Another day, another blag.
This time I have blagged a day in the Rabobank team car for the Yorkshire stage of the 2007 Tour of Britain.
Before the start the dutch guys seem to take everything in their typically laid back style.
Once in the car (Sat up front with the Team Manager in the race convoy) we were off. The racing was surprisingly fast for the first hour until we hit North Yorkshire "You can't race on our roads". At this point I vaguely recall seeing a dummy being thrown out of a pram.
This provided the opportunity for a much needed pee stop and lunch.
When we stopped I asked a couple of people I recognised or knew what the hell was going on as the race radio wasn't providing much information.
It was embarrassing to sit in the car at this point as the team had never seen anything like it and couldn't work out what was happening. The word "circus" was used on numerous occasions..
The race was neutralised through North Yorkshire until we hit West Yorkshire then we had a bike race again.
Rabobank had three riders in the break so we could move up to the head of affairs but the Cow and Calf climb split the front group wide open.
From this point onwards it was a "brown-trouser" drive into Bradford whilst listening to race radio as the race unfolded. I never was a good passenger.
Thanks
This time thanks to Richard for arranging the ride for me and to Piet Kuis (Team Manager) and Walter Boom (Mechanic) for putting up with me.
This time I have blagged a day in the Rabobank team car for the Yorkshire stage of the 2007 Tour of Britain.
Before the start the dutch guys seem to take everything in their typically laid back style.
Once in the car (Sat up front with the Team Manager in the race convoy) we were off. The racing was surprisingly fast for the first hour until we hit North Yorkshire "You can't race on our roads". At this point I vaguely recall seeing a dummy being thrown out of a pram.
This provided the opportunity for a much needed pee stop and lunch.
When we stopped I asked a couple of people I recognised or knew what the hell was going on as the race radio wasn't providing much information.It was embarrassing to sit in the car at this point as the team had never seen anything like it and couldn't work out what was happening. The word "circus" was used on numerous occasions..
The race was neutralised through North Yorkshire until we hit West Yorkshire then we had a bike race again.
Rabobank had three riders in the break so we could move up to the head of affairs but the Cow and Calf climb split the front group wide open.
From this point onwards it was a "brown-trouser" drive into Bradford whilst listening to race radio as the race unfolded. I never was a good passenger.
Thanks
This time thanks to Richard for arranging the ride for me and to Piet Kuis (Team Manager) and Walter Boom (Mechanic) for putting up with me.
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