Dag Hammar
Senior Member
- Location
- Essex
This photo taken close to the start line. Stage One, Colchester to Bury St Edmunds.
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Women's Tour
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It's all gone a bit odd. Race neutralised due to medical emergency on the route ahead. Will restart with 40km to go. It's going to be one heck of a sprint. I hope the rain holds off, else the cobbled corner in the last 300m will be dicey.
Tobi now walking the finish straight keeping the crowds happy.
Tobi now walking the finish straight keeping the crowds happy.
Specialeyes
Guru
- Location
- Essex
Never a truer word. Who on earth thought that was a suitable finale for a bunch sprint?! It looked like there was a shallow kerb part-way across the road on that left-hander... just after the row of parked cars! If they could tow away for Ride London, why didn't they bother for the Women's Tour?
Specialeyes
Guru
- Location
- Essex
Not as bad as it looks on coverage, when you look at street view (oncoming traffic aside!)
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It wasn't that corner where they crashed though - it was the one before: from Sparhawk Street into Honey Hill, here:
The lead DSM rider, out of sight of the camera behind the house on the left, went from the inside of the bend to out of control and in the barriers on the outside of the bend.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I agree about the towing but Suffolk is much less bike-friendly than London... and I don't think it had much to do with the crash. I think that's the same finish as used once or twice before without incident. The problem today seems like rider error entering the final S far too fast, maybe aided by a rest before riding the last 40km.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Tobi is the TOur of BrItain mascot! Call yourself a racing fan???
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Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
That final crash was such a shame, but really please for Copponi - it was her first pro win, I believe!! FdJ are having a fantastic season.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
On Saturday they will be riding the same stretch of road that Marianne Vos crashed on in 2019 - allegedly because of a pothole. Fingers crossed for this year!
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Ah my bad, I was just looking at the footage they put up on twitter, all that was available to me at work, and they didn't show the crash.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
That stop and restart must have completely ruined things for the breakaway rider. Not that she probably stood much chance of staying away anyway, but having to stop and cool down and lose rhythm must have put an end to her hopes.
Hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer today.
Hopefully the weather will be a bit nicer today.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
A pointless nit-picky question. Why is it called "The Women's Tour" and not "The Women's Tour of Britain"? I'm sure it used to be called "The Women's ToB".
Not having the "of Britain" loses some of its identity. When I saw this thread I thought it was going to be about the UCI Women's World Tour ranking points. That's my problem, not anyone else's, as I now realise.
Not that it matters, now I do know what it's called.
Not having the "of Britain" loses some of its identity. When I saw this thread I thought it was going to be about the UCI Women's World Tour ranking points. That's my problem, not anyone else's, as I now realise.
Not that it matters, now I do know what it's called.
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