There was a massive build up to the weekend and although lots of people were looking forward to it there were also lots of moans because of the disruption that would be caused by lengthy road closure on both days.
Day one the race set off from Leeds and traveled through Otley to Skipton,on into the Yorkshire Dales and ended up back in Harrogate for the first sprint finish.
The crowds in Harrogate were amazing and im told there was a fantastic atmosphere. Its estimated that around 2.5million people lined the route to watch.
On sunday the race came through Blubberhouses , along the A59, having set off earlier in York. We went down to the road to watch. The caravan of sponsor vehicles came through about 10.30 and then just before 12.30 we were aware of helicopters getting near and we knew the cyclists werent far away. There was a real buzz if excitment and all of a sudden the leading group of 3 came wizzing by. By the time you said 'they're here' they were gone!! Then the main peleton sped through and once again it took just seconds and that was that.
The race was covered on TV and I know Im biased but I have to say that Yorkshire looked stunning, the sun shone all weekend and if this really is Gods own County I would say he was definitely
looking after us this weekend!
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