always great! My OH was out yesterday and tootling along, another cyclist said hello as he approached a hill, turned out to be our local hero, Russell Downing, getting in some last minute miles. They were together for a while, but then Russell said see ya, and shot off at a great rate up the hill! Nice chap!

Well TtDA, not my cup of tea really, but in the spirit of things, I'll place my bet on Tom Dumoulin, if I may.

Great photos!

Don't think we'll get chance to see the T of B this year, but there again, it's not that far to Tatton. Traffic is always awful near there, though.

A rider, think I'll go for Fernando Gaviria.

Stunning win by Ian Stannard today, racing away from the 4 man breakaway on the Cat & Fiddle and soloing it to the finish.  A brave ride yesterday by Steve Cummings after a lead out by Cav on The Struggle at Ambleside. 

Cav's been in the action in other ways too, crashing on stage 1 and then giving an ignorant bystander, won't say supporter, a what for half way up The Struggle. Wonder what provoked that?

NtH,  Cav  said  he'd  been  going  about  his  work  when  the  bystander  started barracking  him,  so  he  saw  fit  to  take  exception  to  the  silly  lad  !!

The  best  thing  I've  noticed  round  here  about  the  Tour  of  Britain,  thus  far  is  the  fact  that  Cheshire  East  Council  had  loads  of  cleaners  out  with  Litter  Grabs  and  plenty  of  sacks !  Hope  it  becomes  a  habit  !!

Yes, excellent ride by Stannard. Devon CC have really gone to town on Dartmoor, P&R to finish, big screen, cycle events throughout day, stalls and things, meet the riders. Just hope it stays dry now

Circuit race around Bristol this afternoon, starting on the downs , over the suspension bridge, down and back along the Avon through Ashton Gate and then looping back past Baltic Wharf. Would be an excellent place to watch from, just pop out for each passage and watch the rest on TV. Must have made arrivals and departures interesting.

Circuit race around Bristol this afternoon, starting on the downs , over the suspension bridge, down and back along the Avon through Ashton Gate and then looping back past Baltic Wharf. Would be an excellent place to watch from, just pop out for each passage and watch the rest on TV. Must have made arrivals and departures interesting.

For all of the ariel views we got I still couldn't spot the site, or perhaps I wasn't looking at the right time.

A first on the stage and a second in the Time Trial saw Rohan Dennis get to within 26secs of the Race Leader Steve Cummings. However with the final stage a circiuit race round London it looks as if the Englishman has finally won the Tour of Britain after 2 second places.