NorvernRob
Senior Member
- Location
- Sheffield
I hope anyone that watched today had a great day - ours was absolutely amazing. We cycled to Holmfirth, spent a while there then climbed a Holme Moss and followed the route back to 'cote de Midhopestones' where we settled down to watch.
The road is narrow and ramps from 9 to 15% near the top! I was massively impressed at how the pros rode so closely on such a tight road. It made for some good pics though, I decided against taking my camera so just snapped loads on my phone (without looking at it!) whilst shouting on the riders.
A few of the decent ones:
View from the bottom of Holme Moss, this was around 10am and there were thousands of people walking, cycling and pushing their bikes up. Amazingly we managed to do the ascent without having to stop for the crowds, it was pretty slow though!
At the summit
The caravan just about finished....
Which means it's time for these...here they come!
Tony Martin leading the way
G and Froome safely at the front
At that point I stuck the phone away to cheer them on, these are from the following groups..
'Spartacus' hiding on the left behind my mates arm!
Shut up legs...
Danny Pate after a hard days work
I spy yellow...
Closely followed by Griepel
And this was about 15-20 minutes later as we were cycling home, just after this he jacked it in and got in the car!
What an awesome day, I even managed to get in nearly 70 miles and 7,000ft of climbing myself.
The road is narrow and ramps from 9 to 15% near the top! I was massively impressed at how the pros rode so closely on such a tight road. It made for some good pics though, I decided against taking my camera so just snapped loads on my phone (without looking at it!) whilst shouting on the riders.
A few of the decent ones:
View from the bottom of Holme Moss, this was around 10am and there were thousands of people walking, cycling and pushing their bikes up. Amazingly we managed to do the ascent without having to stop for the crowds, it was pretty slow though!
At the summit
The caravan just about finished....
Which means it's time for these...here they come!
Tony Martin leading the way
G and Froome safely at the front
At that point I stuck the phone away to cheer them on, these are from the following groups..
'Spartacus' hiding on the left behind my mates arm!
Shut up legs...
Danny Pate after a hard days work
I spy yellow...
Closely followed by Griepel
And this was about 15-20 minutes later as we were cycling home, just after this he jacked it in and got in the car!
What an awesome day, I even managed to get in nearly 70 miles and 7,000ft of climbing myself.
