As this years Tour of Britain is starting in our home town, I have felt it was my duty to write an article. It has filled every rider in the area with pride to find that we have won the great honour of hosting this years 'Grande Depart' and our local councils and police force haven't let us down in their efforts.
The area around the start line was a cycling festival, with bike suppliers stalls and many other cycling related stalls including our very own stall linked with the promotion of the Treaderz and Lincsquad combined, many thanks to our own Jeff Chappill and from Lincsquad, Alan Rayment both of whom did a sterling job promoting cycling and multi-sport in our area.
Back to the race itself, many of the pro tour riders attended, above right is Bradley Wiggins, probably one the best British pro tour riders at this time, along with local riders such as Malcolm Elliot of Sheffield.
The riders rolled north out of town towards Normanby Hall where the racing began. A couple of minor hills allowed Michael Mortesen and Thomas de Gendt to break away from the main pack. By the time the race had looped back to come through Scunthorpe for the second time, they had achieved a five minute gap, a further 10k they had got this to 8 minutes at Keadby Bridge where I managed to get the video footage you can view below.
All in all a very exciting start for the Tour of Britain, well done to North Lincolnshire Council for what they have achieved on our behalf and lets hope it further boosts local interest in our sport.
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