We sent snapper SImon MacMichael to the final stage of this year’s Tour of Britain to see Edvald Boasson Hagen claim the overall victory in front of a huge crowd. Here’s his photographic account of a great day for cycling in London. And with record-breaker James Bowthorpe making it home to smash Mark Beaumont’s round-the-world record in the evening, and 65,000 people turning up for the Skyride on Sunday, it was a huge weekend of cycling in the capital…
In pictures: the Tour of Britain comes to London
A great day out for the Pros and the spectators alike
Mon, Sep 21, 2009 15:05
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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.
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