The 3rd stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race came through Alnwick today (Monday) en route from Berwick-on-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The main bunch (peloton) were chasing a group of 6 riders who had broken away and established a lead of over 3 minutes (see immediately previous upload flic.kr/p/2hdbrXL )
They would be successful in their chase, catching the breakaway with about 1km of the race left.
The overall race leader Matteo Trentin is seen in the green leader's jersey on the right of the shot with the eventual stage winner Dylan Groenewegen just to his left. Both have energy bars in their mouths. The race had just passed through the feeding station, so a number of riders can be seen with a bar between their teeth or a food bag (a musette) over their shoulders whilst they transferred its contents to the pockets in the back of their jersey.
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The 3rd stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race came through Alnwick today (Monday) en route from Berwick-on-Tweed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
A group of 6 riders had broken away from the main bunch and were leading by just over 3 minutes as they crossed the Lion Bridge in Alnwick (I'm afraid it's a rear end view of the lion on the right-hand parapet of the bridge!). They held their lead to about 1km from the finish before being caught and passed.
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100 riders, £10,000 a bike maybe?
The three guys in yellow and black are from Team Jumbo Visma and include the eventual stage winner Dylan Groenewegen (with an energy bar between his teeth).
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A wider view of Beadnell harbour , this time showing the lime kilns which date from ca. 1800 and were used to produce lime (used as a fertilizer) from crushed local limestone. Their use to produce lime was very short-lived and they were no longer used for this purpose much beyond 1820. They are now used for storage by local fishermen.
Beadnell harbour is a rarity: a west-facing harbour on an east-facing coast.
The people in the shot seem to be practising social distancing a few months ahead of time! Something I was about to mess up when I went and sat next to my bike!
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Taken on day 2 as a friend and I cycled the Coast-to-Coast (Whitehaven to Tynemouth for us) back in 2004.
I still use the bike, which is currently set up on an old Turbo-trainer given to me by my bike-mad daughter and son-in-law when they cleared out their garage prior to moving house a few months back.
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