First one is next week!
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Women's Tour of Scotland
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Posted 5 years ago #
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Looking forward to this. Thinking of taking the bike out to Dukes Pass on Saturday to watch them go past.
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planning to go see some of stage 3/ finish
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Bump for stage 3 on Sunday
10.28 – Race depart time from Holyrood Park
11.48 – Feed zone Glentress 44.5
11.57 – Sprint 1 Innerleithen 51.2 km
12.23 – QOM 1 TheMound/Granites 70.4km
12.50 – Sprint 2 Bonnyrigg 89.9km
13.06 – Sprint 3 Holyrood Park,Queens drive 101.8km
13.07 – QOM 2/3/4 Arthurs seat finish line 103/108/113km
13.28 – Race arrival in QOM Summit passage 4 117.4kMPosted 5 years ago # -
Posted 5 years ago #
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Abandoned rather than cancelled. They started out and appear to have made it past at least one climb and sprint before abandoning.
Ironically the sun is now out in Dunfermline but it was persistent heavy rain earlier.
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Heading back over Granites and into Holyrood Park around 1pm.
Been another less than summer day for them but at least not abandoned today.Posted 5 years ago # -
Took the dog to watch then from Lasswadw Road. Bit early and rather damp.
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Tweeted a 5 second clip from the finish (well 50m before the finish).
https://twitter.com/SRDorman/status/1160557681574318082?s=20
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Was really disappointed to see how few people were out to watch the finish today, but having got thoroughly soaked watching the race and then the presentations, I wonder if people who stayed home were perhaps wiser than me. Either way, it was really great to watch. We had a spot about ten meters short of the finish line and it was epic to see them sprinting.
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They have been really unlucky with the weather for sure
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@Frenchy - dog on a lead? One of the Marshals kept having to ask a family to put theirs on one. They were alongside road and throwing sticks and claimed it would never run after elite cyclists :-)
On another theme one of our customers tweeted how disrupted bike routes were and the amount of mass parking of support vehicles on pavements.
Like most sports they use tons of fuel and energy. For every 100w of human effort there'll be kws of power used to support and broadcast. I reckon there were over 30 motorbikers - not really any other way of doing a rolling road closure although one day these may be e-motorbikes?
Each team needs support vehicle.Is there any commercialised sport that has a low carbon footprint?
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I was on Duke's Pass for the 2nd stage and the atmosphere was great. Probably several hundred people many cycle clubs and families. I was about 50m below the QOM summit, and waited about 45mins including a cloudburst. Route eS stunning and it was drying out as riders came past. Road was dry when I followed them at a reduced pace over the top. The entourage was significant, over 30 motorbikes and over a dozen official cars, plus the team vans.
Riders seemed complimentary the prize fund and better hotels than they were used to made up for the Scottish summer.
A great day out. - unfortunately the kids were in Norfolk at their grandparents, otherwise I would have taken them.
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Hauled the kids up in the rain, they seemed to enjoy it though. Failed to spot @laidback despite being up at the same roundabout. It wasn't our dog!
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@laidback, customers complaining of disruption to routes? Could have gone west etc?
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@Frenchy - dog on a lead?
Yes, always. Unfortunately my dogs would quite possibly run after elite cyclists. Whether the cyclists could keep up is another matter...
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Mr fimm and I talked about going and then didn't due to rain and disorganisation. Will try and make more of an effort next time!
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@clairemiller There was quite a lot of folk on the climb up the Queen's Drive bit of Holyrood Park. Mainly hardcore cycling fans, given the weather forecast (the actual weather wasn't as bad as the forecast until the last lap).
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So it turns out the teams and riders were never paid expenses or prize money and the organiser has now ceased trading. This doesn't bode well for the organisation of future races.
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Sheesh that is a shocka
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