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:00:13. > :00:13.believed strongly in the then start criticising the government in POP

:00:14. > :00:50.MUSIC very good afternoon to you, welcome

:00:51. > :01:00.to our continued coverage of right London weather sun is

:01:01. > :01:08.the organisers have reduced the race from 100 miles to 86 because it was

:01:09. > :01:15.such torrential weather. The elite riders will be OK, a similar course

:01:16. > :01:19.to the road race in 2012. Sir Bradley Wiggins is back on the roads

:01:20. > :01:26.and he will have happy memories of 2012.

:01:27. > :01:35.COMMENTATOR: Here comes Bradley Wiggins, winner of the Tour de

:01:36. > :01:42.France. Bradley Wiggins is the Olympic champion.

:01:43. > :01:57.Back on the roads after his so John on the track in the Commonwealth

:01:58. > :02:01.Games where he got a silver medal. I am sure he is looking forward to

:02:02. > :02:05.getting a taste of RideLondon which already has a reputation of being

:02:06. > :02:08.the greatest cycling festival in the world.

:02:09. > :03:18.some of the sights and sounds of 2013, it really was stunning and

:03:19. > :03:32.2014 promises to be even bigger and even better.

:03:33. > :03:32.Last year there was an exciting even better.

:03:33. > :03:40.Last year there was an exciting sprint finish. Just like the London

:03:41. > :03:45.marathon there is a mass participation race, 24,000 riding

:03:46. > :04:04.that sorry London -- Surrey to London leg. We will catch

:04:05. > :04:11.up with the highlights of the women's grumpy. What a race that

:04:12. > :04:23.was, the world 's best on a loop in Saint James 's Park. Chris Boardman

:04:24. > :04:27.has just run those 86 miles -- cycle. How did it go? Horrendous to

:04:28. > :04:32.biblical and then back to horrendous. I remember when we were

:04:33. > :04:36.watching the Commonwealth Games feeling sorry for them, I cannot

:04:37. > :04:44.believe it is this good now. Rachelle, your team did a great job

:04:45. > :04:51.yesterday with Giorgia Bronzini, she flew off to do another race? Yes,

:04:52. > :04:55.she is already away. Last night was a really exciting race. All of the

:04:56. > :04:59.teams wanted to be Marianne Vos and it came down to tactics to beat her.

:05:00. > :05:04.She was outnumbered with only one other team-mate and it was a really

:05:05. > :05:08.exciting finish. Marianne Vos actually did the race this morning.

:05:09. > :05:14.I had a chat with her afterwards and she enjoyed it. This men's race,

:05:15. > :05:18.Chris, what should we expect? A sprint again? Yes, even the taxi

:05:19. > :05:22.driver was saying Sir Bradley Wiggins has got a chance. It is a

:05:23. > :05:26.difficult calls for him. We could see a breakaway, it is at that point

:05:27. > :05:37.in the year. Most likely to be a sprint. Here is a look at Chris

:05:38. > :05:45.finishing. Look at that. Great style. Have you got a rucksack on?

:05:46. > :05:50.Mark Cavendish could not make it this year that his team are set up

:05:51. > :05:54.pretty well with Mark Renshaw who is a good sprinter? Yes, Mark Renshaw

:05:55. > :06:03.will be disappointed with the Commonwealth Games last week and

:06:04. > :06:07.will want to be out here. Everybody at home is looking forward to seeing

:06:08. > :06:14.Sir Bradley Wiggins and we caught up with him. How does it feel to be

:06:15. > :06:18.back here riding in London? Very good. We were just talking about how

:06:19. > :06:22.this was the village. Two years on, it is good to be back and racing. I

:06:23. > :06:28.have been racing on the track but a long time since I have been on the

:06:29. > :06:35.road. What is the plan today? Normally we expected to finish in a

:06:36. > :06:41.sprint. We will try and set it up for him. Without doing what we did

:06:42. > :06:45.in the Olympic road race. That is the plan today. What were your

:06:46. > :06:55.thoughts when you saw the weather? On days like this, it is a one-day

:06:56. > :07:03.race and you just get on with it. Best of luck. Not the best in the

:07:04. > :07:09.rain? It has dried out and the sun is out. Totally unfair that we rode

:07:10. > :07:13.through that with flooded roads and those guys are getting beautiful

:07:14. > :07:16.sunshine. That was quite interesting. Ben Swift will be good

:07:17. > :07:26.if they can force a breakaway, that would suit him well. What do you

:07:27. > :07:32.make of where Bradley Wiggins is at the moment? Doing the world time

:07:33. > :07:35.trial in a month, almost as if he is undecided about his future? Does

:07:36. > :07:39.seem like he is a bit confused but after the Commonwealth Games he said

:07:40. > :07:47.he would concentrate on the track. Now we see him on the road. I think

:07:48. > :07:52.he loves to race in front of a home crowd. For the individual time trial

:07:53. > :07:59.that is a very clear objective for him. He will enjoy today being in

:08:00. > :08:05.front of the home crowds. He talked about writing for Ben Swift and we

:08:06. > :08:13.can hear from Ben Swift now and also Philip Joubert -- Philippe Gilbert.

:08:14. > :08:17.Differ whether to last year. From what I've heard the course is

:08:18. > :08:21.slightly harder. Still a long way from the climbs to the finish. It

:08:22. > :08:29.will be a good race. We have a good team here. A strong team by Team

:08:30. > :08:38.Sky. Suggesting you meet business. Definitely. I want to improve on

:08:39. > :08:43.what we did last year. Will it come to a bunch sprint? I think the

:08:44. > :08:54.conditions will help with it splits up a bit. How you going to enjoy

:08:55. > :08:59.riding around London again? Yes. Last year was a year to forget. I

:09:00. > :09:05.hope to get a better result. Thank you for joining us. Earlier it was

:09:06. > :09:12.raining, what are you expecting on the course? I just hope that we stay

:09:13. > :09:23.safe. With this wind it is with dangerous. I hope we can get a nice

:09:24. > :09:28.race. You come with good legs today? It is hard to say. It has been a

:09:29. > :09:35.long time without a race. Training is never the same. I feel good in

:09:36. > :09:38.training but I don't know I can be good in the race. Everyone is

:09:39. > :09:45.working hard. I think the condition is there. Thank you for joining us.

:09:46. > :09:51.Interesting, Philip Gill birth -- Philip Gilbert talking about prior

:09:52. > :09:56.to the race, talk about that feeling before you are about to race? This

:09:57. > :10:03.can be difficult, as Philip Gilbert said. It is difficult to know on the

:10:04. > :10:08.start line if you are actually inform and that doubt comes into

:10:09. > :10:17.mind. Philippe Gilbert will be unsure. What might we expect from

:10:18. > :10:20.him? It is hard and it does seem odd for the general public but the guys

:10:21. > :10:24.that have been through the Tour de France will have the best form at

:10:25. > :10:29.the moment. They will have intense training experience and a little bit

:10:30. > :10:36.of time to recover. For the guys who have been in the Tour de France,

:10:37. > :10:40.they have an advantage. Yesterday, the star was very much the bike is

:10:41. > :10:52.60,000 of them took over the streets of London in the free cycle.

:10:53. > :11:18.Just a freedom that you get. Everyone enjoys it. We see things we

:11:19. > :11:30.cannot normally see. Fantastic day with the family and the parents.

:11:31. > :11:37.Absolutely fantastic. It is great to see the families and kids on the

:11:38. > :11:47.bikes. I am keen to encourage my children to cycle more. It helps us

:11:48. > :11:52.keep fit, basically. It gets more people on their bikes and if you do

:11:53. > :11:57.that you can be more healthy. It is a fantastic opportunity to get

:11:58. > :12:01.around the streets of London. Traffic free and safe for the

:12:02. > :12:12.children, you can see the sights and we are thrilled to be here. Nanny

:12:13. > :12:23.and grandad going out every day for a cycle ride.

:12:24. > :12:29.It really was just an amazing atmosphere around London yesterday.

:12:30. > :12:33.It is great to see the bike taking centre stage. It was emotional

:12:34. > :12:38.walking around London just to see that, seeing how many people want to

:12:39. > :12:43.do it and there is obviously a big political push to make it an

:12:44. > :12:46.everyday thing. 60,000 people, we were gridlocked with bikes. I will

:12:47. > :12:51.bring my own kids next year and get involved in it because it was just

:12:52. > :12:54.an amazing experience. We see cycling in London on a day-to-day

:12:55. > :13:00.basis, take your life in your own hands. What is it down in Australia?

:13:01. > :13:07.It is becoming more acceptable. Ten years ago it was unheard-of on the

:13:08. > :13:12.roads. Now motorists are more aware of the cyclists are it is more

:13:13. > :13:18.enjoyable. It is becoming quite normal to know that there will be

:13:19. > :13:22.500 cyclists out there that you will need to pass on your way into church

:13:23. > :13:25.wherever you are going on a Sunday. Yesterday there was an amazing

:13:26. > :13:30.feeling. Such a buzz to be around the young children and families. On

:13:31. > :13:36.closed roads, it was an amazing atmosphere. If you go to the BBC

:13:37. > :13:46.website and go to the get inspired link there will be lots of

:13:47. > :13:54.information. A big education thing to do. Events like this are not

:13:55. > :14:01.scary, you just turn up. That is the beauty of it. For me, the events we

:14:02. > :14:07.have this morning, they are the real success of this weekend. We enjoy

:14:08. > :14:10.the sporting event. I think the real success is involving everybody. They

:14:11. > :14:17.have done that incredibly well. As you can see behind us the riders are

:14:18. > :14:21.still streaming past. Hello. That one nearly went into the barrier.

:14:22. > :14:23.Unlike the London Marathon where the elite riders go first here it is the

:14:24. > :14:48.amateurs that go first. A bright and breezy early start at

:14:49. > :14:52.the Olympic Park. The London Surrey riding up for the challenge, not

:14:53. > :14:59.actually 100 miles, down to 86. They have taken out Box Hill and Leith

:15:00. > :15:02.Hill because of the fear of storms and winds. The longest cycle I would

:15:03. > :15:05.have done in my life, really looking forward to it. The feeling already

:15:06. > :15:10.getting here this morning was amazing. Thousands of cyclists

:15:11. > :15:13.clogging up the roads with perfect harmony. No clashing, it was

:15:14. > :15:26.brilliant. 30,000 out there to do the same

:15:27. > :15:32.thing. The vibes will be fantastic. Shall we say a little race or

:15:33. > :15:35.rivalry? We will look out for cup of tea stops, have fun and relax and

:15:36. > :15:41.hopefully make some friends along the way. The scenery and meeting

:15:42. > :15:47.other people. Sharing some Sunday morning downtime with people. It's

:15:48. > :15:52.very... I think the way the whole event has been put on, I can say

:15:53. > :15:57.nothing but great things about it. Can you keep up with this fella? I

:15:58. > :16:03.will be sitting behind him. It should be all right! Obviously Matt

:16:04. > :16:08.enjoyed it last year and that inspired you to get on your bike

:16:09. > :16:13.this year. That is the reason I came - that and alcohol... No! I've done

:16:14. > :16:19.a couple this year. I have done one in Scotland and they are just good

:16:20. > :16:23.fun. What I have enjoyed most is the amount of parents with kids on bikes

:16:24. > :16:29.yesterday. We will do that next year as well. Enjoyed it. Last year I

:16:30. > :16:33.watched while I was recovering from having my baby. The weather was

:16:34. > :16:39.amazing last year. We could not have a more different way. We are all

:16:40. > :16:44.water-proof. I did it because my dad asked if I would be his riding

:16:45. > :16:50.partner. I said, yes! Before I checked the weather! I hope it will

:16:51. > :16:52.start dry and then, well, the rain will come.

:16:53. > :17:24.Three, two, one... MUSIC That's good, actually. It's a

:17:25. > :17:30.bit cold, well the rain has just started! It's a good day out. There

:17:31. > :17:36.is something about manning up and keep on riding - that's the rule for

:17:37. > :17:40.today. One or two nerves at the start. You have nerves for a

:17:41. > :17:45.different reason. It is not just a bike ride you are on today, is it?

:17:46. > :17:50.We are getting married. En route? Yes, in Richmond Park. That is

:17:51. > :17:54.bizarre. How did this come about? It with was bit of a bet. Friends of

:17:55. > :18:03.ours on the ride last year and suggested we should get married.

:18:04. > :18:06.They remembered. When we told them, they insisted we had to get married.

:18:07. > :18:58.And obviously we want to. There were apparently points last

:18:59. > :19:03.night when the organisers thought of cancelling it. Thank goodness they

:19:04. > :19:08.didn't. An amazing day for all the riders. The cyclists are still

:19:09. > :19:15.flooding by! Perhaps the wrong word to use. 15 of 140 finished the men's

:19:16. > :19:20.race. They are a hardy bunch. Everybody will finish today.

:19:21. > :19:25.20,000-odd thousand people. It makes it into a miniadventure, to be

:19:26. > :19:30.honest. It was spectacular to go out in those conditions and the roads

:19:31. > :19:35.being closed - it is an ace experience. The worse the

:19:36. > :19:39.conditions, the harder you work and you will talk about it for years to

:19:40. > :19:42.come. That is right. When the riders cross the line and they are punching

:19:43. > :19:50.the line and there is ex-sitement they have finished, it shows they've

:19:51. > :19:53.had a goal out there and there's satisfaction of getting through

:19:54. > :19:57.today. You have the elite men's race. We will talk about that and

:19:58. > :20:05.get to that action soon. There has been a hand cycle race. That got off

:20:06. > :20:11.at 8. 30am. It started at Kingston's ancient marketplace. It wept along

:20:12. > :20:15.the embankment, to the Houses of Parliament and under Admiralty Arch.

:20:16. > :20:22.It was a battle between two, who fought out the gold medal.

:20:23. > :20:31.The winner was froms atry ya. A very -- from Austria. It was the same 1-2

:20:32. > :20:39.as it was last year. In third place it was Hans Frie of Switzerland. It

:20:40. > :20:44.was Karen Dark who won the women's race for Great Britain: So, as you

:20:45. > :20:52.can see, the guys are passing me in the Mall. It has been a super, super

:20:53. > :20:57.day. There you go, dissimilar to what the elite riders are doing. We

:20:58. > :21:01.can see who is in prospect - it starts at the Queen Elizabeth

:21:02. > :21:08.Olympic Park and meanders through east London, taking in some of the

:21:09. > :21:13.major sites of the City of London. Probably quite meandering. The first

:21:14. > :21:16.sprint at Hampton Court and then out towards the Surrey hills. This is

:21:17. > :21:27.where it starts to get bumpy. There are five king of the mountains in

:21:28. > :21:31.total. The first you can see there is Staple Lane.

:21:32. > :21:42.Then it gets to a different circuit, a couple of loops - I wonder if the

:21:43. > :21:48.Lord of Ranmore Common is there! A king of the mountains competition

:21:49. > :21:52.there thaend another sprint at Dorking and then to the famous

:21:53. > :21:59.climb, Box Hill, during the Olympic road race. That wasn't done today by

:22:00. > :22:06.the amateurs. There's no such issue for the professionals. And then back

:22:07. > :22:10.into central London. 25kms. A final sprint at Wimbledon. And then

:22:11. > :22:16.heading out across the Thames. Putney Bridge again and then towards

:22:17. > :22:23.the Mall for the finish. We expect around 5. 30pm-6pm. They started,

:22:24. > :22:29.what, about 1pm. We go to Simon now and Brian for the heart of the race

:22:30. > :22:36.so far. Good afternoon, everyone. Unlike

:22:37. > :22:40.those - the riders in the professional race, setting off in

:22:41. > :22:47.rather more favourable conditions from Olympic Park. The wind is still

:22:48. > :22:55.clearly kicking up as they set off in the neutralised zone. 150 were

:22:56. > :23:00.down for the start. 147 set off. Adam Yates, Paul Martins and another

:23:01. > :23:06.from BMC, the three riders who didn't make it to the start. There's

:23:07. > :23:12.the Olympic Stadium. The race turns right at the Copper Box.

:23:13. > :23:22.And Sir Bradley Wiggins, a late entry, for this classic race. Back

:23:23. > :23:29.on the roads in which he enjoyed so much success two summers ago.

:23:30. > :23:36.A steady start for the peloton as they wait for the flag to drop.

:23:37. > :23:41.Heading through the City of London. Some of the riders to look out for

:23:42. > :23:47.today: Bradley Wiggins. Ian Stannard, coming back from injury,

:23:48. > :24:01.has missed most of the season. Ben Swift. Petacchi. Renshaw who was

:24:02. > :24:05.favoured to win the gold in the Commonwealth Games road race last

:24:06. > :24:12.weekend, but it didn't work out for them on the day. Activity at the

:24:13. > :24:17.start of the race, as soon as the flag dropped, before they reach the

:24:18. > :24:22.Tower of London and this, a normal scene - riders test the water and

:24:23. > :24:32.try and get something established in the early kilometres. Those who

:24:33. > :24:35.watched the Tour de France, we have so many third-division teams and

:24:36. > :24:40.even a national team from Great Britain. No surprise that we are

:24:41. > :24:47.seeing early attacks early on in this case. The peloton enjoying some

:24:48. > :24:51.early sunshine, but coping with the puddles that were left from the

:24:52. > :24:55.morning deluge, which descended on the capital and the hills of Surrey,

:24:56. > :25:05.further south from where the riders were at that particular point.

:25:06. > :25:10.Yes, they did get drenched, but at least it was warm, so it made it

:25:11. > :25:16.bearable out there. One of the first landmarks for the

:25:17. > :25:21.riders on this route out of London - Richmond Park.

:25:22. > :25:27.This is where we first saw riders trying to break away - Richmond

:25:28. > :25:34.Park, created by Charles 1st as a dear park in 1634, the largest of

:25:35. > :25:39.the large Royal Parks and the biggest open space in London. This

:25:40. > :25:47.is where we started to see riders move away from the front. A lot of

:25:48. > :25:54.looking around, just to see the impact of the early attempted break

:25:55. > :25:59.aways. A lot of the domestic professionals there. And this, one

:26:00. > :26:03.of the key sites of the Olympic Games road race a couple of years

:26:04. > :26:07.ago, where the road was absolutely packed. There's Bradley Wiggins,

:26:08. > :26:20.packed in nicely. Fantastic to see Bradley Wiggins here. We have so

:26:21. > :26:29.many of the British teams. So many different teams. Plenty of attacks,

:26:30. > :26:35.as we see there second place, one of the favourites for today's race. He

:26:36. > :26:38.will be here to help Mark Renshaw. Disappointed from the Commonwealth

:26:39. > :26:46.Games last week. Would love to win this, the second RideLondon.

:26:47. > :26:53.More riders trying to escape from the clutches of the peloton, as the

:26:54. > :27:05.race headed through Richmond Park here.

:27:06. > :27:14.This is the first real break away. As they headed across Richmond Park,

:27:15. > :27:18.you could see riders from Team Sky, on the peloton, across the road,

:27:19. > :27:26.keeping things nice and steady, allowing that break to go. We have

:27:27. > :27:32.one chasser. Five riders in front. One Chaser now. They want the race

:27:33. > :27:36.to settle down. It was very difficult the first 20-30kms. Six

:27:37. > :27:40.riders in front. They want to control this because obviously it is

:27:41. > :27:45.right in the heart of London this race. Team Sky never won it last

:27:46. > :27:53.year. So, they have come here with one plan in mind and this is to win

:27:54. > :27:58.the second ever RideLondon. The race then heading for Hampton

:27:59. > :28:04.Court. The Olympic venue and site where of Bradley Wiggins sat atop

:28:05. > :28:11.his throne, following that win in the time trail. Burton was out in

:28:12. > :28:50.no-man's-land... Real mixed conditions out there. The

:28:51. > :28:52.sun is shining, we have puddles. I am sure we'll see rain during the

:28:53. > :31:27.course of the next few hours. here to defend his crown so we will

:31:28. > :31:33.have a new winner. You see one of the continental teams towards the

:31:34. > :31:41.front, Team Sky on the right-hand side, I am thinking that it is

:31:42. > :31:50.panning out to be another sprint here. We will apologise if you are

:31:51. > :31:56.having problems with the pictures. Climatic conditions making it

:31:57. > :32:03.difficult here. Hopefully the rain showers will pass and the race will

:32:04. > :32:14.develop into a classic. One minute and 25 for this little breakaway

:32:15. > :32:19.group. One of the riders here from Rwanda, twice a winner of his own

:32:20. > :32:24.national Tour, lost six of his brothers in the genocide years ago.

:32:25. > :32:31.He is a key figure in the rise of cycling in Rwanda and also within

:32:32. > :32:37.that team? Yes, the MTM Qu?bec team was to put the charity out there.

:32:38. > :32:40.They want to see black riders in the Tour de France. They want to see a

:32:41. > :32:44.black winner in the Tour de France in the future. It is about putting

:32:45. > :32:52.Africa on bikes and helping them. They have two get the bikes

:32:53. > :32:57.themselves by doing something in their community but already 45,000

:32:58. > :33:02.bikes given out by the charity which is increasing attendance at schools

:33:03. > :33:07.16% so a lot of pride in the MTM Qu?bec team. Getting people on bikes

:33:08. > :33:13.which is good to see. He has been with that team for six years. It is

:33:14. > :33:17.great to see so many African riders because let's be honest, ten years

:33:18. > :33:20.ago, how many riders from Africa did we have. I couple from South Africa.

:33:21. > :33:27.It is great to see some of the smaller countries. So many people

:33:28. > :33:32.from smaller countries in Africa coming here just to get to Glasgow

:33:33. > :33:36.and just to be part of the games. Absolutely. Some of those riders

:33:37. > :33:38.from Rwanda were well up there in the leaderboard in the Time trial

:33:39. > :33:58.for quite some time last week. A little look at the pelaton. A

:33:59. > :34:02.decent field, a sprinkling of star names, we mentioned Bradley Wiggins.

:34:03. > :34:07.We have Philippe chilled at -- Philippe Gilbert amongst the field

:34:08. > :34:12.as well. We have mentioned Renshaw and Alejandro

:34:13. > :34:21.some others that may do well, from a domestic point of view, white

:34:22. > :34:27.Russell Downing may go well. It is grim and grimy and he seems to do

:34:28. > :34:33.well in those conditions. He did in the Commonwealth Games. Trouble for

:34:34. > :34:37.a smiling Ian Stannard, former British champion, just getting a new

:34:38. > :34:42.bike. Take on that front wheel out. No panic. What a shame for him

:34:43. > :34:52.riding so well at the start of the year. He crashed in another race and

:34:53. > :34:58.broke a vertebrae in his back and it has completely ruined the rest of

:34:59. > :35:01.his year so far. Ian Stannard, back on his bike and away. Hopefully

:35:02. > :35:07.beginning to find a little bit of form. We saw him in Glasgow last

:35:08. > :35:11.weekend. Ian Stannard one of six riders here from Team Sky. Lead of

:35:12. > :35:17.calls from the bus by Sir David Brailsford.

:35:18. > :35:24.24,000 riders around London today what does this say? It's has come an

:35:25. > :35:28.awful long way over the last ten years. I would like to say that it

:35:29. > :35:32.is one of the main sports in the country. It is incredible how much

:35:33. > :35:47.growth we have seen. How much riders like Sir Bradley Wiggins and said

:35:48. > :35:53.Chris Holly have put it on the map. -- Surrey -- Sir Chris Hoy. We have

:35:54. > :35:58.seen the worst of the bad weather so these guys will be used to it.

:35:59. > :36:03.Certainly for everyone who took part, there was some really heavy

:36:04. > :36:07.rain in treacherous conditions. Massive congratulations to

:36:08. > :36:14.everybody. A very strong team you have put out? Ian Stannard and Sir

:36:15. > :36:22.Bradley Wiggins, big statement of intent? Hopefully. It is a British

:36:23. > :36:25.race in the middle of London. We want to take it seriously. A lot of

:36:26. > :36:33.talk about this being one of the best legacies. It was only two years

:36:34. > :36:36.ago that Ian Stannard and Sir Bradley Wiggins were riding on the

:36:37. > :36:43.same course in the Olympic Games so we would like to do well. Obviously

:36:44. > :36:54.we saw Sir Bradley Wiggins in Glasgow. Great to see him back on

:36:55. > :36:58.the roads. Bisley he is here today. He will ride the Tour of Britain

:36:59. > :37:02.which will then give him the right training preparation to go to the

:37:03. > :37:04.World Championships and try to deliver in the individual time trial

:37:05. > :37:10.which he did so brilliantly in last year. Thank you for joining us.

:37:11. > :37:15.COMMENTATOR: Back with the race and with Ian Stannard who is just

:37:16. > :37:20.heading towards the back end of the pelaton or no doubt will be in the

:37:21. > :37:27.not too distant future. Having to stop briefly for a puncture. Team

:37:28. > :37:36.Sky with half a dozen riders. The maximum allowed here in this

:37:37. > :37:43.RideLondon Surrey classic. Just over a minute back to the main pelaton.

:37:44. > :37:50.Working well together as they head out South in the West Horsley region

:37:51. > :37:53.of Surrey. Fresh downpours making some sizeable puddles at this side

:37:54. > :37:57.of the road. It could make one or two of the descents interesting on

:37:58. > :38:04.the couple of loops that they make around the Surrey Hills. It will be

:38:05. > :38:11.pretty slippery. We have a bit of tree cover as well. It will not dry

:38:12. > :38:16.out quickly. You can remember during the road race at the Olympics,

:38:17. > :38:27.torrential rain now. Again, back to some difficult conditions. You can

:38:28. > :38:32.see it getting darker. You also have Johnny McEvoy sitting in third place

:38:33. > :38:37.and he will be looking after Sam Bennett who they believe is a good

:38:38. > :38:40.shout for a win for them today. We have seen Sam Bennett perform well

:38:41. > :38:49.on British roads in the Tour de France. He is one to look out on. --

:38:50. > :38:53.the Tour of Britain. One of the least experienced squads out there.

:38:54. > :38:59.They have not come with big names or a big reputation. Certainly taking

:39:00. > :39:06.advantage of the opportunity to race here. They may be a third division

:39:07. > :39:18.team but they have come here to do well. We have seen plenty of top

:39:19. > :39:22.tens. It is a 1.8 C. The only event above this is a world race. Anything

:39:23. > :39:28.can happen and let's see what happens over the last 130, does.

:39:29. > :39:32.Another race for all of the World Tour teams here. For some of the

:39:33. > :39:44.smaller ones as you suggest, a real focal point for the season. The race

:39:45. > :39:48.was won by a French rider. He is not back this year to defend the title.

:39:49. > :40:04.As we mentioned before, some good riders here among this 147 rider

:40:05. > :40:10.Peloton. It is important to stay near the front. Anything can happen

:40:11. > :40:15.near this race. Let's hope we do not hear any crashes but this is over

:40:16. > :40:19.one minute. Do you think this field and this route is a good one to try

:40:20. > :40:30.and break away on because it is quite easy to be out of sight and

:40:31. > :40:35.out of mind? He can be like that but certainly here, fantastic race. We

:40:36. > :40:41.have seen it in the Olympics and last year as well. Just hovering

:40:42. > :40:44.over one minute. I think the Peloton will be happy about this. This

:40:45. > :40:49.six-man break need to have as much time as possible. I think some more

:40:50. > :41:02.rain is coming. We will see a great race. The riders tapping out a

:41:03. > :41:09.decent rhythm here. Coming to the end of the driveway to watch the

:41:10. > :41:13.riders go past here. This stop implies there has been a bit of a

:41:14. > :41:18.fall. We do have a crash listening to the race radio. A thing you can

:41:19. > :41:23.do. Sometimes when you have situation like this riders will run

:41:24. > :41:34.around. The front of the race will not slow up. Unfortunately for some

:41:35. > :41:38.of them it is OK. It is team or Schaefer, one of them on the ground.

:41:39. > :41:46.Another one slowed up is Richard Hanley. A couple of riders at the

:41:47. > :41:51.back now. It seems as if everybody is back on board and back on the

:41:52. > :42:02.road but, as you say, it is extremely narrow. Particularly as it

:42:03. > :42:12.heads in the Coldharbour area, it is almost single file territory. That

:42:13. > :42:16.is why you had to keep out of trouble. People have been shouted at

:42:17. > :42:22.to move up. Very difficult times for a lot of these riders. Let's hope

:42:23. > :42:26.they are all OK. How hard will it be for someone like Sir Bradley Wiggins

:42:27. > :42:28.coming into this after a block of training on the track which is what

:42:29. > :42:33.he was doing leading into the Commonwealth Games? It will be very

:42:34. > :42:39.difficult. OK he wrote the Commonwealth Games but just look at

:42:40. > :42:50.him, he is very good at quickly changing. He dropped five kilograms

:42:51. > :42:53.in a matter of if you weeks to win the Tour of California. He is very

:42:54. > :42:59.good at adapting and I think we will see Sir Bradley Wiggins the leading

:43:00. > :43:15.Ben Swift on here. Having a chance to win.

:43:16. > :43:26.Can you explain to view as how the system works, with the apprentices?

:43:27. > :43:31.Given an opportunity? The teams are allowed to take on three of them.

:43:32. > :43:34.They are purely young riders that are given an opportunity to see what

:43:35. > :43:37.they can do towards the end of the year. If they do well then there

:43:38. > :43:44.could be a professional contract at the end of it. It is a way of

:43:45. > :43:48.choosing to, maximum three riders to come on board, sometimes just to

:43:49. > :43:53.help out. Obviously bringing in some good youths in. It gives them an

:43:54. > :44:05.opportunity to try and see what they can do. If you show well then

:44:06. > :44:09.another team can come in. It is the apprenticeship. It is great to see

:44:10. > :44:15.teams using that to Dave to their advantage. The whether continuing to

:44:16. > :44:17.change and things are looking a little bit more favourably on the

:44:18. > :44:40.riders. There is the random rider. another crash, another couple of

:44:41. > :44:49.riders are down. One of the Colombian riders is down as well. It

:44:50. > :44:56.does look as if everybody is able to continue. Those were some of the

:44:57. > :44:58.riders towards the back. Narrow lanes and unfortunately these

:44:59. > :45:07.conditions are meaning it is very difficult for a lot of these riders.

:45:08. > :45:15.The place to be is at the front of the pelaton.

:45:16. > :45:20.No major damage done but that is to crashes we have seen in ten minutes

:45:21. > :45:31.or so. Perhaps not surprising partly because of the

:45:32. > :45:35.the blue stripe in the black Jerseys up to the front of the peloton, as

:45:36. > :45:41.Brian was saying, trying to stay out of trouble. It was a key thing they

:45:42. > :45:44.looked at ahead of the 2012 tour, wasn't it, when Bradley Wiggins was

:45:45. > :45:51.going for the win. They studied hours and hours to work out where

:45:52. > :45:55.the best place to be was and not get involved in any of the crashes that

:45:56. > :45:59.beset the peloton. When you get the narrow enough lanes and people start

:46:00. > :46:04.to touch their brakes. In these wet conditions, sometimes when you touch

:46:05. > :46:07.your brakes it takes a fraction of a second and it kicks in. Punch points

:46:08. > :46:12.and it has produced a couple of crashes towards the back of the

:46:13. > :46:16.peloton. Well, the focus of attention this afternoon is the

:46:17. > :46:22.classic race, yesterday evening, as they start the climb here, the first

:46:23. > :46:27.of the King of the Mountain climbs - the climb of Staple Lane, which will

:46:28. > :46:31.be contested between our six break aways. The best part of a

:46:32. > :46:35.minute-and-a-half in the lead. We will stay with this action just for

:46:36. > :46:40.a moment here. This, the first of several climbs

:46:41. > :46:44.littering the route. And a first real test of the legs

:46:45. > :46:49.here. Yes, a difficult course. We have

:46:50. > :46:54.five climbs, four sprints on the way and again a problem for Ben Swift

:46:55. > :47:01.from Team Sky. Again problems for probably one of the favourites of

:47:02. > :47:06.today's race. I was going to say a quick bike change for him, but it is

:47:07. > :47:10.not that quick. I don't think hi'll be too disappointed with this --

:47:11. > :47:15.he'll be too disappointed with this. He'll get help from the team to get

:47:16. > :47:21.back to the other cars t convoy and make his way up. He's a long way to

:47:22. > :47:26.go to the finish. Again, it is very important. Also the problem is, you

:47:27. > :47:31.get that and it brings on a lot of grit and gravel, and that is why we

:47:32. > :47:36.are seeing so many punctures in this race. We will see that with flint

:47:37. > :47:39.being washed out into the mid-ol the road as the peloton -- middle of the

:47:40. > :48:04.road as peloton hits Staples Lane. The problem about Team Sky is they

:48:05. > :48:08.have so many windows in that team, it is difficult to get your own

:48:09. > :48:14.opportunity. Ben is taking his opportunities when they have arisen.

:48:15. > :48:18.It will be great to see him coming down the Mall, putting his hands up

:48:19. > :48:21.in the air and winning this race. He has the capabilities to do that. He

:48:22. > :48:27.is up against some world-class riders in this race today. Well, the

:48:28. > :48:32.first climb kicking in a little bit. Keeping an eye on the rider in the

:48:33. > :48:40.yellow jersey. He was 17th in the Tour of Britain last year. He was

:48:41. > :48:49.the first of the domestic-based rider riders to reach of the Tor

:48:50. > :48:56.last year. They are doing a good job. You have

:48:57. > :48:58.to remember only world tour events, as we see them over the top of the

:48:59. > :49:33.climb. And it is Lampiter. One minute and 23 behind. A good

:49:34. > :49:43.effort, the front two riders with the yellow and the black. Tapping

:49:44. > :49:49.away a rhythm. Jonathan MacAvoy. Bradley Wiggins on the inside. And

:49:50. > :49:52.so many of Team Sky - they are looking for the sprinters. They want

:49:53. > :50:13.to control things. So many teams are here representing

:50:14. > :50:22.the world tour. We have seven world tour teams.

:50:23. > :50:30.It was all about the women's race yesterday evening, based on the

:50:31. > :50:35.circuit around St James's Park and the field led by Marianne Vos. She

:50:36. > :50:39.had a very busy weekend. She was riding in Belgium with her

:50:40. > :50:44.team-mates in the morning. Morning flew in. This morning, she was up

:50:45. > :50:52.early, racing or riding, I should say, in the 100 - the ride which

:50:53. > :51:04.turned into an 86 and afterward Jill Douglas caught up with the champion.

:51:05. > :51:12.Some happy memories from 20 #12rks I would imagine? Yes. It all feels

:51:13. > :51:17.familiar. The rain made it a full experience, so, it was great to be

:51:18. > :51:23.back. How many times do you do a kind of sporty ride like this with a

:51:24. > :51:29.lot of amateur riders? This is the first big one and it was great. I

:51:30. > :51:34.started at 6. 40, so inbetween a lot of people. Yes, I have been riding

:51:35. > :51:40.around, surrounded by people all the time. It was great. Just people

:51:41. > :51:49.catching up, having a quick chat, but we did quite fast. I was with my

:51:50. > :51:54.team-mate. With the rain, it is better be a bit faster. Was there

:51:55. > :52:01.any enthusiastic amateur men trying to beat you? Well, men and women,

:52:02. > :52:04.and yes, we had quite a nice group. I think we worked pretty well

:52:05. > :52:10.together. And your impression of coming here to the Prudential

:52:11. > :52:14.RideLondon Festival of Cycling, it is impressive, isn't it? The

:52:15. > :52:19.atmosphere is great. I knew that from other events in England, but,

:52:20. > :52:24.yeah, to be back here, on the Mall and, to be back in London after

:52:25. > :52:29.London 2012 Olympics and nowed for the London pru -- and now for the

:52:30. > :52:35.London Prudential. Yesterday it was amazes to get the stage here --

:52:36. > :52:40.amazing to get the stage here in London for women's cycling, just to

:52:41. > :52:45.show again the beauty and to show the world again. I was happy to be

:52:46. > :52:50.here and also today, to ride through London. Hopefully see you next year.

:52:51. > :52:53.Yes, if it is possible, I'll be back.

:52:54. > :53:01.It was great to see Marianne Vos, the world champion racing so well on

:53:02. > :53:13.the streets of London. It would have brought back happy memories for her.

:53:14. > :53:19.Sgld a good sprint last night, wasn't it? OK, it is only 45

:53:20. > :53:24.minutes, but Marianne Vos came here as world champion. She was up

:53:25. > :53:30.against some very good riders who last weekend, she actually won and

:53:31. > :53:34.Bronzini was second. Lizzie Armistead back after the

:53:35. > :53:40.Commonwealth Games title. It was a great race.

:53:41. > :53:43.Her team-mates helped a lot. Constantly attacked through the

:53:44. > :53:48.race? That is the important thing, that is how a team can help. And the

:53:49. > :53:54.way they were on the attack from the start and really kind of blunted

:53:55. > :54:00.Marianne Vos's sprint in the end which was just enough for Bronzini

:54:01. > :54:07.to come past her. She won by probably half a wheel in the end, by

:54:08. > :54:12.most and the aerial shot was fantastic as they go back towards

:54:13. > :54:16.the A 25. A very tricky one this. It was perfectly timed by Bronzini, who

:54:17. > :54:22.had time to make up on Vos. Just pipped on the line by Bronzini.

:54:23. > :54:30.Just looking at the back here, the GB rider and the GB kits, the red,

:54:31. > :54:37.white and blue, Daniel McClay. A very good rider, looking obviously

:54:38. > :54:45.to get into the pro-peloton. He is a ride their will want to do well in

:54:46. > :54:51.this race. The race heading downhill.

:54:52. > :54:57.Then it will go straight into Dorking, the first of several visits

:54:58. > :55:01.into Dorking, which is the focal point of two separate loops they

:55:02. > :55:06.will make out in the Surrey countryside. Gone up a little bit

:55:07. > :55:21.now after the decent of that -- decent of that climb.

:55:22. > :55:30.The riders quite offed wisely taking that very cautiously. There are a

:55:31. > :55:34.couple of potentially nasty turns if you were not aware of what was

:55:35. > :55:38.coming up in front of you. One of the left-handers doubling back on

:55:39. > :55:43.itself. It seems everyone has made it safely to the bottom. You have

:55:44. > :55:47.this gap going up and down again and the radio in the rider's ears. They

:55:48. > :55:51.use the old fashioned method of the black board and that torrential rain

:55:52. > :55:55.it is difficult to get time checks up to the riders in front. That is

:55:56. > :55:59.why we are seeing the gap to over a minute, pushing up to two minutes.

:56:00. > :56:03.It looks like the peloton are happy for this group of six to hang out

:56:04. > :56:08.for two minutes and bring them back for a sprint in the end. Looking at

:56:09. > :56:17.the field, not everybody has a top-class sprinter, so there'll be

:56:18. > :56:21.plenty of attacks later on. Once more, as you were saying the blue

:56:22. > :56:27.Jersey is there up towards the front. Yes, they are really looking

:56:28. > :56:34.after Bennett, one of the riders coming up, to give the man from St

:56:35. > :56:41.Helens, sitting in second place, a bottle there. It is still warm out

:56:42. > :56:47.there. The riders have to drink. Johnnie Mcavoy was in the break away

:56:48. > :56:52.last year in this race. Good to see him in the German team. He got in

:56:53. > :56:58.the break, as you say, in this event. I remember reading about him

:56:59. > :57:02.talking enthusiastically about how it was one of the races that really

:57:03. > :57:07.inspired him as a youngster and to be out there on the cobbles was

:57:08. > :57:11.almost a dream come, if that is possible in a rass like that. He is

:57:12. > :57:32.used to -- in a race like that. He is used to riding out the front.

:57:33. > :57:42.You mention Sam Bennett ux what about Zac Demster? He is a good

:57:43. > :57:52.shout. He was up there in the top ten. As you say, he didn't have an

:57:53. > :57:57.outright rider. I think Zac Demster will pay a part - you have to go

:57:58. > :58:14.with your fastest sprinter. It is the same situation with. And they

:58:15. > :58:21.have a lead over the peloton. We will be back to Brian and Simon

:58:22. > :58:27.soon. We are taking breaks at appropriate points, to give you a

:58:28. > :58:31.flavour. The amateur event, the riders streaming past me on the

:58:32. > :58:35.Mall. There are a range of reasons why people ride it - celebrities and

:58:36. > :58:43.people with personal reasons. Let's hear from some of them.

:58:44. > :58:47.Congratulations on finishing. I guess riding in memory of your son -

:58:48. > :58:55.a very tough day for you personally? Yes. It was tough, but it was also

:58:56. > :59:00.an incredible experience. We've, we lost Edward in April this year. He

:59:01. > :59:08.was only three months old. And he was a victim of Sudden Infant Death

:59:09. > :59:12.Syndrome, which is a diagnosis of exclusion. The Coroner's report

:59:13. > :59:17.showed he was perfectly healthy. Medically he was perfectly healthy.

:59:18. > :59:24.So, we founded a charity called Teddy's Wish, to raise money to help

:59:25. > :59:29.try and do some research and understand why and get an

:59:30. > :59:35.explanation as to why this tragedy could have happened. And we know it

:59:36. > :59:40.will not bring Edward back. But hopefully it may prevent a few other

:59:41. > :59:49.parents going through this horrible tragedy. And so, we launched the

:59:50. > :59:54.fund-raising only three weeks ago. We have a just giving page and the

:59:55. > :59:59.response has been overwhelming and incredibly humbling. We have raised

:00:00. > :00:05.nearly ?45,000 in two-and-a-half weeks and we work with our named

:00:06. > :00:16.charities, Lullaby Trust, which used to be the Foundation for SIDs and

:00:17. > :00:21.stillbirth in neonatal. We got it to cover those three deaths. They are

:00:22. > :00:25.often sudden and without explanation and the grief is very similar. We

:00:26. > :00:30.wanted to help all parents that are bound by the same tragedy. So, it

:00:31. > :00:35.was a tough ride. But, you know, I knew that Edward

:00:36. > :00:44.was watching over me all the way around. And I put a message on

:00:45. > :00:49.Facebook before that it wasn't just this 100 miles that was for him, it

:00:50. > :00:55.was everything that myself and my wife did. My wife has been amazing.

:00:56. > :01:00.Everything we do is for him. We will live our lives for him and

:01:01. > :01:03.hopefully this is a good step in fulfilling our promise to him to

:01:04. > :01:07.make him proud. Thank you for speaking to us and our thoughts and

:01:08. > :01:26.prayers with you and your wife. Thank you very much.

:01:27. > :01:32.gets. Almost as wet as an otter. Keen cyclist, aren't you? I like to

:01:33. > :01:36.cycle. I started commuting a while ago. I started doing some road

:01:37. > :01:44.cycling. I got asked to do a road trip around Surrey and I have

:01:45. > :01:53.decided to do against this year. No more gels for you, surely? My mates

:01:54. > :01:57.did and he lost weight. I have these, I make them myself. They look

:01:58. > :02:04.a little bit weird and Brown. They are made of dried fruits and owed

:02:05. > :02:12.and seeds and powder. They have protein and sugar and fibre. It goes

:02:13. > :02:20.really nicely with what is going to happen next. Which is? Beer. That

:02:21. > :02:26.makes me think of Gregg Wallace, will he ever do this? He is more of

:02:27. > :02:32.a body-builder, can't you tell by his physique. Unit Lizzie

:02:33. > :02:38.Armitstead. I know you were impressed with her? What a race. My

:02:39. > :02:41.son is English, of course and I am an Aussie and of course I'm going

:02:42. > :02:47.for the Aussies but I must take my hat off to her. The most amazing

:02:48. > :02:53.race. This weekend, it is stunning? What a day today has been. The way

:02:54. > :02:56.it has been organised, I think there may be some comments about what the

:02:57. > :03:00.organisers did with the course, dropping a few miles off but I think

:03:01. > :03:04.it was the best thing they can do. Everyone has come back and has a

:03:05. > :03:12.smile on their face and it is safe. Go and get hydrated. I am going to

:03:13. > :03:17.go and get dehydrated. LAUGHTER That is the only way an Aussie can

:03:18. > :03:27.live. Thank you for joining us. This Boris Pike has completed the ride

:03:28. > :03:30.with them not, why on this bike? I live abroad so rather than Trickett

:03:31. > :03:37.over I thought I should rely on London to supply me with a good one.

:03:38. > :03:43.It is not the weapon you would choose for such a long ride? Not

:03:44. > :03:48.normally but I heard Box Hill was cancelled so that is when you want a

:03:49. > :03:53.decent sturdy bike. Get a lot of stick? Not at all. All the guys were

:03:54. > :04:00.very supportive. Lots of condiments and encouragement. Colourful top

:04:01. > :04:07.riding for a serious cause. West Cancer UK. And yes it was something

:04:08. > :04:13.in my family so yes, very close to the heart. Congratulations, the

:04:14. > :04:20.first Boris bike home? I assume there will be a couple of other guys

:04:21. > :04:25.who did it, maybe. I hope you paid your rental. Yes. I will see if I

:04:26. > :04:34.get fined heavily. Thank you for joining us. Snow and ice replaced by

:04:35. > :04:37.two wheels. How was that? A fantastic experience, very

:04:38. > :04:42.challenging, not just riding a bike, there were parts where we were

:04:43. > :04:45.swimming through the water but I think it was really well that we

:04:46. > :04:52.stuck together doing it as a team. We both liked different points we

:04:53. > :04:55.could motivate each other through. A bit of drafting going on, and you

:04:56. > :05:00.said it was very tough but they took out all of the hills? I have to

:05:01. > :05:04.admit that I wanted to do Box Hill because everyone was going on about

:05:05. > :05:11.how hard it was and we have a lot of hills in Bath. I am quite happy

:05:12. > :05:15.knowing that it was only 80 miles. I cannot even move my neck I am

:05:16. > :05:20.hurting so badly. It was so much fun and I can believe how much I

:05:21. > :05:25.actually loved it. To do it with a friend, we did not chat at all. We

:05:26. > :05:31.focus on the competition, not gossiping at all. I do not believe

:05:32. > :05:37.you. Freshly retired. How is it going? Very exciting. I retired and

:05:38. > :05:40.got married. This is my next focus. I gave myself 12 weeks for this

:05:41. > :05:43.physical challenge and I will keep doing that over the next year,

:05:44. > :05:49.different ones and some very difficult ones. Maybe you might see

:05:50. > :05:56.an adventure television show. Very exciting. Talking about getting

:05:57. > :06:00.married you are engaged? Thank you. A lot has happened. I met a lovely

:06:01. > :06:06.man who is here somewhere supporting. He has been out

:06:07. > :06:10.backpacking man. Very exciting time. I will get married next year. I am

:06:11. > :06:17.trying to find him I need a massage. A lot of people looking forward to

:06:18. > :06:25.you rowing naked across the Atlantic? That is not tough enough.

:06:26. > :06:38.No, it massively is. We need to do more speed ones. She has been

:06:39. > :06:47.topping me throughout life. She do not even let me win today. Thank you

:06:48. > :06:52.for joining us. Too happy riders. Having made it to the finish, the

:06:53. > :06:57.sun is shining on the Peloton. We are looking at the main group with

:06:58. > :07:01.Johnny McEvoy riding at the front. Just over a minute and a half behind

:07:02. > :07:07.the breakaway group as you can see. The breakaway group comprising of

:07:08. > :07:23.Stephen Lamb PA, they have just gone through Wescott

:07:24. > :07:28.and they are heading into Dorking which means, surely, just before

:07:29. > :07:33.they get into the centre, they will make a right turn and will head down

:07:34. > :07:39.chords Coldharbour and Leith Hill. They are heading towards the first

:07:40. > :07:44.circuit. There is a loop that they will do twice. More of that in a

:07:45. > :07:47.moment. Here we are now in the centre of Dorking and it is pretty

:07:48. > :07:53.much as you were when you were last with us in terms of the situation.

:07:54. > :07:58.Perhaps we will not see a great change for a little while, here? Not

:07:59. > :08:09.much change over the next foreseeable future. We have had one

:08:10. > :08:27.Sprint already at Hampton Court. Again, Simon, I think it will

:08:28. > :08:32.stalemate. Not everyone has got a world-class sprinter.

:08:33. > :08:52.One of the apprentices is in there, being given an opportunity on the

:08:53. > :08:56.latter part of the season. Just hanging onto the back-up that group.

:08:57. > :09:04.Just off the back of the Peloton, Ian Wilkinson looking for some

:09:05. > :09:09.assistance from the team car. He was involved in the action very early

:09:10. > :09:15.on. That was brought back. On the first hour of racing the riders did

:09:16. > :09:20.44 kilometres so it was not an easy start. It was difficult to breakaway

:09:21. > :09:41.who will get more than one opportunity to see the cyclists. The

:09:42. > :09:52.Peloton make their way through the market town. Again, one of the

:09:53. > :09:56.riders riding up the front, probably the same to who have been there

:09:57. > :10:09.throughout the early stages of this race.

:10:10. > :10:15.We had a little look towards the back of that helicon, Nathan

:10:16. > :10:24.Edmondson rider that had been involved in one crash in this

:10:25. > :10:32.classic race. It is the back of the Peloton Waratahs all action, people

:10:33. > :10:36.coming back after a crash. It is all action at the back. Sometimes with

:10:37. > :10:39.the nature of cycling when you are riding through a city and you are

:10:40. > :10:44.going through a lot of corners it can actually be harder to ride at

:10:45. > :10:50.the back than the front? Of course. It is a lot easier than a big long

:10:51. > :10:53.boulevard where there are big wide roads and it can be easy to ride at

:10:54. > :10:57.the back, it is sometimes safe as well because you have got room to

:10:58. > :11:04.move. In the sort of races it is so important. The concertina effect.

:11:05. > :11:07.Obviously a lot of the riders will want to state was the front as much

:11:08. > :11:19.as possible. Not everyone can be there. Now, busy part of the year

:11:20. > :11:23.for you in a general manager 's role? Is your phone bill going

:11:24. > :11:28.through the roof? Very much so. Difficult period. I was involved

:11:29. > :11:34.with building a team before. Starting from scratch. Now I have

:11:35. > :11:39.got 14 African riders and we are going to go up to 22 riders so I

:11:40. > :11:44.need to get eight more on board. I am looking for a couple of marquee

:11:45. > :11:54.signings. A lot of the teams are as well. A lot of switching around.

:11:55. > :11:57.This is a transfer period. Not just the big marquee riders but the

:11:58. > :12:04.riders that will come from the African riders we have already got,

:12:05. > :12:07.it is helping them. The aim is to get into the Tour de France. Not

:12:08. > :12:13.just with the European riders but also for the African riders. Qu?bec

:12:14. > :12:23.is about putting their charity in the best possible place. What better

:12:24. > :12:28.way to do so than riding this. I will look forward to a holiday soon

:12:29. > :12:38.but I look after a couple of riders myself.

:12:39. > :12:42.It is not easy to keep in touch with these riders but I look after a

:12:43. > :12:49.couple of them as well. I have my own fund, a charity fund and it all

:12:50. > :12:53.comes at the same time. It is great to see when you see a few years ago

:12:54. > :12:57.and you look at cycling, it is brilliant to be involved, the

:12:58. > :13:01.problem I have got is I find it hard to say no. One minute and 30 on

:13:02. > :13:05.Leith Hill, the second King of the Mountains climb. They are coming at

:13:06. > :13:11.it from a completely different angle to last year. Really it is a climb

:13:12. > :13:15.up through Coldharbour than Leith Hill itself but it takes them up to

:13:16. > :13:21.Leith Hill, the highest point in the south of England. On a clear day,

:13:22. > :13:24.apparently you can see 13 counties from the summit. You can see all the

:13:25. > :13:31.way up to London and all the way down to the channel in the other

:13:32. > :13:34.direction. This is a great opportunity for a lot of people

:13:35. > :13:41.watching because there are a lot of weekend warriors in this neck of the

:13:42. > :13:46.woods. They are probably already written the 86 miles this morning,

:13:47. > :13:49.they can sit back on the sofa with a beer and watch them going up the

:13:50. > :13:54.same roads that they have written around at the weekend previously.

:13:55. > :13:58.That is the great thing about cycling, it comes to you. It is the

:13:59. > :14:00.equivalent of being able to play football at Wembley Stadium or

:14:01. > :14:07.something like that when you can ride out. Last night after the

:14:08. > :14:14.women's Grand Prix, we have the family ride, the free cycle, 50,000

:14:15. > :14:17.people, roughly, lots of children involved in that, families having a

:14:18. > :14:20.great time riding around ten miles of closed roads in the centre of

:14:21. > :14:30.London including along the Mall and through the same finishing my line

:14:31. > :14:36.that the pros will use. Everybody getting the chance to perform on the

:14:37. > :14:40.same stage. It really does seem to touch all the bases in terms of

:14:41. > :14:49.rider involvement in every sort of distance. Here is the leading group.

:14:50. > :14:54.A minute and a half. Staying constant. Heading up towards

:14:55. > :15:11.Coldharbour, they are on the climb of Leith Hill, the second King of

:15:12. > :15:18.the Mountains climb here. It is really tough for mere mortals and it

:15:19. > :15:21.is not a major bother to a number of these protection or drivers. --

:15:22. > :15:41.these professional riders. finishing line along the Mall. Not

:15:42. > :15:46.many can say they have riden down the Mall and with the likes of

:15:47. > :15:50.Marianne Vos and many other riders and Sir Bradley Wiggins will ride

:15:51. > :15:56.here later on, hopefully leading Team Sky on to the Mall. Back at the

:15:57. > :16:02.front of the race, we saw the rear end of the peloton. I don't know if

:16:03. > :16:07.there was a problem, but here are the leading riders. The youngster is

:16:08. > :16:11.still on at the back. He was a bronze medallist three years ago. A

:16:12. > :16:17.very promising young rider, trying to make a mark and trying to make a

:16:18. > :16:23.big nif mark to earn a professional contract next year and going the

:16:24. > :16:34.right way about it. 20 years old. Again a national under 23 time trial

:16:35. > :16:39.rider. It is not easy for everybody. Some are starting to struggle

:16:40. > :16:44.slightly towards the back. One of the riders from MTN there - the

:16:45. > :16:51.Ethiopian, going off the back of the peloton.

:16:52. > :16:57.Not a lot of room for the riders here. Some of the country lanes are

:16:58. > :17:03.narrow. Narrower than where they are at the moment.

:17:04. > :17:07.Lampier bringing up the rear. They first formed halfway across Richmond

:17:08. > :17:16.Park as the race headed out of London. It was after 30kms or so and

:17:17. > :17:21.again covering 34kms in the first hour of riding. These six will want

:17:22. > :17:32.to help each other, as we can see. Still a long way to go. Still the

:17:33. > :17:37.riders from Kuota. They are will try and take it easy.

:17:38. > :17:41.The speed they have gone up, when I say easy, it is probably faster than

:17:42. > :17:53.most club riders would ride up here. Again, it is a controlled effort

:17:54. > :18:00.from the boys of Team Sky, Kuota. The two riders we were looking at

:18:01. > :18:09.there, 101 and Ian Wilkinson. It is great to see the iconic jersey back.

:18:10. > :18:14.The rally team and his daughter was actually riding in the Grand Prix

:18:15. > :18:22.last night, the women's Grand Prix. She did a great job as well. She

:18:23. > :18:33.rode the Sportiff this morning as well. One rider, rider 173, a

:18:34. > :18:38.29-year-old from Austria. Won the Tour of Taiwan. He has reasonable

:18:39. > :18:44.climbing legs. He won the King of the Mountain in Ireland this year.

:18:45. > :18:48.We will keep an eye on him as the climbs continue to come thick and

:18:49. > :18:53.fast here, in the heart of the Surrey countryside. This is worth

:18:54. > :18:58.seeing - with a lot of water washing grit on to the road, quite a few

:18:59. > :19:01.punctures. Again it is very dark underneath the tree cover and it is

:19:02. > :19:20.very difficult to see what's on the road. A lot of riders hitting

:19:21. > :19:25.stones. One from team 3 TN is requiring another wheel. With it

:19:26. > :19:31.raining much of the day, conditions changing markedly. We will blame

:19:32. > :19:35.Bertha for that one. She looks like she has turned a turn across

:19:36. > :19:41.northern France. It could have been worse. Maybe try telling them to

:19:42. > :19:49.some in the Sporti if, f who got a drenching this morning.

:19:50. > :19:55.-- Portiff, who got a drenching this morning. It is great to see when you

:19:56. > :20:00.throw adversity into cycling, people love it. ??FORCEWHITE And if you

:20:01. > :20:07.take Box Hill out, of course, as well. And the sun is shining here.

:20:08. > :20:38.With less than 110kms still to go and the rider on the front now is

:20:39. > :20:43.Marcus Eiberger. There will be a lot of flint and

:20:44. > :20:48.sharp stone mixed in there. There'll be more punctures, I think. I think

:20:49. > :20:55.the service vehicles will be busy this afternoon. They don't use

:20:56. > :21:03.wet-weather tyres. They start with the same tires and start with them

:21:04. > :21:08.-- tyres and start with them pumped up. The difficulty is they cannot

:21:09. > :21:12.stop when the rain comes down and take some air out. They start with

:21:13. > :21:16.the same everything and unfortunately the rain which has

:21:17. > :21:21.come down is putting a few rivers across the road and bringing on a

:21:22. > :21:43.lot of debris and that is why we're seeing so many punctures. Again, it

:21:44. > :21:49.comes down to luck. ??FORCEWHITE Quite a story Rwandan cycling. It is

:21:50. > :22:00.great to see these African countries coming through. We have Eritrea. It

:22:01. > :22:05.is great to see some of these small countries. Do you think there'll be

:22:06. > :22:10.further strides forward for African riders and cycling in general? I can

:22:11. > :22:30.only think so. You have to remember that froom froom froom, DUP Chris

:22:31. > :22:40.Froome is there that part of the world.

:22:41. > :22:50.We are seeing the rider from Team La Pomme Marseille. Joe Douglas has the

:22:51. > :22:56.trip from the start line to the finish here on the Sky Bus. Sat in

:22:57. > :23:00.Bradley Wiggins's chair. Not many people get to say that and she got

:23:01. > :23:06.information talking about tyre pressures, that they are at 7.2 bar

:23:07. > :23:10.today. Sounds like she had some very interesting conversations on her

:23:11. > :23:14.coach journey across London over to the finish here. Sky, with all their

:23:15. > :23:19.riders up towards the front, including Bradley Wiggins. It is

:23:20. > :23:23.great to see him back on the roads of the south-east. It will bring

:23:24. > :23:27.back a few memories from a couple of summers ago when he just went from

:23:28. > :23:32.one magical ride to another. And of course rang the bell at the

:23:33. > :23:36.Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games too. Well, we also have the

:23:37. > :23:40.hint of a dry road for our break away group! Who would have thought

:23:41. > :23:58.that, given the deluges they have been subjected to at various points

:23:59. > :24:06.of this race? 184 is the rider from La Pomme Marseille. Six riders,

:24:07. > :24:10.still a long way to go. The other five behind them, will

:24:11. > :24:14.swing over and come to the back and recover. It is the only way they can

:24:15. > :24:21.do this, to try and stay away as much as possible. A lot of people

:24:22. > :24:27.will think, the gap is over 2189. If it comes to -- 218. If it comes to a

:24:28. > :24:36.sprint, why they out there. Never know what will happen. If it comes

:24:37. > :24:41.to a sprint, we'll see others at the front, in all likelihood. The thing

:24:42. > :24:56.is putting a rider on a break away means you don't have to do any word

:24:57. > :25:01.behind. And with MTN Qhubeka, they have a 24--year-old sprinter. He can

:25:02. > :25:05.do well here today. It makes an easier ride for them. They can sit

:25:06. > :25:19.there and let everybody else sosht out -- sort out of the problem. It

:25:20. > :25:25.is a steady climb more than anything else. Not a particularly steep

:25:26. > :25:31.gradient for the most part. The road is steadily rising through the trees

:25:32. > :25:38.all of the time. Just listening to the race radio, a lot of reaction.

:25:39. > :25:48.They go over the top of the King of the Mountain's point here. It is 963

:25:49. > :25:57.feet above sea level. Here they come down - and over the top of this King

:25:58. > :26:01.of the Mountains, with peloton. Two minutes and

:26:02. > :26:11.Laura Trott, ambassador the event, you rode the pry yesterday. Your

:26:12. > :26:13.most important event was passing your dad around the 1. Definitely.

:26:14. > :26:19.Got a hard time. We started. I thought if he manages to carry on,

:26:20. > :26:23.we'll get a good time. He was like, Laura, wait for me. You are not good

:26:24. > :26:28.for drafting because there's nothing of you. He was not having any of it.

:26:29. > :26:34.Let's talk about the Grand Prix yesterday, because your team did an

:26:35. > :26:40.amazing job. Yes, definitely. We had our team meeting and we got told we

:26:41. > :26:44.needed to take the legs out of Marrianna and keep attacking. Coming

:26:45. > :26:49.to the finish, tried to do the best lead I could for Georgia. I was not

:26:50. > :26:56.feeling all that great. I got on with it and saw Georgia with her

:26:57. > :27:02.hands in the air when she came over the line. It is probably one of my

:27:03. > :27:12.favourite road races. All we had to do was follow the Australians and

:27:13. > :27:21.let Lizzie do her thing. It paid off at the end with silver as well.

:27:22. > :27:29.Before that, a last-grasp points victory from Elana Barker. I didn't

:27:30. > :27:33.really plan for it to go like that. Everyone was like, you leave it to

:27:34. > :27:36.the last minutes. If I knew she would win the last sprint, I would

:27:37. > :27:41.have gone for the sprint, on the second to last one, sorry. I tried.

:27:42. > :27:46.I had not been well during the week, so I didn't know how I would feel.

:27:47. > :27:51.When I got on the track, I wanted it so bad. I put everything init to.

:27:52. > :27:57.You must be proud of this year. You took a tit wl the game pursuit --

:27:58. > :28:02.you took a title with the game pursuit guys. It is two years until

:28:03. > :28:07.Rio now and we're in a really good place. I am happy with it. I will

:28:08. > :28:30.mention a name, you know wholy say, don't you - from the -- know who I

:28:31. > :28:35.will say. Sarah hammer, Hammer. I will try and beat here like I did in

:28:36. > :28:39.London. She's tough competition. You have been involved in this event

:28:40. > :28:43.since its inception. You must be proud and also you have to pinch

:28:44. > :28:47.yourself to see where cycling has come in such a short period of time.

:28:48. > :28:51.It is incredible. The steps forward. For me, when I was younger, we

:28:52. > :28:58.didn't have events like this. For this to happen and to have so many

:28:59. > :29:03.things to take part, like yesterday at the Prudential Free Cycle. 60,000

:29:04. > :29:07.people came out for that. For me, it was amazing to see. There were so

:29:08. > :29:12.many young girls and young kids around. I feel like that's the next

:29:13. > :29:19.generation. We could see youngsters on the GB programme from there. One

:29:20. > :29:23.thing you are passionate about is women's cycling. You are giving

:29:24. > :29:28.women the confidence to go on a bike now. Getting as many women on their

:29:29. > :29:32.bike and enjoying it like I do. At events like this, you see so many

:29:33. > :29:36.people. This is how I started, with my mum riding her bike. It is great

:29:37. > :29:41.to see how far women's cycling is getting. We had the race at the Tour

:29:42. > :29:45.de France. I never imagined that would happen. For that to be such a

:29:46. > :29:50.giant leap forward, it is going in the right direction now. Holidays

:29:51. > :30:00.for you now? Ten days off in the sunshine!

:30:01. > :30:07.could be creased. Thank you for joining us. Great to hear Laura

:30:08. > :30:14.Trott, a great ambassador for British cycling on and off the track

:30:15. > :30:19.and of course, involved in the women's Grand Prix last night and

:30:20. > :30:27.taking part this morning. She is so versatile, the British road race

:30:28. > :30:33.champion and as you say, a great ambassador and just 22 so she has a

:30:34. > :30:36.long career ahead of her. As somebody who runs a team when you

:30:37. > :30:43.have got a ride like Laura Trott, she must be a dream to work with in

:30:44. > :30:48.so many respects? In terms of promoting the sport as well as her

:30:49. > :30:52.exploits? Absolutely. Laura Trott is a dream to work with but because she

:30:53. > :30:57.has so much passion as well, a huge passion for the sport, we are in

:30:58. > :31:02.line with wanting to get women into the sport. Meanwhile out cause we

:31:03. > :31:12.have got 100 kilometres still to go and our lead group of six are still

:31:13. > :31:19.out together. Here is the Peloton. They will be heading north, back

:31:20. > :31:23.towards the pain road -- the main road which takes them back into

:31:24. > :31:32.Dorking. They have to get off the climb of Leith Hill. The descent

:31:33. > :31:43.which the breakaway group are taking very cautiously and steadily. Back

:31:44. > :31:49.with the leaders now. And taking a turn at the front is Steve

:31:50. > :31:58.one of the domestic -based riders. They don't have too many long road

:31:59. > :32:01.races, do they? It tends to be something that can close a lot of

:32:02. > :32:05.circuit racing which is a different kind of race which presumably makes

:32:06. > :32:10.it a bit tougher when you are in this sort of company in an event

:32:11. > :32:13.like this? Of course it does. Most of the domestic scene has a lot of

:32:14. > :32:18.one-hour criterion is. Again that is where they give and get their

:32:19. > :32:22.publicity, concentrating their efforts and they do not get many of

:32:23. > :32:26.these kind of distance events. They have the Tour of Britain later in

:32:27. > :32:31.the year, obviously, that they had their national series road races and

:32:32. > :32:34.not too many of them. It is difficult for a lot of the domestic

:32:35. > :32:39.teams to come up to this level and write this distance and race with

:32:40. > :32:43.some of the top riders in the world. That is why we see a lot of them

:32:44. > :32:53.going over to Belgium and France. OK, for the sponsors who are

:32:54. > :32:59.British, they have two go away outside of the UK to get some of the

:33:00. > :33:10.racing in. It is nice to see them here. It is a big race for these

:33:11. > :33:15.guys. Not many people get an opportunity to race around the

:33:16. > :33:19.Olympic course here in London. A lot of these teams are motivated. 25

:33:20. > :33:23.teams in this race and it is great to see them from all over the world.

:33:24. > :33:30.In an ideal world would there be a women's race on a similar course? Is

:33:31. > :33:35.that where they would hope to be, moving forward in an event like

:33:36. > :33:38.this? Or do you feel that the criteria race that we had last night

:33:39. > :33:43.is a very good shop window for women cycling? Great for the spectators to

:33:44. > :33:48.be on a short circuit like the women raced on last night, it was very

:33:49. > :33:53.exciting and attacking, the women are demanding longer circuits, they

:33:54. > :33:56.are enjoying it with longer races than the criterium circuits but it

:33:57. > :34:00.was very exciting last night in the women's race. I'm sure in the future

:34:01. > :34:09.of the women would like to have a course that goes out of it. For

:34:10. > :34:19.those that did not watch last night 's race, Marianne Vos was beaten on

:34:20. > :34:21.the line. Tell us about the commitment of Giorgia Bronzini to

:34:22. > :34:35.come to this race and win? She has. To be here last night was

:34:36. > :34:39.challenging for her. She had a very successful Tour de France. She was

:34:40. > :34:42.asked to support ride in London. She had to try and beat Marianne Vos

:34:43. > :34:50.which is not easy, she needed the full support of her team. Another

:34:51. > :34:54.few riders as well. They all came over to support her and help beat

:34:55. > :35:03.Marianne Vos. We saw it pre-close in the end. Lizzie Armitstead was there

:35:04. > :35:09.as well. What do you think about this race from what you have seen?

:35:10. > :35:13.The breakaway advantage has gone up to two minutes and 40 seconds, still

:35:14. > :35:17.the best part of 100 kilometres to go. Do you think the probability or

:35:18. > :35:22.the smart money would be on a gallop to the line at the end? I think so.

:35:23. > :35:29.These riders are out there because it is such a important and

:35:30. > :35:37.prestigious ride to have a go. There is a possibility they could stay

:35:38. > :35:39.awake. They are getting TV time and taking their chance. Anything could

:35:40. > :35:52.happen out there. It takes the pressure off them. The lead riders

:35:53. > :35:55.eking out another minute or so. Going through Wescott, past the

:35:56. > :35:59.crowd and back in towards stalking. This time they will not make a right

:36:00. > :36:10.hand turn and do that loop through the countryside, they will go left.

:36:11. > :36:15.They will head up the a 24 and makes for Denby 's and the vineyard and

:36:16. > :36:22.there is a separate route to the north of Dorking. They are heading

:36:23. > :36:27.in towards the high Street at the centre of Dorking this time. You

:36:28. > :36:34.just see this gap. Going up ever so slightly. They did go away after

:36:35. > :36:52.about 30 kilometres, a very fast art. Again, difficult to judge. They

:36:53. > :36:55.are getting the time checks with the old blackboard method where the

:36:56. > :37:00.blackboard will give the information to the riders in front of the

:37:01. > :37:04.Peloton. Just had a shot couple of minutes ago with a very imposing

:37:05. > :37:08.presence. It just reminded me what a strong line-up, given that you can

:37:09. > :37:26.only have half a dozen riders in this race.

:37:27. > :37:33.Quota doing more than backward on the front. MTM, with the rider from

:37:34. > :37:37.Rwanda, he is on the front of this breakaway league group. If you have

:37:38. > :37:41.just joined the coverage, the six riders had been away since roughly

:37:42. > :38:08.the 38 kilometre mark as they were heading through Richmond Park. The

:38:09. > :38:12.lead has varied before most of the time they had been away it has been

:38:13. > :38:22.a minute and a half. It has just gone up as they head into Dorking.

:38:23. > :38:33.Thankfully the rain is holding off. The weather forecast suggesting that

:38:34. > :38:45.it will improve as the afternoon wears on. Let's hope so. It is sunny

:38:46. > :38:48.at the finishing line. Many riders coming in in dribs and drabs with

:38:49. > :38:54.the sun shining on them. Still smiles on their faces. Again, a

:38:55. > :39:03.great day out for these 24,000 people. And exciting prospect there

:39:04. > :39:06.in the Orica-GreenEdge outfit. Trying to join the three-man

:39:07. > :39:08.breakaway in the Commonwealth Games and ended up banging his head

:39:09. > :39:12.against a brick wall because he clearly was not going to bridge the

:39:13. > :39:16.gap but then maybe was not aware that a couple of his team-mates were

:39:17. > :39:18.not too far behind? Maybe his energy might have been better used by

:39:19. > :39:25.waiting for them to catch up and joining in there? It racks up as an

:39:26. > :39:28.experience issue? It was quite easy because we were seeing the pictures

:39:29. > :39:32.and obviously it just went wrong for them in the road race with

:39:33. > :39:36.Australia. Found himself in the middle of nowhere and as you rightly

:39:37. > :39:42.say, the team-mates were behind. What does he do. It is difficult

:39:43. > :39:47.when you do not have the communication. This is his first

:39:48. > :39:51.race for Orica-GreenEdge. Again, we do have Simon Yates in this race for

:39:52. > :39:57.Great Britain riding for Orica-GreenEdge. This is talent you,

:39:58. > :40:05.a great spec for the future. Good luck to him. It is something they

:40:06. > :40:10.belt you have got in Australia and he is the latest one? I have had the

:40:11. > :40:17.of training with him over the Australian summer before coming over

:40:18. > :40:21.to Europe and he talks about -- he is talked about as being the next

:40:22. > :40:24.Mark Cavendish. He is a huge talent, surprising everyone in

:40:25. > :40:29.Australia a few weeks ago by opening eyes. He has a level head. He will

:40:30. > :40:36.have a bright future. A very strong team they had as we would expect in

:40:37. > :40:41.the Commonwealth Games. Anything that could go wrong did in the way.

:40:42. > :40:45.The race did not pan out. Breakfast rating for the men and women.

:40:46. > :40:48.Absolutely, they were the favourites going in and they have the strength

:40:49. > :40:52.in numbers but everything that could have been wrong went wrong. The

:40:53. > :40:56.moment that he was stuck between the break and the riders behind, no

:40:57. > :41:00.radio communications for them and he may be a little less experienced

:41:01. > :41:05.than the rest of the riders and maybe a bit confused. He had Mark

:41:06. > :41:09.Renshaw back having troubles mechanically behind him and he was

:41:10. > :41:14.just a little unsure whether to give 100%. A moments hesitation and the

:41:15. > :41:17.race was over. It was not a great day for Australia. Up towards the

:41:18. > :41:27.front of the Peloton as they head towards Dorking. Here we are on the

:41:28. > :41:36.a 24. The vineyard just on the left-hand side. A good crowd, as

:41:37. > :41:40.ever, in the centre of Dorking. The good spot to watch the race given

:41:41. > :41:45.the fact you will see them in number of times coming past. It is very

:41:46. > :41:51.important to have a circuit like this out in Surrey. It gives them

:41:52. > :41:56.plenty of opportunity to relax and see some of the best bike riders in

:41:57. > :42:01.the world. Orica-GreenEdge towards the front with the white jersey I

:42:02. > :42:06.would say but it looks a little bit grey because of the rain we have

:42:07. > :42:11.had. Yes, fantastic to see so many people inspired by the legacy of the

:42:12. > :42:20.London Olympics. We saw some evidence judging by the state of his

:42:21. > :42:27.shorts that Jade Kelly won the junior race earlier, has perhaps

:42:28. > :42:32.been on his pants at some point. Only one step away from the World

:42:33. > :42:37.Tour. They are given a chance to ride. You can have a national team

:42:38. > :42:41.from Great Britain so it is probably for third division, Continental

:42:42. > :42:43.teams. The UCI can give dispensation awake to invite some of the

:42:44. > :42:48.Continental third division teams from other countries which is why we

:42:49. > :42:52.have got 25 teams all willing to race. Six riders in each team. You

:42:53. > :42:56.cannot sacrifice too many because the Tour de France has nine and here

:42:57. > :43:00.it is six. They cannot let it go too far down the road. Massive step up

:43:01. > :43:07.when you suddenly find yourself in with seniors. It is a massive step

:43:08. > :43:11.up and I have been there myself but it gave myself so much enthusiasm to

:43:12. > :43:14.show what I can do. You can either look at these heroes and see Bradley

:43:15. > :43:19.Wiggins and go, I do not want to upset him I will just sit in the

:43:20. > :43:23.bunch aren't not do anything, or you can think that you will show him you

:43:24. > :43:26.are just as good. A lot of these riders are showing respect and they

:43:27. > :43:31.will want to go out and race. Showing to the world what they can

:43:32. > :43:36.do. Some of your riders, really mixing it, having gone up to a

:43:37. > :43:41.senior level at 19 and thinking about Amy Roberts, in particular?

:43:42. > :43:48.Sensational ride by Amy Roberts, she took on the race last night. Hundred

:43:49. > :43:51.metres before the line. She was in there with the likes of Marianne Vos

:43:52. > :43:56.which can be intimidating, especially when she went out near

:43:57. > :44:02.the start. A lot of young riders that were just taking the race by

:44:03. > :44:09.the scruff of the neck. Just having a go, having a chance against the

:44:10. > :44:13.likes of Marianne Vos. The two riders on the front of the Peloton.

:44:14. > :44:22.The least well-known team in the Peloton. Just moving across to allow

:44:23. > :44:27.a team-mate through, Orica-GreenEdge starting to show their faces a

:44:28. > :44:29.little bit more the longer the race wears on. You can see Bradley

:44:30. > :44:40.Wiggins in the centre of your picture.

:44:41. > :44:48.Orica-GreenEdge, a maker farm, Team Sky, all gathering their forces

:44:49. > :45:01.towards the front. You also have BNC in the red and the Black. Again,

:45:02. > :45:09.Philippe Jit Gilbert is in there as well. -- Philippe Gilbert. Omega

:45:10. > :45:12.Pharma-QuickStep also tours the fun. You can see what damage has been

:45:13. > :45:24.done on the roads. A lot of grit and gravel. The rain that has been on

:45:25. > :45:38.the course today, very difficult conditions for all of these riders.

:45:39. > :45:43.they had going through their heads during the ride, how challenging it

:45:44. > :45:47.is to get through the ride. As a professional, it is amazing how

:45:48. > :45:52.different your mentality can be and if you are focussed on the race you

:45:53. > :46:00.don't notice the weather. If you come in unfit, and then you think

:46:01. > :46:05.about the race, until you get to the final few kilometres when you switch

:46:06. > :46:09.on. Some will not notice the changes in the weather.

:46:10. > :46:13.Am I right thinking you are sitting here thinking maybe I should have

:46:14. > :46:18.done that this morning? Despite the atrocious conditions? I have mixed

:46:19. > :46:24.feelings. I would have loved to have been out there. I am not one of the

:46:25. > :46:28.strongest mentally in cycling. They say sprinters are a little bit soft.

:46:29. > :46:33.I think there would have been many moments when I would have wanted to

:46:34. > :46:39.turn back and have a nice, warm shower. Look at that debris there

:46:40. > :46:49.being washed across the road. It is a matter of luck whether you

:46:50. > :46:58.puncture on roads like these? For a member of Team Giant Shimano he has

:46:59. > :47:12.a puncture. Many have the same tyre pressure, similar tyres. If you hit

:47:13. > :47:33.a stone, you get a puncture quickly. They heading up to Ranmore Common.

:47:34. > :47:39.It has a couple of tricky turns and they will do this twice - two laps

:47:40. > :47:46.of this circuit before they go through Dorking and then up to Box

:47:47. > :47:55.Hill. Looking behind, the referee's car. We come over another gravel

:47:56. > :48:17.section and on this climb t rest of the break away riders have not tried

:48:18. > :48:28.I was told it was fine out there, although it was very, very wet, it

:48:29. > :48:34.was not cold. He said biggest issue was when you come down it is dark

:48:35. > :48:37.because of the trees and there was water lying on the ground and you

:48:38. > :48:43.could not tell how deep and what was it in. One had a small branch and

:48:44. > :48:47.somebody nearly came a cropper. He said they were concerned once or

:48:48. > :48:51.twice because they were not sure whether there were any branches or

:48:52. > :48:56.stones underneath the water. My father always told me, never ride

:48:57. > :49:04.through a puddle at speed because you never what is underneath it. As

:49:05. > :49:08.you say, Simon, if there is a brick or anything under that sitting

:49:09. > :49:11.water, then you are off the bike straight away. No-one likes to

:49:12. > :49:16.crash. Very difficult conditions. You are right about the weather - it

:49:17. > :49:21.is not too cold M would have thought, what do I wear? A lot of

:49:22. > :49:27.clothing holds water. If it holds water, then it cools you down

:49:28. > :49:33.somewhat quicker. A lot of the clothing these guys are wearing, as

:49:34. > :49:40.soon as the sun comes out, it will dry away the water. You see all the

:49:41. > :49:45.riders have short sleeves. Not many arm warmers. We are seeing a man on

:49:46. > :49:50.the front here who does not believe in arm-warmers. He's a tough guy.

:49:51. > :49:55.The messer the weather, the tougher the day, the more he comes to the

:49:56. > :50:01.fore. Especially the classics. That is the Essex man for Team Sky. A

:50:02. > :50:07.former British champion, just coming back after injury. He climbed back

:50:08. > :50:12.after a few laps for Team England. It was too difficult a start. He's

:50:13. > :50:16.doing what he does best - stamp on the pedals. He loves to race, as you

:50:17. > :50:21.say. He loves to ride in the early-season events. He's a strong,

:50:22. > :50:26.strong man. He will be needed today for Team Sky. Only six riders.

:50:27. > :50:30.Standards expected to do a lot of riding today to bring it down to a

:50:31. > :50:36.sprint and look after the interests of Ben Swift. The climb kicking up

:50:37. > :50:44.here, with that left-hander. A short, steep section of the climb.

:50:45. > :50:49.The north Dorking circuit here. And the lead is stable, at one

:50:50. > :50:54.minute and 50, for our six riders who have been away for some time

:50:55. > :50:57.now, since 30kms into the ride, heading out of London. And as you

:50:58. > :51:03.can see, conditions are changing all the time. The sun cannot make its

:51:04. > :51:08.mind up today. Next it will be Ranmore Common and

:51:09. > :51:25.then what I think has the potential to be a tricky descent. The vineyard

:51:26. > :51:33.is on the other side of the hedge there. 627 acres. 265 of them

:51:34. > :51:59.planted with vines and the wine estate there, the largest in the UK.

:52:00. > :52:10.Here we are at Ranmore common Lampier at the front there.

:52:11. > :52:17.One of the Columbian riders going to the back. And Ian Wilkinson there. A

:52:18. > :52:27.front-wheel puncture. Ian Wilkinson has stopped to give him his wheel. A

:52:28. > :52:29.big effort for Orica Green EDGE. You can see the difficulty, a lot of

:52:30. > :52:49.riders are putting the pressure on. leading the Elite Road Race Series

:52:50. > :52:55.in the UK at the moment. It is all pretty much in one line. 147 rider

:52:56. > :53:03.start, it looks like we have about 100 riders left. It is still Orica

:53:04. > :53:08.Green EDGE. Fans at the front, coming up to the zone and they will

:53:09. > :53:14.get their rose setts and bottles. You have to keep eating and drinking

:53:15. > :53:20.through this event. Another, about sixth in line there

:53:21. > :53:25.in that peloton. We are back with the group now. For those who don't

:53:26. > :53:29.follow bike racing, how much do the riders need to take on board really?

:53:30. > :53:33.What do they need to take on board in a race like this? I think the

:53:34. > :53:37.general public would always be amazed at how much they do get

:53:38. > :53:41.through. Especially on a day like today, you will see athletes taking

:53:42. > :53:45.some food and drink now that they need to consciously think about how

:53:46. > :53:49.much they drink. When it is wet, you tend to forget about the hydration.

:53:50. > :53:54.In a race like this, it is possible for the riders to get through from

:53:55. > :53:59.10-15 bottles of water or sport drink. That is quite a lot. With

:54:00. > :54:04.energy gels and bars they can go up to ten. It is a lot of food and

:54:05. > :54:07.drink. They are constantly, constantly re-fuelling themselves.

:54:08. > :54:13.Every 20 minutes they will go into their pockets or take a drink. So

:54:14. > :54:17.little and often and often before you feel like it? The last thing you

:54:18. > :54:22.want to do is hit the wall, or take a knock. You have to keep nourished.

:54:23. > :54:27.Again, it is reminding yourself every 10-15 minutes to eat a little.

:54:28. > :54:33.You don't want to take too many gels. A lot of jam sandwiches

:54:34. > :54:36.earlier in the race and taking some drinks constantly. They were using

:54:37. > :54:40.gels probably in the last hour. Again, it is very important and you

:54:41. > :54:44.don't want to wait until the last hour and start to feel obviously the

:54:45. > :54:48.pressure and obviously you want to keep as much of that nourishment as

:54:49. > :55:02.possible throughout the day. I can see one of the riders from Madison

:55:03. > :55:07.Genesis. That is coming down rapidly now. It

:55:08. > :55:17.was over two minutes not so long ago. And it may not be long before

:55:18. > :55:21.Neil and his colleagues are reeled back in. They had two-and-a-half

:55:22. > :55:24.minutes at the bottom of their climb. They decided just to ease

:55:25. > :55:27.back. Again, the pressure being applied to see Bradley Wiggins

:55:28. > :55:31.coming up, just switching over to the side of the road to get his

:55:32. > :55:33.feed. Always important to get the feed at the front of the race

:55:34. > :55:38.because anything can happen. You take it back. It can crash into your

:55:39. > :55:43.wheel. Again Bradley Wiggins is using his experience and taking it

:55:44. > :55:47.at the front. To those not familiar with it, it looks chaotic there, as

:55:48. > :56:01.everybody takes their food on board. Organised chaos. You can see the

:56:02. > :56:08.white hell meted there. A few riders have been distance in this race. --

:56:09. > :56:17.distancing in this race. They want to keep the pressure on and keep

:56:18. > :56:20.Team Sky and Orica Green Edge out of trouble and the grit and the gravel

:56:21. > :56:25.that was involved here. These riders have been out there for a while. It

:56:26. > :56:32.will be interesting if they are thinking, we would like to be caught

:56:33. > :56:36.now because we've had a hard long, hard day. They know they are likely

:56:37. > :56:40.to get caught. While their directors and team managers would like them to

:56:41. > :56:45.stay out there as long as possible, to take pressure off their lead

:56:46. > :56:49.riders and to gain that TV coverage that's on offer today. Their team

:56:50. > :56:52.managers will want them to stay out there. Obviously they will be tired

:56:53. > :57:01.from a long day out there on the front.

:57:02. > :57:11.We are not sure how long they will be out in front.

:57:12. > :57:17.85kms to go. The last time I spoke to you two, you were single. What

:57:18. > :57:25.have you been doing? We have been on Prudential RideLondon. At Pembroke

:57:26. > :57:32.of lodge, we got -- Pembroke Lodge, we got hitched. It is row mattic.

:57:33. > :57:38.Exceptionally. Is it everything you imagined it would be? Yes, all the

:57:39. > :57:42.excitement and all fun and all the family as well. Really, really good.

:57:43. > :57:47.It's been a ball. What did the rest of the cyclists think, when you

:57:48. > :57:52.stopped to get hitched? Think I they probably thought we were running

:57:53. > :57:57.away because of the rain. I don't know if anyone knew. I don't think

:57:58. > :58:04.anyone noticed. We got off. People then started to throw confetti on us

:58:05. > :58:10.and people must have thought, What's going on there? Nothing like taking

:58:11. > :58:14.the limelight. Then we saw a couple of friends en route who were working

:58:15. > :58:19.for charities, so they were calling out. That was embarrassing. Mr and

:58:20. > :58:25.Mrs - are you off on honeymoon now? We have a day off forest before back

:58:26. > :58:31.to work. A little trip at the end of the month. Let's see your top hat

:58:32. > :58:38.then! You did have a special hat for the occasion. Do I have to put it

:58:39. > :58:42.on? Give her a kiss. Of course, pleasure! Congratulations! Thank you

:58:43. > :58:47.so much. Tell us where you came from and why you were riding today? I am

:58:48. > :58:52.riding today for the haemophilia society because my 13-month-old son

:58:53. > :58:57.was born with it last August. Not being a huge cyclist, but I have

:58:58. > :59:03.decided to take up this challenge and raise money for the Haemophilia

:59:04. > :59:18.Society for my son. The fact is, prior to last August, the furtherest

:59:19. > :59:25.I have psyched -- cycled is one or two miles. 100 miles in 12 months.

:59:26. > :59:30.What is your son's name? Arthur. I am sure he's very proud of his dad.

:59:31. > :59:35.How did you enjoy it? It was amazing. A lovely, lovely thing. It

:59:36. > :59:39.poured with rain. Everyone with out there. Every town and village you

:59:40. > :59:43.passed, a complete outpouring of support. People were out there with

:59:44. > :59:51.their umbrellas, cheering us through. When the rain got down to

:59:52. > :59:56.about 50 metres of visibility and we had huge floods around Ripley, it

:59:57. > :59:59.was tough going. With all the people supporting us, it took us through.

:00:00. > :00:13.Well done you. Thank you very much. relief when you get across the

:00:14. > :00:16.finish line and you think it is over. I psyched myself

:00:17. > :00:19.finish line and you think it is over. I psyched up I was not certain

:00:20. > :00:25.I was going to be able to finish it and I was so relieved when I got

:00:26. > :00:29.over the line. The rain was so heavy. Last time I was that wet was

:00:30. > :00:41.when I was in the womb. You could not see anything. The camaraderie

:00:42. > :00:47.out there is amazing. Unbelievable. In that downpour, we have just done

:00:48. > :00:53.100 miles, there are people out there with colleagues, cheering you

:00:54. > :00:58.on. With their umbrellas as well. I would not be out there, I would be

:00:59. > :01:04.having my Sunday lunch. A real sense of achievement? I have never been

:01:05. > :01:08.good at any sport. I have hobbies but sport I always feel that. For me

:01:09. > :01:14.that is a real big self achievement. Before this day I have never cycled

:01:15. > :01:22.more than 35 miles, only had my bike for eight weeks. When I started this

:01:23. > :01:25.morning I was questioning myself. I did it in 531, I was wondering what

:01:26. > :01:40.I had for breakfast. -- five. 31. You have got the bug? I started to

:01:41. > :01:46.soon as I got the bike. After today, it has well and truly bitten.

:01:47. > :01:53.It is great. Getting around London about four miles an hour has never

:01:54. > :01:56.happened to me. With all the roads sealed off, London is such a

:01:57. > :02:05.beautiful city, without a doubt the best in the world. You appreciated

:02:06. > :02:16.Glory. It was wonderful. Like how it has turned out as well. Take the

:02:17. > :02:26.rest of the day. I would like to actually. I will have a nice warm

:02:27. > :02:33.bath. Now, we have five of you here. Some of you still on the road? One

:02:34. > :02:35.was in before and two of them behind. Eight of us have done

:02:36. > :02:41.RideLondon for whizz kids, for the children's charity. It has been

:02:42. > :02:45.amazing. Raising quite a lot of money? Nearly ?100,000, we are

:02:46. > :02:54.exciting. How was it for you today? The rain, the wind, unbelievable.

:02:55. > :02:59.Spring, summer, Autumn, Winter. Pestilence, everything. Three great

:03:00. > :03:03.things, the supporters, the marshals, they were brilliant, when

:03:04. > :03:14.the floods were there they were out with their little great team effort.

:03:15. > :03:18.Look at my amazing team. They made it all possible. We have skipper who

:03:19. > :03:31.is the skip. Fill the Marine who has trained us.

:03:32. > :03:31.is the skip. Fill the Marine who has it happen. Are you for a

:03:32. > :03:31.is the skip. Fill the Marine who has bath? We are indeed. A cup of hot

:03:32. > :03:39.tea. Thank you for joining us.

:03:40. > :03:44.COMMENTATOR: Welcome back. The leading group did have six but we

:03:45. > :03:49.are now down to five. The MTM Qu?bec rider has just dropped on the back

:03:50. > :03:53.of it. Look at the other from Ian Stannard, the former English

:03:54. > :03:56.national champion. There was the rider who was in the breakaway

:03:57. > :04:01.league group until a few minutes away. This is a big turn from Team

:04:02. > :04:05.Sky led by Ian Stannard. This is what they are trying to do, they

:04:06. > :04:10.want to win this race with Ben Swift. He likes a difficult race.

:04:11. > :04:14.With this breakaway hovering over two minutes in front, they have

:04:15. > :04:20.thought, this is not really hard enough for us. They want to make

:04:21. > :04:23.this race difficult and they want to put the other sprinters in jeopardy

:04:24. > :04:27.and they want to try and win today and this is the plan of action. The

:04:28. > :04:36.breakaway group is slowly being reeled in that the advantage has

:04:37. > :04:42.stayed at rather half a minute. Still on that circuit. We are

:04:43. > :04:49.heading back along the main road in the general direction of Dorking, it

:04:50. > :04:59.self. Peloton is struck out there, always eight good indication of the

:05:00. > :05:02.speed and difficulty. This is for Team Sky, nice to see

:05:03. > :05:06.Orica-GreenEdge also getting involved with the action. It is all

:05:07. > :05:11.strung out and all in one line will stop just looking back down this

:05:12. > :05:16.road, this Peloton of hundred and 47 riders on the start line today with

:05:17. > :05:26.A.D., does to go. 50 miles, steadily thinned out. 23-year-old American

:05:27. > :05:31.rider in his second season with sky. Second season in the under 23

:05:32. > :05:37.version. Another really promising young rider that Team Sky have on

:05:38. > :05:44.their books. Here is the leading group or what is left of it. At some

:05:45. > :05:47.point in probably the not too distant future he will properly be

:05:48. > :05:57.gobbled up by the hungry pack. Very much looks like that. They are

:05:58. > :06:01.trying to hang out there. 24 seconds now. You can see the big push at the

:06:02. > :06:05.front of the Peloton by Team Sky. They want to use the underrating

:06:06. > :06:09.course out here to try and hurt the other teams, especially with the

:06:10. > :06:13.sprinters. The cream has come to the front. Looking down the road, this

:06:14. > :06:19.bunch looks as if it is only about 80, if that, left. Good to see Ian

:06:20. > :06:22.Stannard back at the front of a race. He has had such a difficult

:06:23. > :06:31.year having missed most of the season. That follows the back injury

:06:32. > :06:35.sustained in what ruined a promising year for him in March. Here is our

:06:36. > :06:48.leading group of five. The lead coming down all the time. What sort

:06:49. > :06:53.of pattern might we expect to see in the next part of the race? Properly

:06:54. > :07:01.a couple of attacks from Team Sky to take pressure off them and keep the

:07:02. > :07:05.pace. I think, we can see Ewan tucked in very well. He will

:07:06. > :07:09.probably be the sprinter. Interesting to see with AI using him

:07:10. > :07:14.is that today but he is so small and keeping out of trouble in the

:07:15. > :07:17.Peloton, he saves so much power and conserves it because he is not

:07:18. > :07:27.taking on the wind because he is so small. That is very interesting. He

:07:28. > :07:36.is tucked in and is about ten thin line. It is still Ian Stannard who

:07:37. > :07:42.is doing quite a lot and a long spell at the front of the main

:07:43. > :07:49.field, helped out by Ian Boswell. He is really hurting. They want to keep

:07:50. > :07:53.the pressure on. They want to bring this Peloton, there are too many in

:07:54. > :07:58.there. It was quite easy for them just to sit at the front. It is all

:07:59. > :08:03.action now and it had to come at some point. They had to take on the

:08:04. > :08:06.rest. We still have Box Hill to come so they are putting the tempo up and

:08:07. > :08:11.they want to try and spread it out. Ian Boswell on the front. We have

:08:12. > :08:15.the second loop of the north of Dorking that will take them up the

:08:16. > :08:19.Denby 's climb again for the second time and they will go across run

:08:20. > :08:23.more common before coming down through Dorking for one final time

:08:24. > :08:28.before that climb up Box Hill, remember Box Hill in the Olympic

:08:29. > :08:30.road race was flying at nine times, just here in the classic. - was nine

:08:31. > :08:51.times. This is the original breakaway. You

:08:52. > :08:58.can see Team Sky leading it. Trying to look after Elia Viviani. It will

:08:59. > :09:01.be all back together before the next climb. The race almost back

:09:02. > :09:06.together, the last few seconds of the finds from those out in front.

:09:07. > :09:10.Team Sky must have some plan here given that they are working so hard.

:09:11. > :09:14.They will be asleep close this gap down in a minute that they must have

:09:15. > :09:17.a plan to go on the attack, and we saw that they were moving right to

:09:18. > :09:20.the front. You saw that with the teams, they all want to be at the

:09:21. > :09:23.front of the climb and they are expecting something to happen. The

:09:24. > :09:27.first time we have seen that team show their faces up towards the

:09:28. > :09:28.front in that familiar green outfit. They will lose their star

:09:29. > :09:47.man. That'll be an interesting move. The owner of that team, he clearly

:09:48. > :09:51.thinks that you can have a general contender in the Tour de France, ie

:09:52. > :09:56.Alberto Contador, and you can have the man going for the green jersey,

:09:57. > :10:00.and you can cater for both of them? Clearly not the opinion of Sir Dave

:10:01. > :10:03.Brailsford at Team Sky when they had Mark Cavendish and Sir Bradley

:10:04. > :10:07.Wiggins couple of years ago. Interesting to see how that pans

:10:08. > :10:12.out. Very much so. I don't think it can happen in the modern cycling. I

:10:13. > :10:15.think you have to go for one. Whether it is the green all the

:10:16. > :10:28.yellow. It will be interesting to see that. Team sky did try that.

:10:29. > :10:34.They have some really strong rider so we will see. There was talk about

:10:35. > :10:39.Alonzo, the racing car driver coming in with a team. That could still

:10:40. > :10:44.happen. Looking down on the Peloton, we did think there will be about 80

:10:45. > :10:48.but I think there are only about 60 or 50 riders left in this race. 147

:10:49. > :10:55.riders started and we are down to about 50 or 60. Looking as though

:10:56. > :10:57.the circuits in the Surrey Hills, very beautiful part of the

:10:58. > :11:01.south-east of England, it looks as if there is an attritional quality

:11:02. > :11:06.to them in terms of this race and slowly we do have a whittling down

:11:07. > :11:15.process. The cream is coming towards the top. They are the blue helmets

:11:16. > :11:22.of Team Sky. About to catch those who have been in the lead for much

:11:23. > :11:25.of the day. The rider at the front point have done his chances of

:11:26. > :11:30.securing a contract any harm. Getting involved at the front of the

:11:31. > :11:38.race for a good portion. That is what you have to do. It is just

:11:39. > :11:41.under 75 kilometres. Team Sky at the front with Ian Stannard and Ian

:11:42. > :11:44.Boswell also in the mix in third place. You have Orica-GreenEdge as

:11:45. > :11:49.well but it is all Team Sky at this moment with Ian Stannard and Ian

:11:50. > :11:58.Boswell. You see a lot of the riders try to move up. They know it will be

:11:59. > :12:05.trying to split it up. The rider sitting up is Philippe Gilbert.

:12:06. > :12:10.Maybe it is almost time for business, the arm warmers have come

:12:11. > :12:15.off. He looked as if he is coming into the business and now with the

:12:16. > :12:18.final 75 kilometres to go. Still a long way to go in this race but the

:12:19. > :12:22.reason they are putting the tempo up is because we have two clients

:12:23. > :12:27.coming up quickly in succession. I want to wait for Box Hill to rip it

:12:28. > :12:31.apart, obviously it is not so hard, the running towards the finishing

:12:32. > :12:35.line, they want to use these next two clients to try and break the

:12:36. > :12:39.back of this Peloton and put a lot of these riders in jeopardy, having

:12:40. > :12:50.a smaller group, that is what Ben Swift once. -- is wanting. He has so

:12:51. > :12:54.many riders starting to move up. You can see on the left-hand side

:12:55. > :12:57.starting to move up. It is all action over these two particular

:12:58. > :13:01.climes. It is all about positioning because when you get onto this

:13:02. > :13:05.climb, we have seen before, there is not an awful lot of room. Often a

:13:06. > :13:10.race to the bottom of the climb. That is what we have seen, riders

:13:11. > :13:14.trying to come to the front. The pace, it is difficult for others to

:13:15. > :13:19.move up. The team tactics is always to be at the front and at the bottom

:13:20. > :13:22.of the climb. We have seen them do a great job to hold the pace pretty

:13:23. > :13:24.high. The riders trying to get there but a lot of them taking their arm

:13:25. > :13:35.warmers. Interesting to see Philippe -- Philippe Gilbert taking his arm

:13:36. > :13:39.warmers. Normally the team leaders would pass that off to a team-mate.

:13:40. > :13:43.He has it in his back pocket so he is this be comfortable with that.

:13:44. > :13:46.The weather we have been having, might need to pull them out of his

:13:47. > :13:49.pocket in the next ten minutes or so. I think the worst of the weather

:13:50. > :13:53.is behind us or behind them I should say. The likelihood is that it will

:13:54. > :14:06.only improve as the afternoon wears on. Here is the climb. Around the

:14:07. > :14:10.outside of the vineyard. The climb in which there was some change at

:14:11. > :14:11.the front of the race for lead to some change at the front of the

:14:12. > :14:29.race. Omega Pharma-QuickStep have riders

:14:30. > :14:37.at the front as well. Team Sky have Ian Stannard and Ian Boswell bearers

:14:38. > :14:40.well. They are just going to ease back, I would have thought they

:14:41. > :14:44.wanted to keep the pressure on to try and keep the sprinters under a

:14:45. > :14:48.bit of pressure. They will want to come to this line with a group of

:14:49. > :14:57.maybe 20 or 30 riders so that Ben Swift can actually try and win this.

:14:58. > :15:00.If you have Elia Viviani around, Sam Bennett as well, they want to put

:15:01. > :15:06.them under jeopardy in these hard times. Paving the way for a Team Sky

:15:07. > :15:28.win. You don't want to be bringing sprinters

:15:29. > :15:36.that energy from Michael Voss, who had only one team-mate to help her.

:15:37. > :15:40.He did it to perfection. They are trying to take the sting out of the

:15:41. > :15:46.sprinters that are trying to stay in this group. Only a small group,

:15:47. > :15:50.50-60 riders. Team Sky keeping the pressure on. Ian Boswell in the

:15:51. > :16:16.front. It was Stannard who did the lion's

:16:17. > :16:23.share of bringing that break away group back.

:16:24. > :16:30.They'll be working in the services of the Italian sprinter today, Elia

:16:31. > :16:40.Viviani. This is the latest climb. The fourth one of the day and the

:16:41. > :16:44.second time (Inaudible) A lot of gravel in the road and you really

:16:45. > :16:51.want to be riding on the left or the right. A lot of punctures so far.

:16:52. > :17:01.Team Sky is towards the front and then Orica GreenEDGE. A small

:17:02. > :17:06.peloton of only 50-60 riders. The six riders who broke away in

:17:07. > :17:13.Richmond Park reeled back in. The next phase of the race is under way.

:17:14. > :17:17.You can see the point we were making about being towards the front of the

:17:18. > :17:23.peloton at the start of the climb, because if you are stuck at the back

:17:24. > :17:28.you really are boxed in. There'll be groups behind. It is difficult for

:17:29. > :17:33.the team cars to service you. If you have a problem on this particular

:17:34. > :17:37.climb I don't think there is anyway back. One of the riders is putting

:17:38. > :17:41.his hand up. Where are the service cars? This race is split up and it

:17:42. > :17:47.is difficult to service your riders. It can be frustrating on a narrow

:17:48. > :17:52.climb if you've got did legs and our climber but you aren't Mabel to

:17:53. > :17:56.match the speed. If an attack goes off at the front and you were

:17:57. > :18:02.sitting 20 riders back on a narrow ride it is impossible to get

:18:03. > :18:08.through. Often riders get to the top of the climb and think, if only they

:18:09. > :18:13.could have got through, as they had the legs but couldn't do anything.

:18:14. > :18:20.In the red and black is the former world champion of two years ago,

:18:21. > :18:34.Philippe Gilbert. To the right-hand side in the black of Omega

:18:35. > :18:46.Pharma-Quick-Step is Philippe. Nice to see some of the lads from NFTO.

:18:47. > :18:55.I've noticed the bronze medal winner from the Commonwealth Games, Scott

:18:56. > :19:02.Thwaites. It was a strong ride from him, Scott Thwaites. Ended up

:19:03. > :19:09.Thwaites. It was a strong ride from Jack Bauer sprinting for the silver

:19:10. > :19:17.medal. Geraint Thomas was the strongest man on the day. Despite

:19:18. > :19:22.that last-lap puncture, here is Ian Stannard. That was a big effort.

:19:23. > :19:30.He's chasing to try and stay with this front group. Two climbs in

:19:31. > :19:37.succession is whittling down this group to 40-50 riders. That's the

:19:38. > :19:49.plan of Team Sky, to whittle the race down. The climb picks up here

:19:50. > :19:53.as they head towards the top. Boswell having done his turn at the

:19:54. > :20:00.front and also one of the riders who was in the breakaway group, at the

:20:01. > :20:18.back of the peloton. Here we are at the front of the race, a BMC and

:20:19. > :20:31.Omega Pharma. The Belgi rider. Number 16 from

:20:32. > :20:36.Madison Genesis. One of the riders from NFTO, Josh Hunt. You can see it

:20:37. > :20:47.is really starting to hurt on that climb.

:20:48. > :20:55.Ian Stannard trying his hardest to stay with them. He blew his doors

:20:56. > :20:59.off, Stannard, in trying to bring that breakaway group back. A great

:21:00. > :21:04.ride from him a few minutes ago, but the sort of effort you cannot

:21:05. > :21:10.sustain all day long. It is difficult when you've ridden 10-15

:21:11. > :21:16.kilometres at the front. He's a big lad, but look at the decimation of

:21:17. > :21:23.this race over the last 10-15 kilometres. 147 riders down the

:21:24. > :21:26.about 30-40. And we've still got Boxhill to come and then the fast

:21:27. > :21:34.and potentially furious run into London. A little climate Wimbledon

:21:35. > :21:39.on the way in. Not quite done yet. The weather is improving with every

:21:40. > :21:46.minute that passes. It really was awful for many of those taking part

:21:47. > :21:51.earlier today. They were absolutely drenched. The riders in the peloton

:21:52. > :21:58.were as well earlier on, but thankfully drying out all the time.

:21:59. > :22:05.There is hardly a gap worth speaking about at the front of the race. The

:22:06. > :22:13.rider from BMC. No more than a second or so. It is interesting to

:22:14. > :22:22.see it was Orica GreenEDGE that did the chase. They were not sitting

:22:23. > :22:30.back and saying it is a home race, they mean business. Taking another

:22:31. > :22:34.feed. It wasn't so long ago the riders had something to eat and

:22:35. > :22:39.drink. The riders are taking food on board. We are just inside the final

:22:40. > :22:49.20 kilometres. The leading riders are together. It is a sizeable

:22:50. > :23:01.peloton but it is whittling down. We mentioned the property eve. One of

:23:02. > :23:07.those -- we mentioned the sportif and Martin Johnson is taking place.

:23:08. > :23:15.It was good. They cut it down and the hills weren't from. To be honest

:23:16. > :23:19.it was heavy rain but it didn't slow us down majorly, and it keeps you

:23:20. > :23:24.cool. There were plenty of people there, and we enjoyed it. A big part

:23:25. > :23:30.of your post-sporting career, cycling, is it? I enjoy it. It is

:23:31. > :23:34.not for any other reason than I enjoy doing it. There are lots of

:23:35. > :23:40.benefits. It's good fun. I just ride for the pleasure of it really. You

:23:41. > :23:45.catch up with mates, get out and about. But I enjoy doing it. You are

:23:46. > :23:50.fine with frames but you've got a problem with wheels haven't new They

:23:51. > :24:03.are not always built for the larger gentleman, but look, I done OK

:24:04. > :24:13.today. It is 95 kilos usually. You are now at? 125 at the moment. When

:24:14. > :24:19.you won in 2003 what did you way? 120. Nothing keeps the weight off

:24:20. > :24:24.you like cycling, I find. It's great. In this world calories are

:24:25. > :24:32.easy and we have too many of them sometimes. It does UKIP slim. You've

:24:33. > :24:39.been around... It does keep you slim, I did the free cycle cycle. It

:24:40. > :24:44.was fantastic. It was absolutely rammed. The whole weekend is great.

:24:45. > :24:54.We were lucky we've got people who've gone out of their way to do

:24:55. > :24:58.it. To ride the streets of London, closed roads, it's fantastic. It is

:24:59. > :25:05.a brilliant event. It is only the second year and quickly it's become

:25:06. > :25:12.probably THE ride in this country. Looking forward to next year, the

:25:13. > :25:19.Rugby World Cup in England, how have you assessed England at the moment?

:25:20. > :25:23.I think they are progressing very well. We talk about a year. That's a

:25:24. > :25:29.along time for a rugby team. They've got a lot of rugby to play before

:25:30. > :25:33.they get to the World Cup. I think they'll progress very well. They've

:25:34. > :25:37.won four out of five six nations in the last four years. We've beaten

:25:38. > :25:45.the All Blacks at homes. You have to keep getting better. A lot of young

:25:46. > :25:48.guys have played well. If everyone was fit there would be difficult

:25:49. > :25:52.choices to make. It is up to the players to get themselves in good

:25:53. > :25:58.form. Someone was asking me about the World Cup. I think for a player

:25:59. > :26:02.it's simple. You just have to be the best you can be every time you play

:26:03. > :26:06.and the rest will take care of itself. It is always an interesting

:26:07. > :26:11.season the year, the championship as well. You've got keep progressing

:26:12. > :26:18.and getting better. Thinking back to London 2012 and how much home team

:26:19. > :26:23.support made Team GB. It is difficult in a way, because you are

:26:24. > :26:27.used to being away at World Cups, playing at home can be different.

:26:28. > :26:32.You have to get your head round that. The Twickenham factor is huge.

:26:33. > :26:36.The games at home we should have massive support, I'm sure we will.

:26:37. > :26:41.Ultimately the tournaments come down to one-off games. You can be the

:26:42. > :26:49.best team in the world for four years and if you lose that game, you

:26:50. > :26:55.are on your way home. In knock-out rugby, anything can happen. We're

:26:56. > :27:00.back with the race now. That's the front of the race, the remnants of

:27:01. > :27:05.the peloton. Group 2 there at 39 seconds, that I think is where Ian

:27:06. > :27:09.Stannard is on the road. Sir Bradley Wiggins on the front in the

:27:10. > :27:17.somewhere of your picture. He's leading the way. He's got some of

:27:18. > :27:25.his team-mates, Nathan Earl and Ben Smith. Neatly tucked in, letting

:27:26. > :27:29.everybody take the wind. Christian mier for Orica GreenEDGE. Omega

:27:30. > :27:34.Pharma, they've got a strong team here and they, too, have plenty of

:27:35. > :27:39.presence at the pointy end of the peloton. They are coming up to the

:27:40. > :27:44.front and the Frenchman at the front. Behind him is Gert Steegmans,

:27:45. > :27:50.the tall figure. Looking at the make-up of this group, we have 50

:27:51. > :28:00.riders in front and Sky only have three ride ears. Six riders started

:28:01. > :28:05.from each of these teams. NetApp They are looking good. Scott

:28:06. > :28:11.Thwaites the bronze medallist from the Commonwealth Games. They have

:28:12. > :28:16.numbers but Sky only have three riders in front. This is the second

:28:17. > :28:21.group. A difficult time. Maybe there is an opportunity in 39 seconds to

:28:22. > :28:27.ease back and hopefully these guys get back on. It doesn't look like

:28:28. > :28:35.Team Sky have the numbers in front and they were exposed. Boswell and

:28:36. > :28:38.Stannard have the riders of NFTO for company. They are almost three

:28:39. > :28:44.quarters of a minute behind the back end of what's left of the main

:28:45. > :28:49.peloton at the front of the race. Got to see Sir Bradley Wiggins at

:28:50. > :28:52.the front. The when you see him riding along there, looking so

:28:53. > :29:04.comfortable, few people look better on a bike as they ride as Wiggins

:29:05. > :29:09.does. He's so fluid. With no race radios, how will they know that

:29:10. > :29:14.Stannard and Boswell are only 30 seconds behind? They could do with

:29:15. > :29:20.them at the front of this race. Again it's all action. Omega

:29:21. > :29:26.Pharma-Quick-Step at the front with Gert Steegmans. Some Belkin riders

:29:27. > :29:31.also there. A lot of riders are sitting back. There's still Boxhill

:29:32. > :29:37.to come. Anything could happen. That's the next difficulty on the

:29:38. > :29:42.horizon as they head towards the main road and the left-hand turn

:29:43. > :29:49.taking them into Dorking. Then he hit the A 24 and head north before

:29:50. > :30:00.making the turn on to the zigzag road of Boxhill. That's the main

:30:01. > :30:08.difficulty. 65 kilometres to go. In the blue on the left-hand side Scott

:30:09. > :30:15.Thwaites. Sam Bennett the right-hand side, and Zac Dempster. Riding very

:30:16. > :30:20.well is NetApp. Few riders hamming on the back but online 50 required

:30:21. > :30:25.left at the front of this race. Rochelle, do you think we'll see

:30:26. > :30:29.activity on Boxhill? Do you think that's where the next attack is

:30:30. > :30:33.going to come? I think absolutely we'll see something happen on

:30:34. > :30:38.Boxhill, because there's a few sprinters in the peloton. The it's

:30:39. > :30:43.the most likely it will come down to a sprint. Boxhill is a moment where

:30:44. > :30:50.if they've got good legs they can make an impact. We are going to see

:30:51. > :30:58.action on Boxhill. We are seeing action on the main road heading east

:30:59. > :31:03.into Dorking. This is Gert Steegmans. Mark Renshaw is here, and

:31:04. > :31:07.Alessandro Petacchi. Whether they know that Stannard and Boswell are

:31:08. > :31:13.trying to come back to this front group, this is what cycling's all

:31:14. > :31:19.about. It is twisting and turning. Each team has different tactics. The

:31:20. > :32:30.pressure is being kept on. That's great to see.

:32:31. > :32:34.pressure has been an last 20 kilometres, Zak Dempster in second

:32:35. > :32:40.place. Julian Alaphilippe on the front. Sam Bennett as well in the

:32:41. > :32:47.red and black. Philippe Gilbert in the red and black, behind him Adam

:32:48. > :32:52.Blythe, very hard last 20, 25 km. Bradley Wiggins. I wonder what the

:32:53. > :32:58.next couple of years holds for him? Will he be focusing on the track

:32:59. > :33:09.with the Olympics and maybe road racing as more than means to an end

:33:10. > :33:14.in terms of insurance? It looks like that, he still wants to be world

:33:15. > :33:19.time trial champion. Again he is looking towards Rio, he wants to try

:33:20. > :33:28.to match Chris Hoy, so good luck to him. It would be sad to see him not

:33:29. > :33:30.winning, getting involved in so many of the World Tour races but I

:33:31. > :33:36.believe he will be back next year trying to do something in the

:33:37. > :33:41.Paris-Roubaix. It is the way cycling is going, the road can complement

:33:42. > :33:45.the track. You have to pick one or the other. Bradley is confused, but

:33:46. > :33:50.it is a good situation to be in, he needs to make some decisions.

:33:51. > :33:54.Obviously he will go for the individual time trial this year. He

:33:55. > :33:58.has spoken about going back to the track and finishing where he

:33:59. > :34:02.started. We know with Bradley that every week we hear the different

:34:03. > :34:08.ambition. It is good to have those problems, you can be good in both.

:34:09. > :34:13.It is a matter of where his heart lies and that will become clear to

:34:14. > :34:17.him. It is amazing, when he sets his mind to something, the degree of

:34:18. > :34:22.success he has. But he needs those specific targets to a mad, to

:34:23. > :34:26.concentrate his mind. One of the best in the world that setting

:34:27. > :34:30.targets and hitting them. We mentioned earlier in the programme,

:34:31. > :34:34.that he wanted to go for Paris-Roubaix, he finished ninth

:34:35. > :34:38.this year. One of the biggest classic races in cycling, then he

:34:39. > :34:44.lost five kilograms in a matter of four weeks to get to the Torah of

:34:45. > :34:49.California so he could climb better and he won it, so Bradley Wiggins

:34:50. > :34:54.sets targets and normally hits them. -- Tour of California. Ki this looks

:34:55. > :35:03.like a dangerous move, Caleb Ewan came across. He wanted to be in the

:35:04. > :35:07.break. Looks like that, again Team Sky only down to three riders, they

:35:08. > :35:13.have got their main rider in hate, Ben Swift. Or importantly,

:35:14. > :35:17.NetApp-Endura have got three in here. Frantic chase behind, still

:35:18. > :35:22.coming in towards Dorking for the last sprint. And they still have Box

:35:23. > :35:28.Hill. Very much a different race to last year. Thwaites and benefit from

:35:29. > :35:34.NetApp-Endura, one other wider there. Zak Dempster is there, the

:35:35. > :35:37.tall Aussie. Gert Steegmans and Alaphilippe, Philippe Gilbert,

:35:38. > :35:41.former world champion, his first race back. He missed the Tour de

:35:42. > :35:48.France. Again one of the worlds best riders. Couple of riders trying to

:35:49. > :35:54.sneak on the back, one Canon Dial -- one from Cannondale and one from

:35:55. > :35:58.Belkin. This looks like a good selection. The riders from

:35:59. > :36:05.NetApp-Endura clearly think this is worth. There is Ben Swift, from Team

:36:06. > :36:10.Sky, on the front, Gert Steegmans has one big races in the past. This

:36:11. > :36:14.is the 20-year-old Caleb Ewan, making his move again, we saw him

:36:15. > :36:18.prominently in the Commonwealth Games only last Sunday. A word about

:36:19. > :36:26.statements, he instigated this move, twice a winner of stages in the Tour

:36:27. > :36:30.de France. -- Gert Steegmans. In 2007 and 2008. Still a very imposing

:36:31. > :36:34.physical presence in his 30s. Gilbert, the Belgian, two or three

:36:35. > :36:42.years ago seemingly could do no wrong, was winning every race he

:36:43. > :36:49.took part in. He has a fantastic palmares. To have a Aluko was there

:36:50. > :36:53.across the road. Looking at how everybody is looking. Pushing an

:36:54. > :36:57.infant is the bronze medallist from the Commonwealth Games, Thwaites.

:36:58. > :37:01.Riders looking round to see who has made it to Dorking in the front

:37:02. > :37:06.group. Gilbert has somebody with him, he will be happy with that. The

:37:07. > :37:14.numbers seem to be with NetApp-Endura, with three. Steegmans

:37:15. > :37:26.in the front. Who was the Bill Kenwright coming through? As they

:37:27. > :37:32.head into Dorking. -- who is the Belkin rider coming through. The

:37:33. > :37:38.front of the race strung out. Towards the front, Adam Blythe in

:37:39. > :37:43.the black, and number 65 is Orica GreenEdge, Caleb Ewan. Really making

:37:44. > :37:57.his presence felt in this race once again. The other rider of their is

:37:58. > :38:08.the apprentice rider on BMC. Loic Vliegen. The stagiaire. Is it

:38:09. > :38:15.Clement who has joined from Belkin? Stef Clement a very good time

:38:16. > :38:19.trialist. Very strong breakaway. Not far from this last sprint in

:38:20. > :38:25.Dorking. Good to see these riders taking this race by the scruff of

:38:26. > :38:38.the neck. Absolutely, through the high street and now to the age 24.

:38:39. > :38:44.-- A24. As we head towards the only asset and of Box Hill today. 35

:38:45. > :39:04.seconds the advantage for the 12 riders at the front. -- ascent. Just

:39:05. > :39:12.going past the railway station. Sky represented by Ben Swift at the back

:39:13. > :39:16.of the line. Behind Sam Bennett, one of the favourites for this race, we

:39:17. > :39:33.saw him win a stage into care Philly on the Torah Britain last year. --

:39:34. > :39:38.care Philly. Caerphilly. No more than a couple of minutes from the

:39:39. > :39:42.beginning of the climb of Box Hill. Cannondale working hard in the

:39:43. > :39:46.peloton for Elia Viviani. Root looking at the rider in the front

:39:47. > :39:52.group, he is not doing any work, he wants to get Viviana back. Possibly

:39:53. > :39:57.the fastest guy in this race, they will do everything they can to close

:39:58. > :40:04.this gap. Working hard now, Cannondale's turn to do the sort of

:40:05. > :40:08.job we saw Ian Stannard doing. Cannondale under pressure. Viviani

:40:09. > :40:14.sitting in fourth wheel, they have a lot to do. They will not be helped

:40:15. > :40:18.by anybody behind. It is all down to Cannondale, can they bring the group

:40:19. > :40:23.back? It will be difficult because everybody apart from Christian

:40:24. > :40:28.Corran from Cannondale obviously want to ride but having said that he

:40:29. > :40:36.has now done a turn on the front. -- Kristijan Koren. We are back with

:40:37. > :40:44.Gert Steegmans for a make of, and Caleb Ewan, the young Australian.

:40:45. > :40:49.Alaphilippe, number 31 for Omega Pharma Quickstep, the 22-year-old

:40:50. > :40:54.Frenchman, already has his contract for next gen. Second and third on

:40:55. > :41:03.stages of the Tour of Catalonia this year. He rode San Sebastian Larsson

:41:04. > :41:07.week, important one-day race. Such a packed programme. -- last week. It

:41:08. > :41:27.must be the most difficult thing for an events like Ryan London, trying

:41:28. > :41:32.to find a spot in the calendar. -- RideLondon. The Tour of Poland,

:41:33. > :41:39.World Tour race just finished the other day, the Tour of Denmark going

:41:40. > :41:43.on at the moment, very difficult. And again Cannondale the front of

:41:44. > :41:47.the second group as we see the gap going up to 42 seconds. Coming up to

:41:48. > :41:53.another client, you would expect these riders, Ben Swift, Caleb Ewan,

:41:54. > :42:05.Adam Blythe, Gilbert, Gert Steegmans, Thwaites and Dempster

:42:06. > :42:11.from NetApp-Endura, Stef Clement, Kristijan Koren, Sam Bennett. As you

:42:12. > :42:17.can see on the lower slopes of Box Hill, what a mecca that has become

:42:18. > :42:22.for cyclists, particularly since the Olympic Games road race. Cyclists

:42:23. > :42:29.all over it at any time of the day. Just the once for the professionals

:42:30. > :42:34.here today. It was nine times in the Olympic Games road race. Talking

:42:35. > :42:38.about only six riders in the team this year, it is so difficult to try

:42:39. > :42:43.to control a race and we are only five in the Olympic Games. The

:42:44. > :42:46.British team working for Mark Cavendish that they came so close to

:42:47. > :42:54.managing the race and getting him to spend. Just the last time over Box

:42:55. > :42:56.Hill when the group got away. NetApp-Endura have the numbers in

:42:57. > :43:06.the break but the interesting thing is when they are racing without

:43:07. > :43:10.radios, it is possible. The Cannondale rider has the fastest man

:43:11. > :43:15.in this race but with his team trying to close this gap and bring

:43:16. > :43:19.it back, he is unsure. Interesting thing is the directors have to take

:43:20. > :43:21.some possibility and go through all the different scenarios before they

:43:22. > :43:25.go on the road because they will be sometimes when there is no true

:43:26. > :43:29.indication. They need to leave nothing to chance and go over every

:43:30. > :43:35.possible scenario. There has been a bit of miscommunication, maybe no

:43:36. > :43:40.communication, obviously, the Cannondale rider has done some turns

:43:41. > :43:44.at the front and that is interesting when his team is chasing. Kristijan

:43:45. > :43:48.Koren has just come out of the Tour de France, riders who do that, it is

:43:49. > :43:52.the opposite to what you would expect. Those who do not follow

:43:53. > :43:55.cycling would think that if you have done the Tour de France that you

:43:56. > :44:01.need to put your feet up and he would be in pieces, but actually you

:44:02. > :44:08.can often have better legs. You can have strong legs, you can either

:44:09. > :44:12.come out in a box or with good legs. He obviously has good legs. The

:44:13. > :44:16.interesting thing is we see the riders without race riders riding

:44:17. > :44:21.until it gets to one minute, then the team cars will be allowed to

:44:22. > :44:25.come up and they can get communication. Pretty sure the

:44:26. > :44:30.Cannondale team car cannot come in to a 43 second gap. Wrist Yan Corran

:44:31. > :44:44.does not really know, what is happening behind him. -- Christian

:44:45. > :44:49.don't come out 100%, the team car will come out and say, sit on. These

:44:50. > :44:53.are the strongest riders, this is the second group on the road, led by

:44:54. > :44:58.Cannondale, the strongest riders I think are in front and I am not sure

:44:59. > :45:01.Cannondale will manage to get back. An awful lot of work to do, not sure

:45:02. > :45:10.how many people will be prepared to let them do it. As you can see,

:45:11. > :45:14.still not that big a gap, just going over what we were saying a moment

:45:15. > :45:22.ago, David Millar on Twitter last week saying, after the Commonwealth

:45:23. > :45:29.Games, those who did not ride in the Tour de France had good legs for the

:45:30. > :45:33.half of the race, those who did had good legs for the second half, which

:45:34. > :45:43.is how it pans out for Geraint Thomas.

:45:44. > :45:53.produced a stellar performance. We are on Box Hill. A lot of people are

:45:54. > :46:01.against or for race radios. For me this race is perfect, with no race

:46:02. > :46:05.radios. He doesn't know his team-mates are working for Viviani

:46:06. > :46:09.behind. The team that has riders here is NetApp-Endura. Sam Bennett

:46:10. > :46:15.at the front, one of the favourites today, with the likes of Ben Swift.

:46:16. > :46:22.Ben doesn't have any team-mates with him. Gilbert is there. He's a fast

:46:23. > :46:32.sprinter but yet again McGuinness against Sam Bennett? But yet again

:46:33. > :46:39.Gilbert against Sam Bennett? I wouldn't think so. 45 seconds is the

:46:40. > :46:48.gap here. The wind is blowing a bit on Box Hill. Interesting to see

:46:49. > :46:58.after Box Hill if Cannondale get any help from the Omega Pharma team.

:46:59. > :47:06.They've got Gert Steegmans and Julian Alaphilippe. Both are good

:47:07. > :47:10.finishers. Gert Steegmans in the Belgian championship he looked like

:47:11. > :47:16.he would win from the breakaway, but Omega Pharma came from the front and

:47:17. > :47:23.brought it back in the last kilometre. I think Gert Steegmans,

:47:24. > :47:31.second from the back, is possibly looking and believed he could win

:47:32. > :47:35.this today. A lovely view to the riders' right, which they'll have no

:47:36. > :47:42.time to take in, but a spectacular spot and a favourite of cyclists in

:47:43. > :47:47.the south-east of England. Once they are over Box Hill Headley Heath will

:47:48. > :47:57.be next, one of the few remaining heath lands in Surrey. And then the

:47:58. > :48:04.journey back to London. Adam Blythe came back and rode for a British

:48:05. > :48:11.Third Division team. He's a classy sprinter. Let's not discount Adam

:48:12. > :48:15.Blythe from this group in front. And he is good friends with Philippe

:48:16. > :48:21.Gilbert and raced alongside him until the back end of last season.

:48:22. > :48:27.Back now on the domestic scene. There's some quality bike riders. We

:48:28. > :48:31.said Philippe Gilbert wasn't the best of sprinters. He probably

:48:32. > :48:36.thinks this is the last chance to break this race up. Gert Steegmans

:48:37. > :48:43.is in the chase group but Alaphilippe was on to the wheel. Ben

:48:44. > :48:49.Smith realises as well. The man in trouble is Zakk Dempster. He needs

:48:50. > :48:55.to stay with this front group. Zakk Dempster, maybe not a bad time, as

:48:56. > :49:03.it will be slightly downhill in the not too distance future.

:49:04. > :49:08.NetApp-Endura down to two. The gap has gone over a minute for the first

:49:09. > :49:12.time and that was on Box Hill. When we hit Box Hill it was about 34

:49:13. > :49:17.seconds and now the strongest ride rehearse in front. Great to see BMC

:49:18. > :49:21.rider Philippe Gilbert on the attack. This is probably one of the

:49:22. > :49:26.last chances he's got to try to split this front group of 12. It is

:49:27. > :49:35.all action. Action. Still plenty of racing to come. Anything can can

:49:36. > :49:38.happen. Especially without communication out there. If

:49:39. > :49:44.something goes wrong at the front and a rider loses contact, anything

:49:45. > :49:49.could happen. It depends which riders are in the peloton and which

:49:50. > :49:55.riders are in the main group. It looks like all the pressure is on

:49:56. > :50:00.Cannondale. If other teams help out, it is possible it could come back.

:50:01. > :50:05.Fracturing at the front of the race, instigated by Philippe Gilbert. He's

:50:06. > :50:13.on the attack, taking Julian Alaphilippe and Ben Swift behind

:50:14. > :50:18.him. Three riders in front.thwaitethwaitethwaite, trying

:50:19. > :50:45.to close the gap. There's still 50 kilometres to go.

:50:46. > :50:55.Here's the front of the race. Gilbert in the red and black. Ben

:50:56. > :51:01.Smith right on his wheel, and Julian Alaphilippe from Omega Pharma.

:51:02. > :51:05.Philippe Gilbert driving on, trying to see if he can force a split that

:51:06. > :51:12.lasts off the front of this leading group. This is what Gilbert wants.

:51:13. > :51:17.He wants to take it to the rest of them and come into the finish at the

:51:18. > :51:23.The Mall with few riders, the fewer the better for Gilbert. Behind it

:51:24. > :51:28.looks as if Caleb is coming across the gap. Euan, an excellent

:51:29. > :51:37.performance in the Commonwealth Games last week. This is his first

:51:38. > :51:42.race for Orica GreenEDGE. GreenEDGE. What an effort it was by the Aussie

:51:43. > :51:52.to chase these three required down. You've got to Iraq, swift, you've

:51:53. > :51:54.got to remember that these are some of the best riders in the world.

:51:55. > :52:07.What an effort it At the start of his career with

:52:08. > :52:13.Orica GreenEDGE he is getting involved in the business end of the

:52:14. > :52:19.race, mixing it from the riders at the front. Cannondale try to reduce

:52:20. > :52:29.the deficit. In fact it is going up slightly, to a minute and 5. Back

:52:30. > :52:38.with the leading group. Just taking the descent with a

:52:39. > :52:52.measure of caution. Inside the final 50 kilometres of this race. Swift

:52:53. > :52:59.has a little look. Alaphilippe, Caleb on his wheel and Clement from

:53:00. > :53:06.Belkin. The lead is a minute and five. 11 ride are in the lead. They

:53:07. > :53:14.begin their journey back into central London.

:53:15. > :53:23.STUDIO: Back to that race soon. 15 miles to The Mall, it was won by

:53:24. > :53:29.Walter for the second year in a row. War veterans from the Army, Steve

:53:30. > :53:33.Arnold and Josh. I caught up with them afterwards. You've just

:53:34. > :53:38.finished the hand-cycle race. The weather was pretty miserable. To be

:53:39. > :53:44.fair this is the worst the weather's been. It started when we started off

:53:45. > :53:50.and it was clear all the way and it started raining in the final 600

:53:51. > :53:55.metres. You the. In criterion. Josh, you were watching it. I started

:53:56. > :54:00.cycling but hadn't done a race yet. This is only my sixth race, so it

:54:01. > :54:04.was really good fun. The enjoyable. A couple of cheeky hills but it was

:54:05. > :54:10.good fun. You two are both in the Army and were injured. Tell us about

:54:11. > :54:18.your injuries. I'm a triple amputee, missing my right arm as well will.

:54:19. > :54:25.Was injured New Year's Eve in 2010, stood an on IED. Royal Engineers,

:54:26. > :54:31.search team. Stood on an IED in April 2011. A double amputee,

:54:32. > :54:36.luckily nothing else injured. And both rehabbed at Headley Court,

:54:37. > :54:40.which does an amazing job. Yes, it is all military personnel, so you

:54:41. > :54:45.get the banter. Bounce off each other. See people ahead of you that

:54:46. > :54:50.are walking and it gives you the enthusiasm to walk again. Or brain

:54:51. > :54:55.injuries, PTSD, whatever it is. And winding people up as well. I know

:54:56. > :55:01.you were thinking about Rio but before then the Invictus Games. If

:55:02. > :55:06.you were selected, how good with would that be? Amazing, against

:55:07. > :55:12.military personnel from 17 different countries. If we get selected,

:55:13. > :55:18.amazing. To pit yourself against the Americans, the French, the Iraqis.

:55:19. > :55:22.And it is being held Attlee valley, so cycling there, the atmosphere and

:55:23. > :55:28.the history. Watching it two years ago, it inspired me to get on a

:55:29. > :55:32.bike. Sport is a massive part of the rehabilitation of injured war

:55:33. > :55:37.veterans. Massive. A lot of injured guys, most of us are fit anyway. The

:55:38. > :55:42.first thing you can do to get back up to fitness. We've been training

:55:43. > :55:47.for 10-20 years in the Army, it is a big thing in the military, sport.

:55:48. > :55:52.When you are jirksd you want to get back into, when you are injured, you

:55:53. > :55:59.want to get back into sport. Or even if you want to do it for fun, it

:56:00. > :56:04.gets you out and about. Josh is still out in the wet. Good luck with

:56:05. > :56:09.selection and we hope to see new the Invictus Games. Cheers. That British

:56:10. > :56:14.team will be announced on Wednesday. Will find out if Josh and Steve are

:56:15. > :56:25.in it. You can watch all the action on the BBC from 10-14 September. Is

:56:26. > :56:35.it is Prince Harry's big idea. Looking forwardto the road cycling

:56:36. > :56:40.but back to the London-Surrey Classic. We have a dozen riders off

:56:41. > :56:46.the front of the race. The gap, a minute and 11 seconds. Can they work

:56:47. > :56:49.together well enough to stay away? At the moment it looks as if

:56:50. > :56:54.Cannondale are the only team trying to bring them back. Four riders from

:56:55. > :56:57.Cannondale against 11 people who, if they decide to work together, it

:56:58. > :57:02.should be an uneven battle, shouldn't it? It should be, but

:57:03. > :57:06.we've seen stranger things happen in races. 11 riders in the front. The

:57:07. > :57:11.unfortunately for Zakk Dempster he couldn't hang on over Box Hill. 11

:57:12. > :57:19.riders, if they are all committing, there's only four riders from

:57:20. > :57:25.Cannondale and one other. One of the Cannondale ride serious Viviani.

:57:26. > :57:27.Four riders from Cannondale and one other. One of the Cannondale ride

:57:28. > :57:30.serious Viviani. He isn't - one of the Cannondale riders is Viviani. He

:57:31. > :57:36.isn't going to be riding. These ride shears be pushing out an advantage.

:57:37. > :57:42.It's holding but how long can the Cannondale riders hold these 11 men?

:57:43. > :57:50.These are the strongest riders over the climbs but there's a long way to

:57:51. > :57:57.go. Just under 45 kilometres. If these riders stay away we are not

:57:58. > :58:02.going to see an 11-man group of sprinters. What's your reading of

:58:03. > :58:08.the situation, Rochelle? It is very hard to make a call at the moment,

:58:09. > :58:12.because we know it is going to be an exciting finish. Whether the winner

:58:13. > :58:18.comes from this group or a break works none of us are game enough to

:58:19. > :58:24.make a call on that yet. Buts going to be an exciting finish with big

:58:25. > :58:27.names in the group. It is going to be fascinating, as they head towards

:58:28. > :58:35.London. Swift with his arm in the air. I wonder with whether he's got

:58:36. > :58:38.a problem. Looks like a front-wheel puncture for Sam Bennett.

:58:39. > :58:45.NetApp-Endura are going to be losing one of these riders. He's waiting

:58:46. > :58:52.for his team car. This is a feat for Ben Swift.

:58:53. > :58:58.Christian coren still taking his brief little turns at the front of

:58:59. > :59:03.this breakaway group. Sam bent's team car is coming up. It looks as

:59:04. > :59:09.if he has a problem. The quickest thing here is to change bike. No,

:59:10. > :59:15.they are out with a wheel. A front with wheel puncture, as we

:59:16. > :59:19.suspected. He has to have a quick change because it is going to be

:59:20. > :59:25.difficult. That's very bad timing for Bennett. The pace is high and he

:59:26. > :59:29.was in that breakaway. Did so well to be in there, but he's going to

:59:30. > :59:34.have to use up a fair amount of energy to attempt to get back with

:59:35. > :59:42.them. Not looking so great for him now. No, it isn't. A group of ten

:59:43. > :59:49.now. Scott won't know what's happening behind. Just over one

:59:50. > :59:57.minute. Everybody has to keep on riding. If these riders keep on

:59:58. > :00:03.riding for the next 10-15 kilometres, what will the commissars

:00:04. > :00:06.say? Will they turn a blind eye? It was unfortunate for Sam to have a

:00:07. > :00:31.punning ture. couple of years ago. Strong in the

:00:32. > :00:42.Commonwealth Games last week. He also rode well early on, he has been

:00:43. > :00:48.there all about is. Very capable of doing the things, but fortunately

:00:49. > :00:57.for the team, thought it would be a hard chase but the team car giving

:00:58. > :01:03.him a couple of bottles and get him back. It is devastating to see

:01:04. > :01:07.athletes working hard, preparing for one race for four years like the

:01:08. > :01:12.Olympics and so unfortunate to see a mechanical take them out. , said

:01:13. > :01:31.turning a blind eye, genuine puncture, back where he started. --,

:01:32. > :01:35.commissaire. It was hard stopping stuff last week with Geraint Thomas,

:01:36. > :01:40.he was the strongest rider, and he had a puncture. It would not have

:01:41. > :01:48.been fair. It is a grey area, we have seen many devastating moments

:01:49. > :01:52.in sport. People will argue that sometimes getting a puncture can be

:01:53. > :01:56.down to the skills of the riders. It is a grey area. Also with

:01:57. > :02:01.mechanicals and can be down to the team staff not doing their job

:02:02. > :02:07.properly, so it is all part of the sport. In these cases, such a grey

:02:08. > :02:12.area, great to see Sam Bennett back in the front group. The leading

:02:13. > :02:17.riders into Leatherhead now, twisting and turning through the

:02:18. > :02:23.centre before the race eventually heads over the M25. Caleb Ewan.

:02:24. > :02:34.Having a little bit of trouble sorting out his musette. Deciding to

:02:35. > :02:40.have a drink instead. Obviously hungry because of the effort to get

:02:41. > :02:46.out of the bag. Maybe some inexperience, might not have needed

:02:47. > :02:50.to take one in previous races. Good to see him avoiding those pollard is

:02:51. > :02:55.as well is he was fiddling around with his late lunch. May be an

:02:56. > :03:02.instance of Caleb Ewan had something he wanted at that particular time,

:03:03. > :03:08.maybe some gels or something, and in the feed is only do is difficult to

:03:09. > :03:13.get your bag. He went back to the car is as close particular bag.

:03:14. > :03:17.Sometimes that can be psychological. He got himself in

:03:18. > :03:22.difficulty but now he is back. Very young rider as I said, plenty of

:03:23. > :03:28.time. We will see him pretty much at the top of plenty of podiums. Ben

:03:29. > :03:33.Swift on the front of the leading group. Still Cannondale

:03:34. > :03:37.predominantly at the front, Viviani the protective rider who is not

:03:38. > :03:41.contributing to that, sitting in about fifth. They are not making any

:03:42. > :03:49.inroads onto this leading group at the moment. Gilbert. In the red and

:03:50. > :04:02.black at the back. Instance here, watching the NetApp-Endura team car

:04:03. > :04:07.coming up. Sometimes when the change rise out it can make a big

:04:08. > :04:14.difference. Neatly and tidily done. Suitably avoiding the road

:04:15. > :04:17.furniture. The chain freshly lubricated, Scott Thwaites bank into

:04:18. > :04:24.the thick of the race. Adam Blythe at the back. He has shown flashes of

:04:25. > :04:29.his talent. You wonder how much more might be in there. It was difficult

:04:30. > :04:34.to come back to the UK, with BMC last year, good friends still living

:04:35. > :04:40.in Monaco, with Philippe Gilbert, but again he is such a young talent.

:04:41. > :04:46.Maybe too much, too young. Maybe you'd went to his head ever so

:04:47. > :04:52.slightly. I know he is definitely motivated. -- maybe it went back to

:04:53. > :04:58.his head. He is starting to put himself about a wee bit now. No

:04:59. > :05:04.doubt he has plenty of ability. Of course he has. I know he is only

:05:05. > :05:09.young but as a big rider on the UK scene, nowhere to hide. Every time

:05:10. > :05:14.he attacks he has eight riders in his pockets not allowing him to go

:05:15. > :05:22.anywhere. In the last few weeks he has thought about his goals. This is

:05:23. > :05:28.one of his goals. It is good to see him on form. As I said earlier,

:05:29. > :05:33.let's not discounting. He is a very fast finisher. The British National

:05:34. > :05:37.circuit race champion 2014, as the imposing figure of Gert Steegmans

:05:38. > :05:42.goes to the front of the breakaway group. Gilbert on his wheel in the

:05:43. > :05:48.blank, with the blue stripe down his back is Ben Swift. Most of these

:05:49. > :05:53.riders in this 11 man group, claiming there, he has been wanting

:05:54. > :05:57.his bottle for a long period. He has now managed to get it, difficult for

:05:58. > :06:05.a lot of cars to come from behind peloton. They cannot pass on the

:06:06. > :06:10.likes of Box Hill. He is on his own, he is a very good time trialist, he

:06:11. > :06:18.has won stages, if my memory serves me right, in Catalonia earlier in

:06:19. > :06:22.the year by taking it with just over one kilometre to go. The others can

:06:23. > :06:27.possibly wait for the sprint, but Stef Clement looking strong. Riding

:06:28. > :06:33.his way back into form having to abandon the Tour de France on Stage

:06:34. > :06:39.7. Coro is the Slovenian on the back. The entrance 50 moving a great

:06:40. > :06:50.deal, no change there. Over 190,000 cars go down that stretch every. --

:06:51. > :06:55.the M25. Touching on one minutes at the top of Box Hill and we were

:06:56. > :07:02.thinking if they would stay away. Is their firepower behind? Looking at

:07:03. > :07:07.it it was a numbers game. Three from Cannondale, one from Topsport

:07:08. > :07:10.Vlaanderen, Topsport Vlaanderen had two or three riders, why did they

:07:11. > :07:15.not commit when the gap was so small? It is creeping up, these are

:07:16. > :07:19.the strongest riders in the race. They will come onto The Mall,

:07:20. > :07:25.possibly not together, but fighting out the win. The peloton not making

:07:26. > :07:33.any inroads? Khan went back to the car, taking off his boutique

:07:34. > :07:38.others, that is unusual. He means business now. -- shoe covers. They

:07:39. > :07:44.all looked like they are in the race for the win, getting ready for the

:07:45. > :07:50.race for the win. Bradley Wiggins there about half way back, in the

:07:51. > :07:54.middle of the picture. Wiggins still in the middle of the peloton.

:07:55. > :07:58.Russell Downing in front of him, fourth in the Commonwealth Games

:07:59. > :08:07.road race last week. What do you feel Wiggins's role might be? He has

:08:08. > :08:11.done his job. He came to the fund, riding out the front pretty much all

:08:12. > :08:15.day, looking after Ben Swift. A lot of these things you do not really

:08:16. > :08:19.see, people were expecting Wiggins to be on the front group but he has

:08:20. > :08:26.sacrificed his chances for his team-mate. That is why he has been

:08:27. > :08:31.riding on the front. For Ben Swift. Swift is at the front so he is in a

:08:32. > :08:36.good situation. Sky certainly animated the race in the Surrey

:08:37. > :08:41.Hills, they were starting to make things happen. They took it on with

:08:42. > :08:45.Boswell and Ian Stannard. Again, Bradley Wiggins was there and he

:08:46. > :08:50.kept the pressure on. He could have sat up at the top of the climb but

:08:51. > :08:57.he kept the tempo. It is difficult coming from a couple of weeks ago

:08:58. > :09:03.from the track, as you said, then riding 193 kilometres, but he has

:09:04. > :09:07.ridden tremendously. But the transition from a one-day classic to

:09:08. > :09:12.a multiple stage race, then you have to remember what he did in 2012, he

:09:13. > :09:16.won the Tour de France and then a couple of weeks later the Olympic

:09:17. > :09:21.time trial. He is versatile. Ben Swift could win today and he will

:09:22. > :09:26.thank all of his team. Swift on the right-hand side, going over into the

:09:27. > :09:32.guttering. Having a look at everybody else. Decent crowd, what

:09:33. > :09:37.routes do they take into London? Through Esher, but over the Thames

:09:38. > :09:43.at Kingston, then threw Raynes Park and Wimbledon Village, then over

:09:44. > :09:45.Putney Bridge. And up into London along the embankment, past the

:09:46. > :09:49.Houses of Parliament. Of Whitehall and then the left-hand turn at

:09:50. > :09:56.Admiralty arch, then 300 metres from the finishing line here on the Mall,

:09:57. > :09:58.where the sun is shining. As it is on the leading riders. Gert

:09:59. > :10:03.Steegmans at the back of the moment, looking around. We are back with the

:10:04. > :10:11.chasing group now. The main peloton. Kristian House in the middle with a

:10:12. > :10:17.pink trim. Looks like they may have given up, looking at their faces.

:10:18. > :10:23.The break out at one minute 30, it will be close but the peloton look

:10:24. > :10:27.relaxed. You can see the speed of the 11 riders at the front,

:10:28. > :10:32.everybody taking their turn. This gap will steadily increase. Only

:10:33. > :10:40.Cannondale and Topsport Vlaanderen, everybody else content to roll into

:10:41. > :10:45.The Mall to finish their efforts. Coro on the left in the green,

:10:46. > :10:56.Cannondale. At the back of the peloton now, that is Clement Saint

:10:57. > :11:07.Martin of La Pomme Marseille. This is the front of the chasers.

:11:08. > :11:12.Topsport Vlaanderen just starting to get involved a little bit. One rider

:11:13. > :11:17.at the front, another couple in there, just getting confirmation.

:11:18. > :11:32.1:29. One of the Cannondale riders has done his job. All that Viviani

:11:33. > :11:38.has is two riders. There were four, we have lost one of the Cannondale

:11:39. > :11:43.riders off the front. Now it is down to three of them, I cannot see it

:11:44. > :11:48.happening. That was 134, Steve Lampier, he was involved in the

:11:49. > :11:53.breakaway earlier in the race. They were keen to animate the action

:11:54. > :11:58.early on. Halfway through Richmond Park, six riders gaining a lead of

:11:59. > :12:03.over three minutes, reeled in primarily by Team Sky. A gargantuan

:12:04. > :12:08.turn at the front from Ian Stannard. And some good work from Ian Boswell.

:12:09. > :12:12.An awful lot for the Cannondale riders to do, they are not getting

:12:13. > :12:17.much help. Trying to help their sprinter, Elia Viviani, he has had

:12:18. > :12:24.considerable success on the track. Not getting much help from anybody

:12:25. > :12:29.else. Remember when the riders were pulling faces behind the Ian

:12:30. > :12:36.Stannard, now look at the faces behind these front three. They are

:12:37. > :12:46.nice and easy. The precious being applied by Scott Thwaites. Now you

:12:47. > :12:55.have to be in these situations, Sam Bennett still has to take his turn

:12:56. > :13:00.on the front. Bennett leading at the moment, Scott Thwaites as well, his

:13:01. > :13:02.team-mate. Good to see Philippe Gilbert racing strongly on British

:13:03. > :13:10.roads. Stef Clement in the green helmet for Belkin. These are the

:13:11. > :13:16.chasers. Just not chasing at all, the gap staying constant. One rider

:13:17. > :13:22.involved here in blue from the front, from the Wanty-Groupe

:13:23. > :13:34.Gobert, the second division Belgian team. You do the maths and it will

:13:35. > :13:38.not happen. Just hovering at about 1:30, but to bring that back will be

:13:39. > :13:55.very difficult. Leading riders there, this is the stagiaire from

:13:56. > :14:01.BMC, and now Ben Swift coming through the Centre for sky. Caleb

:14:02. > :14:07.Ewan still hanging in. During his turn at the front. At the moment

:14:08. > :14:12.they are working well together but I guess as kilometres go buy that will

:14:13. > :14:17.start to change. They will know each other, they will know how the others

:14:18. > :14:23.ride, we have already mentioned Stef Clement not the fastest sprinters.

:14:24. > :14:26.He normally tries to clip off towards the finish, we know that Ben

:14:27. > :14:32.Swift is swift, we know Philippe Gilbert can sprint but he will not

:14:33. > :14:35.want to do that, but just looking outside our commentary position it

:14:36. > :14:41.looks as if there is a headwind in the finishing straight. Again that

:14:42. > :14:46.is a long finish, you do not want to be taking that on from the front.

:14:47. > :14:53.Gert Steegmans as well, they have two riders in here, and Alaphilippe,

:14:54. > :14:57.they can both win. It is the same with weights and Bennett, they both

:14:58. > :15:03.have great opportunities, BMC have two as well. Loic Vliegen the

:15:04. > :15:06.stagiaire has an opportunity, great to see him in this race with

:15:07. > :15:07.Philippe Gilbert. It'll be interesting to see happens in the

:15:08. > :15:56.last five or ten kilometres. front group that can sprint. As can

:15:57. > :15:59.the youngster Ewan from Australia. They'll want to know if they back

:16:00. > :16:06.themselves on this particular day over the other riders. It will be

:16:07. > :16:12.interesting if the riders block with their body language, giving other

:16:13. > :16:15.riders confidence to sprint. They'll probably ride together for a little

:16:16. > :16:20.longer and then start playing games and trying to block each other with

:16:21. > :16:23.their facial expresses and shaking their legs and their heads. It will

:16:24. > :16:30.be interesting coming into the finish. There's one of so many world

:16:31. > :16:36.class sporting venues in and around the London area, Sandown racecourse

:16:37. > :16:50.on the left-hand side. And here is the breakaway group. Group. Adam

:16:51. > :16:58.Blythe is taking his place at the front. For these 11 riders it's been

:16:59. > :17:08.tough. It is getting there with the sprint still in your legs. It's been

:17:09. > :17:15.an active race from the start. Activity as soon as the flag was

:17:16. > :17:20.dropped as soon as they left Olympic Park in Stratford. Last year we had

:17:21. > :17:25.quite a bunch finish, but not this year. I'm not sure if it's the

:17:26. > :17:31.conditions. They were better last year but I think it is the power of

:17:32. > :17:37.the other team. Coming here and taking it to everybody else.

:17:38. > :17:42.Speaking to Steven Roache today, he said it doesn't always matter what

:17:43. > :17:49.the route's like, it's how they race it. They've certainly given us an

:17:50. > :17:58.animated race on the roads of London and Surrey today. Gilbert sitting up

:17:59. > :18:04.momentarily. Clement having a look. The thing is they cannot ease back.

:18:05. > :18:09.They can't start playing around. Cat and mouse. There's still under 30

:18:10. > :18:14.kilometres to go. If they do this, they can be brought back. They till

:18:15. > :18:19.have to keep the tempo up. It is going be the strongest man who wins

:18:20. > :18:25.this race today. I wonder if someone is going to chance their arm perhaps

:18:26. > :18:30.at Wimbledon and try to sneak away. Not much opportunity between now and

:18:31. > :18:39.the finish perhaps. There has to be a lot of thinking for Caleb Ewan and

:18:40. > :18:45.Ben Swift. With NetApp-Endura and BMC and Omega Pharma, they have two

:18:46. > :18:53.riders in this front group of 11. Do they start the 1-2? Most of these

:18:54. > :19:02.riders can sprint. Alaphilippe and Steegmans, Thwaites and Bennett and

:19:03. > :19:09.Vlieegen and Gilbert, all of them can sprint. They have to keep the

:19:10. > :19:17.pressure on. We are heading for a fantastic finish. A decent-sized

:19:18. > :19:25.crowd in London. 1 minute and 31 seconds is the gap. It has stayed

:19:26. > :19:32.steady for some time. Swift with Thwaites on his wheel. Interesting

:19:33. > :19:36.that he is emptying his bottle. It is getting serious when you see a

:19:37. > :19:43.required get rid of a little bit of water. Those little things, mental

:19:44. > :19:48.edges that they get from emptying half a bottle or less of water

:19:49. > :20:02.before the sprint. It shows you that the pressure is on. All 11 ride

:20:03. > :20:07.verse no place to hide. I think there's a lot of mental games that

:20:08. > :20:11.come into place at this point in the race. They want to give themselves

:20:12. > :20:15.some confidence, because they've got to believe that they can do it.

:20:16. > :20:20.They've got to mentally switch on and say okay, now it's the business

:20:21. > :20:37.end of the race. I can't afford to switch off for a second. Julian

:20:38. > :20:48.Alaphilippe, another turn at the front. It's a good selection here. A

:20:49. > :20:53.wave of water coming off one of the lead cars. Ben Swift shaking his

:20:54. > :21:00.head. He's not happy about something. A lot of fans want him to

:21:01. > :21:08.pull off the win here today. He came close in the national road race

:21:09. > :21:15.championship. He was in second place. Philippe Gilbert, a big win

:21:16. > :21:24.for him this year, the Amstell Gold Race. So many classics under his

:21:25. > :21:33.race. He had a difficult period a couple of years ago. Ago. He

:21:34. > :21:44.eventually won the Welt we are. That relieved a... He eventually won the

:21:45. > :21:54.Welter. Having moved teams and going to BMC, the winds dried up.

:21:55. > :22:03.Conditions are far calmer than they were earlier today. There's still a

:22:04. > :22:08.fair breeze from the left-hand side. There is no let-up. Everyone has to

:22:09. > :22:13.do their turn at the front. You will see the 25 kilometres go and they

:22:14. > :22:21.will know that it is 25 kilometres still to go. When the boards start

:22:22. > :22:25.ticking down, 20, 15, 10, they know they've been in a race today. It's

:22:26. > :22:29.been hard. There's pressure on Ben Swift to deliver today. Today.

:22:30. > :22:35.Talking about pressure, a few riders, the lead riders in their

:22:36. > :22:43.team, but Caleb Ewan has nothing to lose. He must be thriving being with

:22:44. > :22:50.some big names. The headwind will suit him, as he's so small. Is you

:22:51. > :22:58.would have to put your money on him for an outside chance of the win.

:22:59. > :23:03.The sun shines on Kingston. The race winds its way back up towards

:23:04. > :23:07.London, central London, and the finish on The Mall. Kingston is one

:23:08. > :23:12.of the key points in the time trial in the Olympic Games. Won by Bradley

:23:13. > :23:25.Wiggins on that wonderful day in the summer of 2012.

:23:26. > :23:37.S are the leading riders. Just a few seconds knocked off their lead.

:23:38. > :23:43.Steegmans bring up the rear. Of the two, do you feel Steegmans would be

:23:44. > :23:52.the favoured rider over Alaphilippe, or knoll necessarily? Knoll

:23:53. > :23:59.necessarily. Not necessarily. Alaphilippe can sprint. Looking at

:24:00. > :24:04.this front group, I can only think that Belkin's Clement and

:24:05. > :24:08.Cannondale's Coren are the only two riders thinking they've got to

:24:09. > :24:17.attack. Everybody else has an position. Position. Has an option.

:24:18. > :24:23.Ewan doesn't have the experience. I would love to try and see him win.

:24:24. > :24:29.This youngster, he said this morning that he doesn't really care what the

:24:30. > :24:34.weather is like, he's riding his first race for a team and he want to

:24:35. > :24:43.go out and race. What an impact he's made. Whatever happens, he's made

:24:44. > :24:50.his presence felt. He's number 65. Adam Blythe is riding on the front.

:24:51. > :24:56.Looks like he's been down a mine. No place to hide in this race this

:24:57. > :25:02.year. A good 11 man break. There was 12 riders. The climb of Box Hill

:25:03. > :25:16.meant that we lost Zakk Dempster. There's still two riders capable of

:25:17. > :25:23.winning, from NetApp-Endura, and Sam Bennett, the Irishman. Bennett is

:25:24. > :25:34.certainly a man to watch as we head towards the finish. Riders need good

:25:35. > :25:39.head as well as good legs. You need to use your intelligence,

:25:40. > :25:43.particularly if people start to attack. You can't chase everything.

:25:44. > :25:48.You've only got so much energy that you can use up and you need to try

:25:49. > :25:53.and work out which things are worth chasing and which aren't. There's a

:25:54. > :25:59.lot of mistakes made in the past that. Experience will shine through.

:26:00. > :26:07.You have to keep on riding. In this 11 man group there is no place to

:26:08. > :26:23.hide. You are expected the attacks to come. There are gaps appearing.

:26:24. > :26:31.A bit of a split appearing in the lead group. Julian Alaphilippe is

:26:32. > :26:35.putting the pressure on and Clement is trying to take his wheel.

:26:36. > :26:42.Philippe Gilbert is there. The Bennett is hanging on to their coat

:26:43. > :26:51.tails. One of the fastest sprinters. He can't be brought to the finish by

:26:52. > :26:58.your team-mate, you have to sprint. He looks like he fancies it,

:26:59. > :27:07.Alaphilippe. Testing the legs of everybody else. Adam Blythe is

:27:08. > :27:13.second in line. Ben Swift for Sky. They've started messing about ever

:27:14. > :27:19.so slightly. The time gap is coming down, 1: 14. He wants to win this

:27:20. > :27:24.race today. They have to keep the pressure on. They've got to keep

:27:25. > :27:28.going, with 20 K still to go, that minute and 13 could come down

:27:29. > :27:34.rapidly if they mess around. That's right. They need to co-operate long

:27:35. > :27:39.fer they want to be in this race for the win. If they have good legs,

:27:40. > :27:44.they tend to have the attitude that they are going to be on everything.

:27:45. > :27:49.Every time someone move. But if your legs aren't good, you start to began

:27:50. > :27:53.and rely on other people to do the chase. Looks like Philippe Gilbert

:27:54. > :27:57.wants to get to the finish with his small group. Doesn't want to be

:27:58. > :28:04.caught. Philippe Gilbert going for it. That was Caleb Ewan on his wheel

:28:05. > :28:10.for a moment. Ewan starts to look tired on the other side of the road.

:28:11. > :28:14.Gilbert looks behind. Ewan is one rider that Gilbert will want to get

:28:15. > :28:27.rid of. No place to hide. They have to keep the pressure on. He needs to

:28:28. > :28:30.keep going, to keep the pressure on. Unfortunately Cannondale are now

:28:31. > :28:44.having core no-one the breakaway chasing to go up this front group.

:28:45. > :28:49.That initial move from that really hurt the legends of one or two of

:28:50. > :28:55.them in that break was instigated by Philippe Gilbert, the 2012 world

:28:56. > :29:02.road race champion. A good situation for Adam Blythe on the left-hand

:29:03. > :29:08.side. Gilbert, Swift and Alaphilippe and Blythe. In the back is

:29:09. > :29:13.Cannondale rider, Coren. On the back foot now is NetApp-Endura. They had

:29:14. > :29:22.three riders in the 12 man group. Lost Dempster and now Thwaites and

:29:23. > :29:30.Bennett have to shut this down. They've got to climb up through

:29:31. > :29:43.Wimbledon as they head towards the river. Alaphilippe on Blythe's

:29:44. > :29:50.wheel. This is a significant gap. Gap. We now have only five riders

:29:51. > :29:56.from the original. Philippe Gilbert wants to take this to everybody.

:29:57. > :30:02.Absolutely. Core season having to hang in there. Hasn't got the wheel

:30:03. > :30:05.of Blythe in front of him. Alaphilippe Sal the rider, number

:30:06. > :30:12.31, at the back of this selection. This is the fracturing of the lead

:30:13. > :30:30.group. 12 became 11 and is now down to a core group of five.

:30:31. > :30:44.black jersey with the red helmet, this is Christian Corrin, --

:30:45. > :30:55.Kristijan Koren for Cannondale. Gilbert wants to make this stage. He

:30:56. > :30:59.wants a race, he looks one of the strongest. He looks in good shape.

:31:00. > :31:04.He was not in the Tour de France but he has come here to RideLondon. He

:31:05. > :31:12.will no Adam Blythe. They were team-mates over the last couple of

:31:13. > :31:31.years. He will want to come into The Mall on his own. I think it is still

:31:32. > :31:34.too early today. They have ridden a long way today, they have gone

:31:35. > :31:39.through a lot and they want every chance. It is not a small bike race

:31:40. > :31:45.and they have in their minds that this is important of the team, you

:31:46. > :31:48.don't put this effort in to make any mistakes. Great to see a rider of

:31:49. > :31:53.the quality of Philippe Gilbert on British roads they sing so hard. For

:31:54. > :32:00.those perhaps not so familiar with him, three times he has won the

:32:01. > :32:04.Amstel Gold, twice Lombardy, they are major one-day Classics. VH

:32:05. > :32:09.Bastogne Li?ge, five stages of the Tour of Spain, flesh baloney, San

:32:10. > :32:13.Sebastian, stage of the France, he has had the yellow jersey and

:32:14. > :32:24.rainbow jersey of world champion, he is a major player and Heery is in

:32:25. > :32:27.this group of five. -- here he is. Adam Blythe cannot wear the national

:32:28. > :32:33.circuit race champion because this is a road race. In the women's Grand

:32:34. > :32:39.Prix he would been able to wear the jersey. Probably does not get to

:32:40. > :32:47.where it very often. That is why you see it very often in the domestic

:32:48. > :32:56.criteriums. This is the second group, Topsport Vlaanderen and

:32:57. > :33:01.Cannondale. Then you have riders from Wanty-Groupe Gobert in blue.

:33:02. > :33:06.They are not being given too much rope but I think there are stronger

:33:07. > :33:13.riders at the front. The front of the peloton not giving up the chase,

:33:14. > :33:21.a few more joining in now. Only just over 16 km to go. Ben Swift just

:33:22. > :33:26.having a quick gel. As Coro rides on the front. Gilbert is never far from

:33:27. > :33:32.the front. He is really the driving force. One of the experienced

:33:33. > :33:37.riders, Ben Swift just taking some nutrition on. Very important.

:33:38. > :33:42.Concentrating the whole time. These five riders still doing what they

:33:43. > :33:46.can. Some of the cars behind, this gap opening up now possibly the over

:33:47. > :33:53.30 seconds to the second group on the road, those with the riders in

:33:54. > :34:02.the original breakaway. Ben Swift having a look behind. The riders to

:34:03. > :34:08.me look like they are in Wimbledon now, they are going up the hill.

:34:09. > :34:13.Gilbert will try to put the pressure on again. Coro also coming to the

:34:14. > :34:17.front. Alaphilippe still looking comfortable in third place. Ben

:34:18. > :34:26.Swift Abba backpedalling away, trying to save every bit of energy.

:34:27. > :34:31.-- at the back, pedalling away. Gilbert using a bigger gear. Ben

:34:32. > :34:37.Swift trying to save as much as he can. He certainly looks comfortable.

:34:38. > :34:42.If you look at his facial expressions compared to Gilbert.

:34:43. > :34:46.Looks like he could be in pain. He said he was a little unsure of his

:34:47. > :34:53.form. There goes the move, we expected that. Philippe Gilbert,

:34:54. > :34:57.this is the climb he likes, really dishing it out now. It was not about

:34:58. > :35:01.the spring, it is about gaining ground. And escape from the others

:35:02. > :35:06.and hope they decided to look at each other but Alaphilippe looks as

:35:07. > :35:10.if he is up for the challenge and he is trying to close the gap and

:35:11. > :35:16.potentially bring the others back. Although he has a little gap in

:35:17. > :35:21.cell. This is fantastic racing, Philippe Gilbert on the attack.

:35:22. > :35:26.Simply one of the last launch pad, he knows he can bring Ben Swift to

:35:27. > :35:31.the finish. Ben Swift is now stuck with Adam Blythe and Coro but these

:35:32. > :35:36.are two of the strongest riders. Not and a wink from Alaphilippe, let's

:35:37. > :35:46.go, we can keep them at bay. These are the cards Gilbert has the play.

:35:47. > :35:53.Ben Swift did not react, he wanted help, flicking his shoulder. If he

:35:54. > :36:00.had the legs he would have done it. He just could not go. Strong move.

:36:01. > :36:06.Gilbert will be happy it was Alaphilippe to decided to join him.

:36:07. > :36:10.He was lucky Alaphilippe decided to come on his own. Tandem in front,

:36:11. > :36:16.two very strong riders, Frenchman and a Belgian, they will want to

:36:17. > :36:20.ride the whole way. They do not want swift Adam Blythe at the finish with

:36:21. > :36:26.them. Both of them grimacing, trying to increase this advantage. From 11,

:36:27. > :36:37.down to five, down to two now, both of them giving 100%. Heading

:36:38. > :36:38.alongside Putney Heath, they will be heading down into the centre of

:36:39. > :36:43.Putney shortly, then over the bridge. That is the All-England

:36:44. > :36:51.Club. Not quite on the route, but not far away. Interesting to see

:36:52. > :36:55.when Philippe Joubert made his move, he put everything into the

:36:56. > :37:02.move, had a look behind him and it looked like he had another gear. He

:37:03. > :37:04.just kicked again. Interesting to note how much positive reinforcement

:37:05. > :37:12.they get when they look behind and see the little gap. The chase is not

:37:13. > :37:17.easy now. They made the gap on the small incline but as you said, the

:37:18. > :37:25.gap is still holding. It can only be five or ten seconds. Who is going to

:37:26. > :37:31.crack first? It is very animated. Still nothing in it. Turning into a

:37:32. > :37:37.really good race. That is the cab, foreshortened a little bit by the

:37:38. > :37:42.cameras of course. -- the gap. Gilbert really going for it. He

:37:43. > :37:46.knows this is his only real chance. It is Ben Swift doing a lot of the

:37:47. > :37:51.work on the front for the other three. He looks to be dragging them

:37:52. > :37:55.back, Adam Blythe with him, they know that they have to come back to

:37:56. > :38:06.the tomb in front of Alaphilippe and Philippe Gilbert. -- the duo in

:38:07. > :38:10.front. Koren catching flies, we are now back at the front of the peloton

:38:11. > :38:16.as Cannondale are at the front. I do not think there will be a chance for

:38:17. > :38:20.contest the sprint. This is the chase as they tried to get back to

:38:21. > :38:26.the leading two, they are closing the gap all the time almost with

:38:27. > :38:31.every revolution of the pedals. That was probably one of the last launch

:38:32. > :38:38.pad 's Wimbledon. The Team Sky car behind looking to see the gap,

:38:39. > :38:46.willing Ben Swift on. It is three against two. The trio looking like

:38:47. > :38:50.they are getting close. They have to work together, Swift has to make

:38:51. > :38:56.sure he does not burn his matches. He cannot even think about that, he

:38:57. > :39:00.has to get back to the front. He might be one of the best sprinters

:39:01. > :39:04.in the world that you have to get back to these two in front.

:39:05. > :39:09.Otherwise you are raising the word place. They are all racing really

:39:10. > :39:14.hard. The front two to stay away, these three to get back. Everybody

:39:15. > :39:19.going full gas, then it will come down to who has the guts, who really

:39:20. > :39:23.wants it. And Swift again taking something on board. It goes to show

:39:24. > :39:28.the effort they are putting in, and gap down to the peloton being led by

:39:29. > :39:34.six riders. When they started to attack and push hard at the front,

:39:35. > :39:38.the gap is going up to 1:40. Absolutely motoring along as you say

:39:39. > :39:45.to keep the peloton at bay and increased the advantage, just a few

:39:46. > :39:48.kilometres ago. They begin the descent now, down into the centre of

:39:49. > :39:56.Putney, they have almost bridged the gap. Just a shake of the legs from

:39:57. > :40:00.Coro, maybe letting Blyth and Swift do the work, then go over the top?

:40:01. > :40:06.This has been attack after attack. The strong man at the front, what

:40:07. > :40:10.have they got left? You often see that when a rider just loitering at

:40:11. > :40:16.the back, suddenly in the blink of an eye they shoot off. Interesting

:40:17. > :40:21.to see how much Ben Swift had left once he got over that little pinch

:40:22. > :40:26.of a kind, it looked like he had nothing with the move from Gilbert

:40:27. > :40:32.but we must not underestimate the power filly Gilbert has when he

:40:33. > :40:37.kicks. That can be intimidating but Ben Swift kept himself together. --

:40:38. > :40:43.Philippe Gilbert. Something like that tells me he is not completely

:40:44. > :40:48.spent. Down Putney high street now, the bridge has been closed, it shows

:40:49. > :40:52.the level of importance to bike racing to the capital these days,

:40:53. > :40:57.the Works enable the race to cross the bridge today. And here we go,

:40:58. > :41:02.the venue for the start of the boat race every year. Coming up towards

:41:03. > :41:10.the last ten kilometres now towards the line. It is all back to square

:41:11. > :41:17.one, these five riders still have a lot to go for. It has been a very

:41:18. > :41:23.difficult race, 193 km, the weather conditions have been harsh, Philippe

:41:24. > :41:28.Gilbert still not finished, inside ten km. He will try again. Just has

:41:29. > :41:32.to regroup and catch his breath for a moment. Then no doubt we will see

:41:33. > :41:39.him at the front again between now and the finish. Just about half a

:41:40. > :41:46.mile from Craven Cottage, then in the general direction of Stamford

:41:47. > :41:50.Bridge. Swift having a look around, Alaphilippe in the predominantly

:41:51. > :41:55.black jersey with the white helmet of Omega Pharma Quickstep. Team-mate

:41:56. > :41:58.of Mark Cavendish, who, were it not for the crash in the Tour de France

:41:59. > :42:04.in Harrogate, would have been taking part today. We look forward to

:42:05. > :42:08.seeing him back in action very soon. Impressed by Alaphilippe, only 22.

:42:09. > :42:13.He wrote for the development team of Omega Pharma Quickstep, and is

:42:14. > :42:21.developed into the World Tour team. -- he rode. Gilbert making a move on

:42:22. > :42:26.the left as we look back at the front of the peloton. Philippe

:42:27. > :42:31.Gilbert trying to get to the back, front of the peloton. Philippe

:42:32. > :42:37.he is waiting now to pounce. If the road goes slightly uphill. 100%

:42:38. > :42:42.guaranteed Philippe Gilbert will be waiting to pounce. They will all be

:42:43. > :42:45.thinking about that, all the various permutations between now and the

:42:46. > :42:51.finish line. The problem is, Simon, in the last nine kilometres there is

:42:52. > :42:58.not many inclines, it is this sort of flat, pretty much all the way in.

:42:59. > :43:04.Again not many springboards for somebody like Gilbert. Mostly flat,

:43:05. > :43:09.wide open boulevards. Still pretty breezy down there for the cyclist.

:43:10. > :43:11.That was the great difficulty around St James' Park yesterday in the

:43:12. > :43:21.women's Grand Prix, getting St James' Park yesterday in the

:43:22. > :43:28.a circuit like this. Five riders taking their turn at the front. It

:43:29. > :43:34.will be man against man. No other team-mates. When they had 11 riders,

:43:35. > :43:38.three of them had team-mates but now it is man against man and they are

:43:39. > :43:43.looking at each other. The game of poker is being played. Ben Swift has

:43:44. > :43:48.the sort of scenario he probably would have wanted at the start. This

:43:49. > :43:53.is perfect for Ben Swift, this is what Team Sky tried to do, putting

:43:54. > :43:57.Ben Swift in a group of five towards the fence. Unfortunately, he

:43:58. > :44:01.probably has Adam Blythe, at this stage I would say Swift is in the

:44:02. > :44:05.best position, probably the strongest sprinter in this group. I

:44:06. > :44:09.am not saying anything against Adam Blythe, but Adam Blythe has not had

:44:10. > :44:20.World Tour racing this year. He might be missing that we bit of

:44:21. > :44:24.strength. Adam Blythe, really good ride today. Philippe Gilbert

:44:25. > :44:28.instigated the attack out of Wimbledon. Could not quite force a

:44:29. > :44:38.gap, and Julian Alaphilippe went with them. They were finally hauled

:44:39. > :44:42.back on the hill down into Putney. Is anybody going to make a move in

:44:43. > :44:53.these closing kilometres? Less than seven remaining now. The group

:44:54. > :44:56.behind about 60 seconds behind, behind this group of five. Led by

:44:57. > :45:12.Adam Blythe. seconds, it can be snaffled up

:45:13. > :45:18.easily. This is the point where we start to see the cat and mouse. As a

:45:19. > :45:23.sprinter the best advices was given is if you are inside that 10

:45:24. > :45:36.kilometres you can't take anything for chance or rely on anything, and

:45:37. > :45:42.put yourself in position to take the win. This group will go up

:45:43. > :45:47.Parliament Square and Whitehall and then Admiralty Arch and then the

:45:48. > :46:00.sprint to the finish. One of those five riders down there will win this

:46:01. > :46:05.race. A race race won 12 months ago... This is the race I like,

:46:06. > :46:13.where teams and riders take it by the scruff of the neck. Team Sky, I

:46:14. > :46:18.thought, what are they doing? They are trying to put Ben Smith in a

:46:19. > :46:25.small group. He knows that Viviani is probably probably past faster.

:46:26. > :46:30.Team Sky have got what they wanted. Can Ben Smith deliver? It is Blythe

:46:31. > :46:35.on the front. 51 seconds the gaffe. Still they have to press on, 51

:46:36. > :46:42.seconds the gap. Still they have to press on. No time to spend too much

:46:43. > :46:47.time looking at each other. I think it is game over for everybody else.

:46:48. > :46:58.As you rightly said, the winner is going to come from this front group

:46:59. > :47:08.of five. I have noticed that Steegmans is not there. Thwaites and

:47:09. > :47:16.Ewan still in there. A great ride from the 20-year-old. Four riders at

:47:17. > :47:21.50 seconds. Not enough to come back to the front of this race, so

:47:22. > :47:27.Gilbert has to think how can I get rid of probably the fastest

:47:28. > :47:40.sprinters in this group, Ben Smith and Adam Blythe? Still no activity.

:47:41. > :47:46.Gilbert looking impatient. They are team-mates so he knows that Adam

:47:47. > :47:52.Blythe can sprint, and Ben Smith. Smith. Alaphilippe can finish well.

:47:53. > :47:58.We are inside the last five kilometres and Gilbert will be

:47:59. > :48:04.thinking, how can I win in race? Battersea Power Station on the other

:48:05. > :48:08.side of the river. That means they are getting closer and closer

:48:09. > :48:16.towards what could be a spectacular finish. No-one is chancing their arm

:48:17. > :48:22.in the last few kilometres, not since Wimbledon. Here is the chasing

:48:23. > :48:26.group. Bennett on the front of that group, but three quarters of a

:48:27. > :48:31.minute behind and this is where they were all looking at each other. They

:48:32. > :48:37.really need their wits about them. All those riders need their eyes in

:48:38. > :48:42.the back of their heads. They'll be anxious and nervous about what might

:48:43. > :48:46.come from Gilbert at the back. This is more like a track race. Gilbert

:48:47. > :48:51.is thinking, waiting, remaining patient. He knows everybody will be

:48:52. > :48:56.thinking, the when is he going to attack. And who is going to be the

:48:57. > :49:00.first to lead the chase, to take the win? Who is going to try to lead the

:49:01. > :49:05.rest of them back up if he is able to get a jump on everybody else.

:49:06. > :49:10.Gilbert at the front. Front. Kristijan Koren second in line. I

:49:11. > :49:19.think at this point, very intriguing. Clement, Bennett and

:49:20. > :49:37.Vllegen. Now we are left with five riders.

:49:38. > :49:44.Gilbert is the one they are all looking at here. Three-and-a-half

:49:45. > :49:53.kilometres to go. Gilbert doing his turn on the front. Riding strongly.

:49:54. > :50:08.He's got a busy programme, which Lynn include the Welter a few weeks.

:50:09. > :50:14.A few weeks ahead. Who is going to be the second winner of RideLondon?

:50:15. > :50:19.Last year it was a Frenchman. Finished with a big group but

:50:20. > :50:25.Gilbert is starting to fin Tess. Adam Blythe on the left-hand side.

:50:26. > :50:38.Swift shuts them down. Waiting for Gilbert to pounce. Starting to

:50:39. > :50:43.finesse. The finish line looks so inviting but you need to time that

:50:44. > :50:48.well. The sprint at the end. Alaphilippe is having a little look.

:50:49. > :50:51.St James's Park in the distance, as the race heads for the Palace of

:50:52. > :51:03.Westminster and through Parliament Square. So many cyclists have been

:51:04. > :51:09.able to ride on the closed roads of central London this weekend. 25,000

:51:10. > :51:12.earlier today. This is the turn of the professionals now and one of

:51:13. > :51:17.these five is going to win the big race, the classic at RideLondon.

:51:18. > :51:22.Gilbert on the front, Kristijan Koren, the Slovenian rider in the

:51:23. > :51:30.green. Then it is Julian Alaphilippe, from Omega Pharma. Ben

:51:31. > :51:36.Swift for Sky, and for NFTO, the British team coming in this year,

:51:37. > :51:57.Adam Blythe, in the black with red and white stripes. 147 riders

:51:58. > :52:02.PROBLEM WITH SOUND NFTO made their debut this year on the British

:52:03. > :52:06.domestic scene. They've won quite a lot of the Criterions and the road

:52:07. > :52:11.races as well. If they can nail this, what a story that would be.

:52:12. > :52:19.Blythe is the British closed circuit champion. He won that in Hull in a

:52:20. > :52:26.thrilling sprint, beating Chris Opie, the Cornishman, who was close.

:52:27. > :52:34.One kilometre to go. We are getting very close now to the administratery

:52:35. > :52:38.arch. They are coming up to Trafalgar Square square. Who is

:52:39. > :52:43.going to take this. It is Koren. Kristijan Koren of Cannondale.

:52:44. > :52:49.27-year-old. Is he going to be the first to go round Trafalgar Square

:52:50. > :52:54.and line up through Admiralty Arch? Nobody wants to lead it out.

:52:55. > :53:01.Philippe Gilbert. At the back with the element of surprise is Adam

:53:02. > :53:08.Blythe. Koren is dangling off the front. The crowd are giving generous

:53:09. > :53:11.support. Gilbert nicely position ?. There it is Trafalgar Square. They

:53:12. > :53:15.are swinging left under Admiralty Arch and it is the run to the line.

:53:16. > :53:19.On the front it is Koren of Cannondale. In second place is

:53:20. > :53:24.Philippe Gilbert. Third is Julian Alaphilippe. At the back is Swift

:53:25. > :53:30.and Blythe. Who is going to make the move? They are under Admiralty Arch.

:53:31. > :53:35.They are beginning to flecks their mucksles. Who wants this the most?

:53:36. > :53:43.Koren is on the front, seconds is Philippe Gilbert. Julian Alaphilippe

:53:44. > :53:49.is in third plates. Place. At the back it is Adam Blythe. Blythe goes

:53:50. > :53:53.for it first! Blythe launches the attack. He's established an

:53:54. > :53:58.advantage. Blythe being chased down by Ben Smith. The two British ride

:53:59. > :54:04.rehearse at the front. Blythe is going going to take it on the line.

:54:05. > :54:10.Swift is second and third is Julian Alaphilippe. A brace of British men.

:54:11. > :54:16.A brace of Yorkshiremen. Great victory for Blythe. Second is Ben

:54:17. > :54:22.Swift. The rest of the riders, a big bunch. Russell Downing on the front.

:54:23. > :54:26.Coming in to take the sprint for the next group. Russell Downing.

:54:27. > :54:31.Challenged by Viviani. Viviani on the left of Cannondale. Viviani gets

:54:32. > :54:38.ahead of Russing Downing. They are the two to cross the line first in

:54:39. > :54:44.the peloton. What a story that is. Well done Adam Blythe. I am so, so

:54:45. > :54:51.please for you. Only a few months ago I said concentrate on the big

:54:52. > :54:55.international races. He's done his chances of a place on the World Tour

:54:56. > :55:04.no harm. Congratulations for Adam Blythe. What a ride for him. Just

:55:05. > :55:08.before one to. After we've seen these British-based teams fighting

:55:09. > :55:13.it out, but Adam Blythe won the race. Took it from the back of the

:55:14. > :55:18.group. The element of surprise. The jump, that distanced himself from

:55:19. > :55:24.the rest. Swift thought, I'm never going to close that down. Blythe

:55:25. > :55:28.knows he's got the victory. Swift closing down for second place.

:55:29. > :55:32.Alaphilippe in third and Gilbert having to settle for fourth in the

:55:33. > :55:39.end. Right at the back it was Kristijan Koren. But it was a

:55:40. > :55:43.superbly timed effort by Adam Blythe to give him the privilegesous

:55:44. > :55:50.victory. A stellar performance by Blythe. He did everything right for

:55:51. > :55:54.any young kids getting into road racing, once he launched his sprint

:55:55. > :56:00.he gave it everything. The sprint finish isn't the place to pace

:56:01. > :56:08.yourself. You've got to get up to maximum speed, hopes that nobody

:56:09. > :56:12.gets on your wheel or passes you. Great Britain, top two positions on

:56:13. > :56:17.the podium. Two lads from Yorkshire as well. There he is, what a battle

:56:18. > :56:23.that was. Blythe, with that superb injection of pace, got clear. And

:56:24. > :56:27.Russell Downing got second in the bunched sprint. What a race.

:56:28. > :56:54.Encrusted with drama and action throughout.

:56:55. > :57:03.It was all about this man today, Adam Blythe at NFTO. Still a young

:57:04. > :57:13.rider, with so much left to give to this sport. . It's been a good day

:57:14. > :57:18.for the British. We are waiting for it to be confirmed, but they may

:57:19. > :57:23.well have swept up all the top awards on offer today. It has been a

:57:24. > :57:33.good day for the British. We didn't win the Olympics, Mark Cavendish had

:57:34. > :57:38.so much expectation from the crowd. It wasn't to be for him. Last year a

:57:39. > :57:43.Frenchman winning. A one and two today. Russell Downing in position.

:57:44. > :57:47.Position. Sam Bennett giving the Irish something to cheer about in

:57:48. > :57:53.six. We were expecting a bunched sprint but in the end it came down

:57:54. > :58:01.to a group of five. That's the first time I've called a race with you

:58:02. > :58:11.with. Your knowledge is first rate. And I enjoyed calling it with but.

:58:12. > :58:18.Thank you. We were saying earlier that rider, when he is on form, he's

:58:19. > :58:23.unbeatable. Yes. He had his past share of form in the past. Perhaps

:58:24. > :58:32.his talent belies how many results he's got. He could be a lot better

:58:33. > :58:35.and he's tweeted that he is disappointed of the to be competing

:58:36. > :58:42.in the Commonwealth Games. When he was younger he was part of the

:58:43. > :58:44.academy based in Italy. Decided to go to Belgium and turn pro from

:58:45. > :59:20.there. Here's a chance to look at the

:59:21. > :59:26.closing stages of the sprint. They were fin Tessing and it was Koren,

:59:27. > :59:30.they were finessing, and it was Koren at the front. Riders at the

:59:31. > :59:38.back have the element of surprise. This is where it happened. Blythe

:59:39. > :59:43.measured his earliest perfectly. He's got that super jump. The line

:59:44. > :59:48.getting quicker and quicker. Swift trying to get into the back wheel of

:59:49. > :59:53.Blythe but it didn't happen. What a victory. Look at the teeth, clenched

:59:54. > :59:55.and the first as well. It was a superb sprint behind as well from

:59:56. > :00:12.the rest of the group. happy with their job. Shame Ben

:00:13. > :00:18.Swift could not finish it off for them but nevertheless, they did

:00:19. > :00:23.everything right. Luke Rowe, Alessandro Petacchi also their part

:00:24. > :00:28.of that group. Spectators will still like to see their heroes such as

:00:29. > :00:32.Bradley Wiggins, Petacchi, the other big names. Of course many children

:00:33. > :00:37.and kids looking to become professional in the future, great

:00:38. > :00:41.for me and I'm sure you personally to see such an interest in cycling

:00:42. > :00:45.these days in Britain and let's hope these kids start to look up to these

:00:46. > :00:51.guys and emulate them in the future. My children are in the

:00:52. > :00:54.grandstand a few metres the way, there were some pictures from my

:00:55. > :01:01.wife Lorraine and it looked like they were enjoying proceedings. It

:01:02. > :01:07.has taken a meteoric rise, elevated out there, I go out on a bike ride

:01:08. > :01:13.on a Saturday morning and I would see one or two but now I see groups

:01:14. > :01:17.and groups. And also you do not get looked at as an alien if you wear

:01:18. > :01:22.Lycra in a cafe. Especially in the Surrey Hills, if you go out from

:01:23. > :01:27.here at the weekend it has changed. Even in the last five years. When I

:01:28. > :01:32.moved away in 2009 there were some riders but now I have come back and

:01:33. > :01:39.you see six or seven bunches of 20 or 30 riders. Quite incredible. I

:01:40. > :01:45.remember when I used to write, I can just about remember, I used to get

:01:46. > :01:49.comments like "get off and milk it". Adam Commens congratulations, you

:01:50. > :01:58.look like you have been in a cyclo-cross. Bad weather on the

:01:59. > :02:03.small roads, great and gravel. -- grid. So over the moon with the

:02:04. > :02:09.result, could not be more thrilled. Great win for you, perfectly timed

:02:10. > :02:15.sprint. I knew Ben, I have grown up with him, I knew what he would like.

:02:16. > :02:19.With the headwind I could get next to the barriers and hit him early.

:02:20. > :02:25.Just had enough speed. Proper chuffed. When you saw the final

:02:26. > :02:30.selection five you must have been confident? Bit nervous, I was

:02:31. > :02:35.cramping up a bit towards the end but when we hit one kilometre to go

:02:36. > :02:41.I thought it was game on. I could not be more happy than I am. Great.

:02:42. > :02:46.The people here in the mall, great to see British riders sprinting for

:02:47. > :02:51.the finish. Quite special for me with Ben, grown up with him, nice

:02:52. > :02:55.that we were there. Spent a lot of time apart but great that we could

:02:56. > :03:01.be there at the final. Really good day. In career terms this is a big

:03:02. > :03:05.win? Definitely a stepping stone. Hopefully something could happen, we

:03:06. > :03:14.will see what happens. A big statement anyway. Well done.

:03:15. > :03:21.COMMENTATOR: Very happy man, Adam Blythe, who wouldn't be? The union

:03:22. > :03:27.flag flying proudly. This morning that would have been absolutely out

:03:28. > :03:38.direct with the wind. Just dropping off a little bits now. Magnificent

:03:39. > :03:49.view across London. What a place to do a raise, and also to do a

:03:50. > :03:54.sportif. I can see why so many thousands came out this morning

:03:55. > :04:04.despite the weather. Some highlights now of the race today. That was the

:04:05. > :04:08.bunch rolling out this morning. The conditions were quite good after the

:04:09. > :04:15.heavy rain. The sun was beaming out of the sky. Some happy moments as

:04:16. > :04:20.they rolled away but as soon as the chequered flag was pulled in, which

:04:21. > :04:25.meant the race was on, action started. They were eager to get

:04:26. > :04:29.away. Evidence of water all over the road, it was Richmond Park where the

:04:30. > :04:36.first serious fracture occurred when this little group got away. Started

:04:37. > :04:41.by the rider from La Pomme Marseille, Thomas, quickly joined by

:04:42. > :04:49.five others including the British riders Steve Lampier Vella shortly

:04:50. > :04:52.went on to good things later on. There were crashes because of the

:04:53. > :04:57.greasy conditions, glacial under the wheels. Then the King of the

:04:58. > :05:04.Mountains competition. It was quickly obvious that Steve Lampier,

:05:05. > :05:09.the British rider from Vella Shaw, wanted to get some points and take

:05:10. > :05:12.away one of those crowns. Also in the sprint competition as well other

:05:13. > :05:18.were scooping up points. And the group got away, at one point, they

:05:19. > :05:27.had three minutes advantage but slowly they were hauled back in. The

:05:28. > :05:33.field is depleted. Ian Stannard did a lot of damage in this main bunch,

:05:34. > :05:36.this race was centred on the Surrey Hills, lots of ups and downs the

:05:37. > :05:38.Surrey Hills, lots of ups and downs to contentment. Eventually he was

:05:39. > :05:45.the one who brought the remnants of the early breakaway back the

:05:46. > :05:50.client. As we started to get towards Dorking for the final time, this

:05:51. > :05:53.group started to form. It was through the impetus of the attack by

:05:54. > :05:59.Philippe Gilbert, that was really the defining moment. That group

:06:00. > :06:04.shared one or two riders and it was the team of Cannondale that was

:06:05. > :06:08.trying to close them down to set up their sprinter, Viviani. It was not

:06:09. > :06:13.to become of this group went further away. Up Box Hill, the most famous

:06:14. > :06:17.climb on the route. You can see the route behind chasing them but at

:06:18. > :06:21.this point the gap was about one minute. This is where Philippe

:06:22. > :06:27.Gilbert made the first of what proved to be a number of moves.

:06:28. > :06:32.Trademark attack by Gilbert, noted for that kind of move. Of course

:06:33. > :06:36.that caused 11 riders to splinter. Then once again Gilbert decided he

:06:37. > :06:40.was going to thin the group down further. Caleb Ewan, the young

:06:41. > :06:46.Australian, went with him and eventually five riders joined up.

:06:47. > :06:51.Philippe Gilbert again went on one of these small rises, which he had

:06:52. > :06:57.to negotiate. Relatively flat run but certainly took maximum points

:06:58. > :07:01.through the sprint despite the competition being won by Steve

:07:02. > :07:07.Lampier. For a time Gilbert drawing Alaphilippe from Omega Pharma

:07:08. > :07:12.Quickstep clear but then the remaining three, including Blyth and

:07:13. > :07:17.Ben Swift, managed to get back. As they approached the finish it was

:07:18. > :07:22.the Slovenian, Coro, who was left in the invidious position of leading

:07:23. > :07:27.the group. Adam Blythe, one of two Yorkshireman there, with the element

:07:28. > :07:30.of surprise, he used it to absolute perfection, jumped past the group,

:07:31. > :07:35.instance to himself and his nearest challenger Ben Swift, as the line

:07:36. > :07:39.got nearer the smile spread broader across his face, it was a victory

:07:40. > :07:44.for Adam Blythe. With Ben Swift second. In third place was Julian

:07:45. > :07:50.Alaphilippe. Another chance to look at it. That was four lengths easily

:07:51. > :07:57.established with that job by Adam Blythe. Crossing the line to take

:07:58. > :08:01.the victory. The wind was coming from the right, he immediately

:08:02. > :08:09.darted through the barriers, not giving any shelter for the guys

:08:10. > :08:13.behind. He had time to sit out. -- sit up. Some technical problems, we

:08:14. > :08:19.are back with you now. No such problems with Adam Blythe, what a

:08:20. > :08:24.brilliant ride. Totally unexpected result, really. It was a great race,

:08:25. > :08:32.you are not have picked Adam Blythe but coming into the finish he had

:08:33. > :08:37.the legs. Chris, you said, watch out for him. He was riding the BMC last

:08:38. > :08:42.year with Philippe Joubert, he has quality. It is a good gallop and he

:08:43. > :08:46.knows Gilbert very well. Very canny rider, he was doing just enough. You

:08:47. > :08:52.could see with his body language she was really sharp. At the finish he

:08:53. > :08:58.got the jump on Ben Swift. He really overworked, Swift. I think Adam

:08:59. > :09:05.Blythe was the best man in the race. -- he was really sharp. In the last

:09:06. > :09:10.20 km Ben Swift was following every move. There were times he looked

:09:11. > :09:15.like he was in trouble. Then he got composed. Coming into the finish it

:09:16. > :09:19.is very much about the mental game. Maybe bluffing. I would not like to

:09:20. > :09:23.come into a sprint with so many big names,

:09:24. > :09:26.come into a sprint with so many big without knowing their legs. Probably

:09:27. > :09:30.it was difficult to judge but Adam Blythe had control from the back and

:09:31. > :09:36.when you have controlled the result comes. It was a very honest sprint

:09:37. > :09:41.and even if he got jumped he had the legs. We talked about Sir Bradley

:09:42. > :09:44.Wiggins at the start, he was very prominent helping chase down the

:09:45. > :09:53.break with Ian Stannard. But then when the second break went Team Sky

:09:54. > :09:58.got a bit lost. They may have hoped for more people to get in the break.

:09:59. > :10:02.Ben Swift was still their best card, having him in the breakaway, they

:10:03. > :10:07.will be happy with that. Probably wanted it to be a bit smaller. Their

:10:08. > :10:14.job was done quite early on. Ben Swift, he really wanted it. He

:10:15. > :10:19.desperately tried to keep it together almost single-handedly.

:10:20. > :10:24.That was clear to the others. Gilbert wrote strongly, but you

:10:25. > :10:28.could see he was not race sharp, so I think the crosswinds today with

:10:29. > :10:37.these narrow roads, that made the race split up so early on. I'm

:10:38. > :10:47.really dramatic racing. Any there is only room for three or four in the.

:10:48. > :10:51.Gilbert certainly animated it in the closing stages knowing that he was

:10:52. > :10:57.not really going to be in contention in a sprint. Yes, he had to do what

:10:58. > :11:02.he had to do. He definitely played his cards right, did everything he

:11:03. > :11:06.could. This move really hurt. He got some confidence but they did not

:11:07. > :11:14.give up behind him. He and Alaphilippe got away, but then Ben

:11:15. > :11:19.Swift and Blyth and Coro came back. Alaphilippe said, shall we work

:11:20. > :11:25.together? Gilbert said OK, that is great for me. He was only under 23

:11:26. > :11:33.last year, this was a big deal for him, real opportunity. Both of them

:11:34. > :11:40.very oriented but there was a big commitment behind. Ben Swift doing

:11:41. > :11:44.the majority of the work. We can look back to the finish again, Adam

:11:45. > :11:48.Blythe really called them out. He talked in his interview about the

:11:49. > :12:02.crosshead when. Bought them by surprise. -- he called them by

:12:03. > :12:07.surprise. I think mainly he set them up beautifully from the back. Under

:12:08. > :12:10.the arch he was on the back and when he went for the long sprint he

:12:11. > :12:15.utterly committed to it. Everybody else thought there would be another

:12:16. > :12:25.second before it started to kick off and he just caught them out. But he

:12:26. > :12:33.had the legs. Clearly the strongest two. Totally committed, Adam Blythe.

:12:34. > :12:40.No looking back even though it was a long sprint. Talking, former

:12:41. > :12:54.colleague of mine, Magnus Baxter, he said Adam Blythe is the dark horse.

:12:55. > :13:00.-- Magnus Backstedt. He made the move and went away from Ben Swift,

:13:01. > :13:03.definitely had the legs. Double disappointment for Ben Swift, he

:13:04. > :13:09.lost out to Peter Kennaugh in the National 's a few weeks ago. Perhaps

:13:10. > :13:13.that is why he overworked it today, he desperately wanted to make it

:13:14. > :13:19.happen. They're easy for me to cast judgement here, but he knew he had

:13:20. > :13:21.the legs and he was the one who would have to keep it together

:13:22. > :13:26.because everybody knew he had the legs. He was forced into that

:13:27. > :13:34.position. Adam Blythe always the person to take the benefit. As a

:13:35. > :13:38.race, this lived up to its billing, we expected a sprint but the way

:13:39. > :13:42.they made the changes, then with the weather conditions it was

:13:43. > :13:45.outstanding. Absolutely, it was a world-class race, all of the big

:13:46. > :13:49.names there at the finish. This could have been anywhere in the

:13:50. > :13:53.world. I think the fans were pleased and delighted to see a finish like

:13:54. > :13:58.that. With the big name in there, Ben Swift, but seeing the best man

:13:59. > :14:00.win is always delightful. This is a look at the results caption, just to

:14:01. > :14:09.confirm what has happened. Confirmation of the victory for Adam

:14:10. > :14:12.Blythe with Ben Swift beaten into second place in the sprint,

:14:13. > :14:22.excellent ride from Julian Alaphilippe, the 22-year-old from oh

:14:23. > :14:31.Omega Pharma - Quick-Step. There is the winner, Adam Blythe. Important

:14:32. > :14:35.win for him in his career, as we mentioned before, he has shown

:14:36. > :14:41.glimpses of his talent but can he build on this question this is the

:14:42. > :14:45.key? His goal has to be the Torah Britain after this, riding for a

:14:46. > :14:49.third division British team, difficult to get in big races.

:14:50. > :14:54.Philip Shaw there, coming back here, he will then go to the Tour

:14:55. > :14:59.Spain. Adam Blythe will remain in the UK build-up towards the Torah

:15:00. > :15:05.Britain and hopefully try to get in there. The last group in the race,

:15:06. > :15:20.coming in now, some considerable time after the winner.

:15:21. > :15:26.that, was hard today. It was really hard. With the weather it was like

:15:27. > :15:33.we had done a mountain bike race. We knew it was coming, so we knew what

:15:34. > :15:40.we had in store. It was hard out there today. You had to use a lot of

:15:41. > :15:49.energy getting back to Gilbert in Wimbledon? Yes, we didn't panic. We

:15:50. > :15:56.bound our time and worked it, whatever. I've got to thank my team

:15:57. > :16:05.100% today. They were brilliant. Stannard, doing the turns that he

:16:06. > :16:12.did, and then Boswell. Once we were down to only a few men left, some of

:16:13. > :16:16.the teams took off then. You came through Admiralty Arch, the five of

:16:17. > :16:22.you. You were looking at each other but Adam got a great jump didn't he?

:16:23. > :16:25.Yes, I was wary of Adam in the finish. I was watching him and

:16:26. > :16:30.trying to keep an eye on the guys in front of us. We got ourselves into a

:16:31. > :16:33.perfect position and I knew he was following me. As soon as I looked

:16:34. > :16:40.forward, that's when he went and we held the gap to the line. And great

:16:41. > :16:45.to see two British riders coming up The Mall contesting that sprint.

:16:46. > :16:53.Definitely. I'm super happy for Adam. I've beeneration against him

:16:54. > :17:00.since, I've been racing against him for five or six years old. There was

:17:01. > :17:06.a lot of standing water on the roads, which made it dangerous. I

:17:07. > :17:10.think there was quite a few crashes, but my team looked after me

:17:11. > :17:15.brilliantly. I don't think I ever left the top ten all day. Second on

:17:16. > :17:20.the podium. Will you settle for that today? Yeah, are I'll have to won't

:17:21. > :17:25.I? I would have loved to win, but coming off the back of Poland, where

:17:26. > :17:30.I had bad luck, it is looking good. I had a break and hopefully I can

:17:31. > :17:35.build on this and keep going forward. Thank you Ben. Thank you.

:17:36. > :17:40.Another great ride from Ben Swift. We can go straight to the

:17:41. > :17:45.presentation now. And there is the rider who finished third today,

:17:46. > :17:51.Julian Alaphilippe. I think Mark Renshaw was going to be their

:17:52. > :17:56.designated rider today but Alaphilippe got himself into that

:17:57. > :18:01.decisive 12 man breakaway. Alaphilippe proving to be the

:18:02. > :18:04.strongest of the pair of them. The crowd are waiting for the

:18:05. > :18:10.announcement for second place on the day. Just as he was in the National

:18:11. > :18:16.Championships. Ben Swift for Sky. Full of praise for the work done for

:18:17. > :18:21.his team-mates today. The it was Sky who animated that middle part of the

:18:22. > :18:27.race. Really shook the race up. It was great to see Ian Stannard in

:18:28. > :18:32.particular on the front for so long. When the race hit Dorking, Stannard

:18:33. > :18:39.coming back from injury, which has wrecked most of his season. Just

:18:40. > :18:45.beat no-one that sprint as Adam Blythe got the jump on him. Two

:18:46. > :18:54.riders who've known each other since they were youngsters. A great

:18:55. > :19:08.reception for Ben Swift. All we need now is the man of the hour.

:19:09. > :19:17.Last season he was racing for BMC. He's a team-mate of Philippe

:19:18. > :19:22.Gilbert. Today he beat the world champion and everybody else. Back on

:19:23. > :19:26.the doing scene and back with a bang, the national circuit place

:19:27. > :19:32.champion is the winner of the Prudential RideLondon Surrey

:19:33. > :19:37.classic. It was a sprint won in emphatic style. As they sped up The

:19:38. > :19:42.Mall, he was loitering at the back of the group and he got the jump on

:19:43. > :19:48.Swift, the one he was concerned about. We have a worthy winner from

:19:49. > :19:52.what turned out to be a very good race here. Conditions less than

:19:53. > :19:57.ideal in some respects but it all added to what we saw over the last

:19:58. > :20:04.few hours it was a proper race. It was good race and it was won by Adam

:20:05. > :20:08.Blythe. A great performance from Adam Blythe. I'm sure the teams will

:20:09. > :20:14.be lining up to sign him up for a new contract. A very dramatic men's

:20:15. > :20:20.race. It was an equally dramatic women's race yesterday evening, a

:20:21. > :20:32.1.3 mile loop of St James's Park. A criterion as we call it.

:20:33. > :20:44.We join it with one lap to go. Here we come from Horse Guards Parade

:20:45. > :20:54.into The Mall once more and it is Emily Collins leading the way. The

:20:55. > :20:58.figure of Mariana Vos stalking her movement Lizzie Armistead in fourth

:20:59. > :21:08.place. Looks like Laura Trott in fifth place. What a final lap this

:21:09. > :21:14.is going to be, as they take the bell. We've seen all the favourites

:21:15. > :21:19.today doing all the work, the big names. But will we see one of the

:21:20. > :21:24.riders we've not seen yet on the podium? The Australian having a last

:21:25. > :21:29.dig. Looks like a good move. What a turn for place for Mullins as she

:21:30. > :21:35.heads towards Buckingham Palace. Just gaining a bit of ground. It is

:21:36. > :21:47.foreshortened by the camera angle but there can be no more than one or

:21:48. > :21:52.two seconds at movements Mariana Vos. Lizzie Armistead has looked

:21:53. > :21:57.comfortable all the way through. She showed her face at the front early

:21:58. > :22:01.on. Every time anyone made a move, she's been there without having to

:22:02. > :22:06.do too much work. This is an exciting finish. These are the best

:22:07. > :22:10.riders in the world. They come to the UK for this race. This could be

:22:11. > :22:17.taking place anywhere in the world. All the big names are there in the

:22:18. > :22:25.front. Mull mines managing to hold the pace. Amy Roberts, a 19-year-old

:22:26. > :22:34.from Wales. Amy Roberts off the front of the race in the very last

:22:35. > :22:44.lap of this Grand Prix. She's going to be needing the gel just in place.

:22:45. > :22:49.They are putting pressure on Vos and her team-mate. Lizzie Armistead

:22:50. > :22:53.being very patient. What a sprint this is likely to be as they head

:22:54. > :22:57.towards The Mall, Amy Roberts is leading the way. Not much in it.

:22:58. > :23:07.Inside the last kilometre of the race. She is going to give it

:23:08. > :23:14.everything she's got. You can sea her team-mate on the front. Vok can

:23:15. > :23:22.probably win this race from here. Shep has to be the clear favourite.

:23:23. > :23:29.Amy Roberts on the front. Roxanne leading the way. Eileen roue is

:23:30. > :23:38.still in there. Giorgia Bronzini is there. Amy Roberts is dying a

:23:39. > :23:42.thousand deaths in the lead. Coming through the centre is Lizzie

:23:43. > :23:47.Armistead, but here comes the world champion. Vos hits the front.

:23:48. > :23:53.Giorgia Bronzini tries to follow her wheel. Eileen Rowe in third place.

:23:54. > :23:59.Giorgia Bronzini leading the way. It was so close! Such a close finish

:24:00. > :24:05.there. Giorgia Bronzini from Italy, in a photo finish with Mariana

:24:06. > :24:10.haves, the world champion as they all came hurtling down The Mall.

:24:11. > :24:16.What a sprint for the line. That was an unbelievable sprint. Giorgia

:24:17. > :24:25.Bronzini left a late run but Mariana Vos, we haven't got the call yet. A

:24:26. > :24:30.photo finish. It looked like Giorgia Bronzini to me, not by much but I

:24:31. > :24:35.think the Italian has snatched the victory there. We'll watch the

:24:36. > :24:40.replacement Giorgia Bronzini twice the world road race champion. She

:24:41. > :24:52.was watching the moves all the way. She was sticking on Michael Voss's

:24:53. > :25:00.wheel. On Mariana Vos's wheel. And now here comes Bronzini. Has

:25:01. > :25:03.Bronzini got the legs here? She had the speed as they came over the

:25:04. > :25:11.line. It is Giorgia Bronzini who takes the victory by half a bike

:25:12. > :25:17.length. That's a stunning win. Vos, when she normally hits the front,

:25:18. > :25:23.that's the last anybody sees of her. But Giorgia Bronzini with one stage

:25:24. > :25:27.win this year wins in London. That was a spectacular success. It was a

:25:28. > :25:31.sprint timed to perfection. She was some distance back but it was all

:25:32. > :25:36.about the timing of the sprint. And the timing for her was absolutely

:25:37. > :25:40.right. It is not very often we see the world champion beaten but she's

:25:41. > :25:46.been beaten here today. The not by much. Bronzini, the double world

:25:47. > :25:51.champion, is the winner. Mariana Vos taking second place and Lizzie

:25:52. > :25:57.Armistead in third, with Eileen Rowe in fourth and Laura trot in fifth

:25:58. > :26:15.place. Just waiting for official confirmation of the result.

:26:16. > :26:24.That was a beautifully timed sprint journaly. It was an amazing race.

:26:25. > :26:30.I'm really excited, because the last time I was here in this place was

:26:31. > :26:35.the Olympic Games and I was a little but the unlucky in that race. Today

:26:36. > :26:39.really wanted to win in this beautiful city and I really want. A

:26:40. > :26:46.very aggressive race from the beginning but your team worked hard

:26:47. > :26:52.today. The I asked my team to show how the women cycling, we are full

:26:53. > :26:57.of power and we have nothing less than a man. That I think was a

:26:58. > :27:02.beautiful show for the people. People. They were so amazing and

:27:03. > :27:08.that was really, really beautiful. And you've taken a couple of big

:27:09. > :27:13.scalps here today. Yeah, sure. Enjoy that. Thank you very much indeed.

:27:14. > :27:19.Thanks. Well done to Georgia Bronzini. You can expect to see her

:27:20. > :27:25.figure in the road race championships in Spain on 20th

:27:26. > :27:29.September. Is comprehensive coverage on BBC Sport.

:27:30. > :27:33.Rochelle was particularly nervous because she's the owner and manager

:27:34. > :27:40.of Wiggle honed daft. Your team did a great job for Georgia. Absolutely.

:27:41. > :27:46.She is one of the few people who can beat Marianne Vos in a sprint. It

:27:47. > :27:52.was a very strong team performance. Chris, a very aggressive race from

:27:53. > :27:56.the start. It was attack after attack but nobody could get away. It

:27:57. > :28:00.is very difficult on a circuit like this, where there's lots of riders

:28:01. > :28:03.who aren't going to win in the sprint, so they've got to go. That's

:28:04. > :28:09.what makes it interesting, the fact that people have got to keep trying.

:28:10. > :28:16.Difficult with a flat circuit like this with flat foreigners. A great

:28:17. > :28:31.attack on the last lap. Amy Roberts, a young rider with a lot of talent.

:28:32. > :28:37.Really good to see Lizzie Armistead on the podium off the back of a

:28:38. > :28:42.brilliant performance in the Games, taking your title. For her to come

:28:43. > :28:45.into this race just a week after the Commonwealth Games is difficult.

:28:46. > :28:49.She's going for the championships at the end of the season. After winning

:28:50. > :28:55.a Commonwealth Games, it warrants a relaxing period and she took some

:28:56. > :28:58.time off the bike for four days. To mentally releaks and to land on the

:28:59. > :29:03.podium yesterday with that kind of field was impressive. We are coming

:29:04. > :29:08.towards the end of the RideLondon weekend. It's been an amazing

:29:09. > :29:54.celebration of everything to do with two wheels.

:29:55. > :30:14.Some great images from the weekend. Rochelle and Chris, it's been a

:30:15. > :30:19.tremendous success. It is amazing how something that only started last

:30:20. > :30:24.year has gathered so much momentum. The free cycle was so much of my

:30:25. > :30:29.weekend. It was an adrenaline rush to be out there on closed roads,

:30:30. > :30:34.with so many people, families. A great atmosphere. You are a great

:30:35. > :30:38.proponent of safer roads for cycling, getting more people on

:30:39. > :30:42.bikes. It is great to see a political will to get this event to

:30:43. > :30:47.I think there is. We saw Boris Johnson himself ride this last year,

:30:48. > :30:51.which was quite a big deal to get round 100 years. That really is

:30:52. > :30:56.putting your money where your mouth. Is if it is going to happen country

:30:57. > :31:02.wide, it has to happen first first here. Event like this, look at the

:31:03. > :31:08.amendment of people that want to participate. They are getting close

:31:09. > :31:13.to 100,000 people riding bikes every weekend and it is here to stay. It

:31:14. > :31:17.is great it is happening right outside Westminster. You are a great

:31:18. > :31:22.proponent of women's cycling. That is a strong feature this weekend,

:31:23. > :31:27.not least the Grand Prix. There's a great increase in participation from

:31:28. > :31:31.female cyclists. There's so many women getting involved in the

:31:32. > :31:36.support. It is lovely to see. There's a lot of things happening on

:31:37. > :31:40.a professional level, encouraging people to get involved in cycling.

:31:41. > :31:45.In terms of the ambition of this elite men's race to become a real

:31:46. > :31:49.feature in the calendar, the race we saw today, Chris, will very much

:31:50. > :31:53.help that. There's no getting around the fact, it's challenging and here,

:31:54. > :31:58.because you haven't got big climbs to split the field up. We saw a

:31:59. > :32:02.great race made in a different way. We had narrow roads and cross winds,

:32:03. > :32:07.which helped animate the race. It has become an established part of

:32:08. > :32:13.the calendar and hard-fought. There was a sprint but it was only a small

:32:14. > :32:18.group. OK. Quick highlights before we go? That sprint was pretty

:32:19. > :32:22.exciting. The highlight for me was the free cycle, being out there and

:32:23. > :32:28.being a part of it. Chris? Definitely that as well. I'll be

:32:29. > :32:33.bring my kids next year. Going out in the rain this morning was

:32:34. > :32:52.exciting in a sick way. Thank you both.

:32:53. > :32:57.What a stunning picture it is. We've had quite a weekend here in London.

:32:58. > :33:03.The roads have been closed. They've been full of bikes, and we've seen a

:33:04. > :33:07.classic race, with a one and two for Britain. And a one and two for

:33:08. > :33:10.Yorkshire, with Adam Blythe taking the London-Surrey Classic. From all

:33:11. > :33:16.of us, goodbye.