Part 1

:01:39. > :01:43.London and its landmarks have become synonymous with sporting drama and

:01:43. > :01:48.this weekend, a new event aims to keep that ball rolling, or rather,

:01:48. > :01:56.the wheels. The UK's largest ever cycling Festival, something for

:01:56. > :02:03.everyone. Welcome to RideLondon. It kicked off yesterday morning with

:02:03. > :02:10.free cycle, over 50,000 bicycles on traffic free cycle in heaven in

:02:10. > :02:20.London. On even in, the focus switched to St James's Park and the

:02:20. > :02:20.

:02:20. > :02:24.Golden pursued Queens. -- in the evening. Then, 20,000 amateur riders

:02:24. > :02:29.were on the 100 mile course based on last year 's Olympic road race. And

:02:29. > :02:39.in one hour, the professional riders take to the same roads, the London -

:02:39. > :02:42.sorry classic with star names to look out for. The action yesterday

:02:42. > :02:49.was in central London and today it shifts to Stratford and the Queen

:02:49. > :02:52.Elizabeth Olympic Park. Happy memories. The riders set of between

:02:52. > :02:59.6am and 8am and then the professionals at around 12:45pm.

:02:59. > :03:05.Just signing in. They finish on the mile, we -- anticipate the

:03:05. > :03:10.professionals at around 6:15pm. And the amateurs, they are already

:03:10. > :03:17.coming in behind me. They started arriving at 10am and the cut-off is

:03:17. > :03:22.at 4pm so we hope that Boris Johnson will make it before the wagon sweeps

:03:23. > :03:29.up! Good morning from the very first Prudential RideLondon. A celebration

:03:29. > :03:35.of cycling the likes of which the city has never seen and alongside me

:03:35. > :03:42.is Rob Hayles. A great weekend for cycling. And a measure of just how

:03:42. > :03:46.far this board has come? It is amazing to see just were cycling is,

:03:46. > :03:49.British cycling membership has gone to over 75,000 and that was before

:03:49. > :03:56.this year and the Tour de France, with that second consecutive British

:03:56. > :04:00.winner. It really is amazing to see over 70,000 riders here in London

:04:00. > :04:08.this weekend on closed roads, hundreds of thousands coming to spec

:04:08. > :04:15.Tate. I am blown away. And we have the weather as well. When you fast

:04:15. > :04:23.-- first started, it was different? It was completely different. I am so

:04:23. > :04:28.glad to have been able to come through this, I can sit back and I

:04:28. > :04:33.can watch from the shop window and see what is going on. I just cannot

:04:33. > :04:42.believe the household names, Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott, all of those

:04:42. > :04:49.people. Amazing to see out of those last four BBC sports personality of

:04:49. > :04:56.the competitions, three of them have been cyclists. What has been the

:04:56. > :05:03.catalyst for this resurgence? To be truthful, we are just so good at it.

:05:03. > :05:12.A lotta that comes the elite side, with Cavendish and Chris Froome, but

:05:12. > :05:15.also, cycling is seen as a pastime that is acceptable and the amount of

:05:15. > :05:21.brand-new bikes going around yesterday, I do not know how they

:05:21. > :05:28.can cope. And this is seen as a way for people to spend time, not just

:05:28. > :05:33.getting from a to B. It is actually a pastime and great to see. The

:05:33. > :05:39.action kicked off yesterday morning early with 50,000 riders on that

:05:39. > :05:45.eight mile loop in central London and our reporters were there to

:05:45. > :05:50.follow them. It kicks off in St Paul's with the world 's second

:05:50. > :05:54.attempt for the longest single parade of bicycles. Leading them, a

:05:54. > :06:04.Rugby World Cup hero. And a double Olympic champion getting them under

:06:04. > :06:05.

:06:05. > :06:12.way. You are usually used to setting world records. Are you excited?

:06:12. > :06:17.Really excited. So many people have come here already. We already have

:06:17. > :06:21.half of the amount. You are leading this line and you have been leading

:06:21. > :06:26.many teams in the past, what do you have to do to make sure this world

:06:26. > :06:33.record is set? Don't go the wrong way! I want to see so many people

:06:33. > :06:43.riding as possible. This is a massive amount of people and it is

:06:43. > :06:44.

:06:44. > :06:52.turning us into a cycling nation. have a clear road in front of me. I

:06:52. > :07:02.will be fine. I will see you at the finish. Good luck. Good luck to all

:07:02. > :07:33.

:07:33. > :07:40.not enough to brake the record? I am buried is appointed. But we are

:07:40. > :07:50.enjoying this so we are going to do the whole route. Brilliant. -- very

:07:50. > :07:53.

:07:53. > :07:56.disappointed. So, no world record but they have put on plenty of other

:07:56. > :08:06.events for the people of London to get involved with and with a

:08:06. > :08:13.

:08:13. > :08:23.beautiful backdrop. Bicycles have so many different uses! That is it.

:08:23. > :08:28.

:08:28. > :08:34.After you... That is beautiful! And this was not good enough, Jill

:08:34. > :08:40.Douglas has been getting more right action around London. -- bicycle

:08:40. > :08:44.action. Loads going on in Green Park, one stone 's throw away from

:08:44. > :08:54.Buckingham Palace so if you are a great grandmother looking for

:08:54. > :09:05.

:09:05. > :09:09.inspiration for the perfect gift, take a look around. You are a very

:09:09. > :09:14.game having a go on that ridiculous bicycle! It is not as easy as it

:09:14. > :09:24.looks, it is very difficult to get your feet onto those pedals. You

:09:24. > :09:49.

:09:49. > :09:55.leave that there are... -- there. From world record attempts to

:09:55. > :10:01.bicycle polo to the MX trickery, we have had everything but sometimes

:10:01. > :10:07.you just have to leave things to the professionals. They are very good!

:10:07. > :10:13.They were having far too much fun. And earlier this morning at the

:10:13. > :10:20.start of the road race, we got up with a man whose idea this entire

:10:20. > :10:25.weekend was. Boris Johnson. There is a festival of feeling at the start

:10:25. > :10:29.and I am joined by the headline act, Boris Johnson. Fantastic to see you

:10:29. > :10:35.and after all of those months of planning, you got to drop the flag

:10:35. > :10:41.and get this started. Must've been a great feeling? And it is a real

:10:41. > :10:46.honour to participate. I hope to start very soon, I cannot delay.

:10:46. > :10:51.With the speed that I go! It is the greatest cycling event this country

:10:51. > :10:58.has ever held. It was amazing coming through the streets of East London

:10:58. > :11:04.to watch these huge numbers swarming like hornets towards the Olympic

:11:04. > :11:09.Park. Obviously, it was very worrying to see the amazing levels

:11:09. > :11:14.of fitness! You will put them to shame because you will be racing

:11:14. > :11:19.later? I will be racing now, if I possibly can. I am very happy to do

:11:19. > :11:25.this in under 12 hours! You had a vision for cycling in London and

:11:26. > :11:28.this is a fantastic setting. Is this what you wanted? London is moving

:11:28. > :11:33.east and the Olympic Park is a fantastic venue and this was a

:11:33. > :11:38.fantastic ways to start this but this is a magnificent symbol for

:11:38. > :11:44.what we are doing for cycling in the city. In 19 four, 30 percentage

:11:44. > :11:47.earnings were made by bicycle and I want to turn the clock back! Time to

:11:47. > :11:54.turn the clock back and time to get back down to the start line.

:11:54. > :12:00.Absolute pleasure! I am glad to say, he has got a slightly more

:12:00. > :12:07.aerodynamic T-shirt than the shirt, not too sure about his helmet! He

:12:07. > :12:13.had this plan to get through to the finish line before he was sweet. And

:12:13. > :12:17.the latest news, 355 miles, four hours and 40 minutes for Boris

:12:17. > :12:26.Johnson. He will be right on that cut-off point but he will give

:12:26. > :12:29.people lots of smiles. Good luck to Boris Johnson. Yesterday given in,

:12:29. > :12:39.people would not look at St James's Park and the appearance of Laura

:12:39. > :13:16.

:13:16. > :13:19.Trott, Danny King and Jill Russell. see the Americans. They are on fire.

:13:19. > :13:29.Great Britain win the Olympic title and the gold medal and another

:13:29. > :13:33.medal! Danny King, Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell. Willoughby chaplains.

:13:33. > :13:40.Wonderful memories. And what they different challenge yesterday. They

:13:40. > :13:45.spoke to Simon Brotherton. -- Olympic champions. You would involve

:13:45. > :13:49.this morning? It has been really good. We had so many people coming

:13:50. > :13:54.out for that world-record event which we did not get, but it was

:13:54. > :13:59.nice to see so many people riding their bikes. Do you get some feeling

:13:59. > :14:04.of being brought back? That feel-good factor and the flags and

:14:04. > :14:10.people? Definitely, it is all about the public supporting us and after

:14:10. > :14:17.the race, people always congratulating us. It was great to

:14:17. > :14:21.come back and everyone still has that Olympic fever, one year on.

:14:21. > :14:25.the Olympic Games, you road very much as a team and you are wearing

:14:25. > :14:35.the same uniform today but to what extent will you ride as a team?

:14:35. > :14:42.100%. All 41. And on the road, Colin different shots. Different tactics.

:14:42. > :14:48.-- altogether. I am really looking forward to this. Who does this

:14:48. > :14:54.circuit suit best? It depends. If this is an attacking race, probably

:14:54. > :15:00.Jo Rowsell. Myself and Danny, it could be either one. We wish you

:15:01. > :15:06.well. Best of luck. It has been a great day to kick this off with

:15:06. > :15:10.50,000 people trundling around the closed roads of the centre of the

:15:10. > :15:14.capital but now, the final event takes us away from family fun to the

:15:14. > :15:24.elite women's competition and the London grand prix. And they are

:15:24. > :15:41.

:15:41. > :15:47.underway. Hannah Barnes in the centre. We have a delayed start. The

:15:47. > :15:49.cyclists have been held on the line for quite a while. Two junior

:15:49. > :15:56.competitors were receiving medical attention on the road. We hope they

:15:56. > :16:01.are OK. But it has been a long time standing around for the riders?

:16:01. > :16:05.Yes, it was over 30 minutes in total. They would have done their

:16:05. > :16:10.worm odds 20 minutes previously, so your legs get a bit shaky and weak

:16:10. > :16:16.standing on the start line. There would have been a lot of nervous

:16:16. > :16:20.girls going off the start line. have a very large field. Do you

:16:20. > :16:27.think that some of the more senior rivals will be keen to cut down the

:16:27. > :16:32.field sooner rather than later? Definitely. There are some really

:16:32. > :16:37.strong teams with MG-Maxifuel and Wiggle Honda. They will put the

:16:37. > :16:43.pressure on from the start. Already we can see riders from the teams

:16:43. > :16:49.that you were mentioning on the front of the pack. Wide boulevards

:16:49. > :16:53.around St James's Park for this women's Grand Prix. The last of the

:16:53. > :16:59.fund cyclists were cleared off the road at about four o'clock. It was a

:16:59. > :17:05.great site earlier today. This looks like the first attack of the day

:17:05. > :17:12.from Katie Colclough. She is riding for a really strong team. She will

:17:12. > :17:22.probably be working form -- for her sprinter, Loren Rowney. She's

:17:22. > :17:23.

:17:23. > :17:26.extremely fast. Katie Colclough, a strong rider. She was the under 23

:17:26. > :17:33.British Rd race champion last year. She also has plenty of track

:17:34. > :17:43.experience. She was involved in the British development programme but

:17:44. > :17:48.

:17:48. > :17:50.has chosen to go her own way as a road rider at the moment. The

:17:50. > :17:59.cyclists on Horse Guards Parade. They are getting ready to turn left

:17:59. > :18:06.into the Mall. This circuit has a really smooth surface, so I think it

:18:06. > :18:13.will be a fast race. I'm sure that the race will be an attacking race

:18:13. > :18:23.and really exciting. The lack of technicality in the circuit makes it

:18:23. > :18:23.

:18:23. > :18:29.easier. But it does make it more difficult for someone to get away.

:18:29. > :18:34.That is right. The straights are quite long. It makes it more

:18:34. > :18:42.difficult to break away and get out of sight. There is a rider from

:18:42. > :18:52.Edinburgh on the front. Katie Archibald. No one attack from

:18:52. > :18:53.

:18:53. > :19:00.Harriet Owen. She is showing her face at the front. Harriet Owen just

:19:00. > :19:07.making a little move of the front. Decent crowds enjoying the early

:19:07. > :19:13.evening sunshine in front of ducking and palace. I think it is important

:19:13. > :19:16.in the early stages of the race for a good number of teams to get

:19:16. > :19:24.towards the front to show the jersey. Many of them know that they

:19:24. > :19:34.are unlikely to be there at the end. Yes, that is right. Riders from

:19:34. > :19:38.

:19:38. > :19:43.smaller teams need to take cans. -- to take their chance. Hannah Barnes

:19:43. > :19:46.has covered this attack straightaway and she on the counterattack.

:19:46. > :19:50.wondered if she might be tempted to keep our powder dry for the

:19:50. > :19:55.remainder of the race. When it gets to the business end in half an

:19:55. > :20:00.hour's time, she is one of the riders that we expect to see towards

:20:01. > :20:10.the front of the race. She is not afraid to take the wind at the

:20:11. > :20:11.

:20:11. > :20:15.moment. She's been followed by New Zealander. Yes, she joined Wiggle

:20:15. > :20:20.Honda for her first year as a professional. This is Laura Trott

:20:20. > :20:26.going towards the front. This is our first chance to see the double

:20:26. > :20:29.Olympic champion. She is the ambassador for RideLondon. She will

:20:29. > :20:35.be the person more than anyone that most of the spectators have come to

:20:35. > :20:45.see. That was closed down quickly by Hannah Barnes. This is an

:20:45. > :20:46.

:20:46. > :20:56.interesting start. These are the two strongest riders today. There is a

:20:56. > :20:57.

:20:57. > :21:02.bit of rivalry developing between these two. Hannah Barnes did beat

:21:02. > :21:08.Laura Trott in London earlier this summer. Yes, she did. She has won so

:21:08. > :21:13.many races this year. This is Katie Colclough on the front again, making

:21:14. > :21:23.it a hard race. She has Loren Rowney in there, so she is trying to put

:21:24. > :21:25.

:21:25. > :21:35.pressure on the other teams. She is heavily marked by Orica. Orica art

:21:35. > :21:35.

:21:35. > :21:40.in the light blue, with a little bit of green and yellow on the kit.

:21:40. > :21:48.is Anna Schnitzmeier. She is working for Laura Trott today. She is on the

:21:48. > :21:52.front trying to pick up the pace. Yes, 23 years of age, from Germany.

:21:52. > :21:58.She went to see her first race at the age of 11 and she was racing

:21:58. > :22:05.just 12 months after that. The Wiggle Honda team is effectively the

:22:05. > :22:12.Manchester United of women's racing. Yes, that is fair to say. They are

:22:12. > :22:17.definitely the team to beat. They have so many strong riders. They

:22:17. > :22:22.only have five riders, but each one of them has great qualities. What

:22:22. > :22:32.makes them unique is that the race as a team. Natalie Creswick now

:22:32. > :22:35.

:22:35. > :22:41.attacking. She won in Stoke earlier this year. She came second to Hannah

:22:42. > :22:49.Barnes in the Tour series and she may featured as the race goes on.

:22:49. > :22:59.She has got a little bit of a break. It looks like Wiggle Honda are

:22:59. > :23:12.

:23:12. > :23:17.working to pull back back. Anna Schnitzmeier is doing the work.

:23:17. > :23:23.Wiggle Honda have five top-level riders. MG-Maxifuel probably have

:23:23. > :23:27.five riders as well. There is strength in numbers. But there is

:23:27. > :23:31.not the strength in depth in some of the teams? In women's cycling, it is

:23:31. > :23:37.very important to have a strong team. The British riders want to do

:23:37. > :23:40.well on home soil. It is so important to have a strong team so

:23:40. > :23:50.they have brought the New Zealander and the German to ensure that they

:23:50. > :24:00.

:24:00. > :24:08.have a strong team. She has read in in the UK, Emily Collins, this year.

:24:08. > :24:18.-- she has ridden quite a lot. Emily Collins has that tape on her left

:24:18. > :24:20.

:24:20. > :24:25.leg. It makes easy to spot. Here is Joanna Rowsell. She is a gold medal

:24:25. > :24:30.men are -- is a gold medal winner from the Olympics in 2012, and a

:24:30. > :24:40.world champion as well. She is stringing the peloton out at the

:24:40. > :24:44.moment. Once again, Hannah Barnes is up at the front. This is Amanda

:24:45. > :24:52.Spratt from Orica. She will be making the race really hard for

:24:52. > :24:57.everyone. Amanda Spratt is one of the strongest workers on the Orica

:24:57. > :25:03.team. She knows that her job is to make it hard, and make sure that

:25:03. > :25:08.everyone gets stinging legs. She's been closed down by Wiggle Honda,

:25:08. > :25:17.Laura Trott and Dani King. Yes, Dani King on the left-hand side of your

:25:17. > :25:27.screen. Dani King intends to write the London-Surrey 100 tomorrow. It

:25:27. > :25:29.

:25:29. > :25:34.is a bit like the London Marathon. -- to ride. There is Laura Trott

:25:34. > :25:41.coming to the front once more. think the peloton will want to close

:25:41. > :25:46.that down. Hannah Barnes has had to close that down. The onus is really

:25:46. > :25:51.on Hannah Barnes. She cannot afford riders from Wiggle Honda or Orica to

:25:51. > :26:00.get away. No one else will be able to bring them back in. Here is Emily

:26:00. > :26:05.Collins. Here she goes again. That is Hannah Barnes chasing down. There

:26:05. > :26:08.is a lot of pressure on Hannah Barnes to close down. There is a

:26:08. > :26:16.crash in the middle of the peloton. Several of the riders have gone to

:26:16. > :26:22.the ground. It looks like one of the Mulebar riders has come off worst of

:26:23. > :26:27.all. It is Natalie Creswick. A few laps ago, she was on the front of

:26:27. > :26:37.the race, and no, potentially she's out of it. That is disappointing for

:26:37. > :26:40.

:26:40. > :26:45.her. That was a really nasty fall. She has clearly injured her side,

:26:45. > :26:49.maybe damaged a couple of ribs. It just illustrates that in cycling

:26:49. > :26:55.you're never more than a second or so away from sporting disaster.

:26:55. > :26:58.Everything happened so quickly. Things can be going so well, she was

:26:58. > :27:04.off the front at the beginning of the race, and now it looks like you

:27:04. > :27:10.race is over. Things like that happening bike racing. It is a

:27:10. > :27:16.matter mental strength. You give me a knowing look when you said that. I

:27:16. > :27:22.think you have had some crashes yourself. Yes, ten years of being a

:27:22. > :27:28.sprinter in the women's peloton. It is a dangerous game. I have loved it

:27:28. > :27:38.and enjoyed it, and I did not have a feed of crashing. Two years ago I

:27:38. > :27:40.

:27:40. > :27:48.had my worst crash in Verona in the jaded Italia. I broke my pelvis. --

:27:48. > :27:52.in the Giro D'Italia. I had to learn how to walk again. These are the

:27:52. > :27:57.challenges of been a professional cyclist. You almost make it sound

:27:57. > :28:03.like it was part of the job, learning to walk again! I am glad

:28:04. > :28:08.that you were able to get back in the saddle. Emily Collins, riding on

:28:08. > :28:18.the front. She is getting through a lot of work. Katie Archibald in the

:28:18. > :28:30.

:28:30. > :28:35.blue and white. Katie Colclough is really making this race exciting.

:28:35. > :28:41.She's putting the hammer down. the future good for riders like

:28:41. > :28:44.Katie Colclough? She is in her early 20s. She was part of the Olympic

:28:44. > :28:51.development programme but she seems to have fallen outside the British

:28:51. > :28:57.system. What prospects for riders like her with these sort of teams?

:28:57. > :29:04.Specialise Lulu Lemon is one of the best teams in the women's peloton.

:29:04. > :29:11.-- specialise Lulu Lemon. I think that Katie Colclough might come back

:29:11. > :29:21.to the track. It is in her mind. Now that the women's pursuit has gone

:29:21. > :29:22.

:29:22. > :29:26.out to four kilometres, she could be useful to the British programme.

:29:26. > :29:34.mentioned the Wiggle Honda riders, but other than them, it is the trio

:29:34. > :29:39.from Orica. They are perhaps the key rivals, as well as Hannah Barnes.

:29:39. > :29:43.This is a dangerous move to let Amanda Spratt have a gap like that.

:29:43. > :29:53.She's definitely a strong rider. It looks like Katie Archibald is come

:29:53. > :29:56.

:29:56. > :30:05.across. Amanda Spratt on the back of those three but Katie Archibald is

:30:05. > :30:10.still in pole position. She has taken that one out. Getting back

:30:10. > :30:19.onto the wheel. Katie Archibald takes the very first sprint of the

:30:19. > :30:26.race. Here comes the Palatine. Laura Trott sitting right on her wheel.

:30:26. > :30:36.Looking like they are riding as a pair today. And that is the result.

:30:36. > :30:39.

:30:39. > :30:49.Katie Archibald taking that. Then Amanda 's brat. Danny King, bringing

:30:49. > :30:53.

:30:53. > :30:57.the Palatine. -- Palatine. And Laura Trott stuck on her wheel. I think

:30:57. > :31:06.that they work really well together and have a very close relationship

:31:06. > :31:11.so it comes natural that they stick together. Jo Rowsell, she likes to

:31:11. > :31:18.strike out on her own. And she is such a strong rider and that people

:31:18. > :31:25.don't want her to get away. They know how strong she is and she

:31:25. > :31:35.really hurts. They will close this down because she is a danger.

:31:35. > :31:37.

:31:37. > :31:41.is a very useful tactic. There are several cards to play in this team.

:31:41. > :31:45.They just keep attacking and that weakens and takes out the top end

:31:45. > :31:55.speed of the other competitors. They are a definitely putting the

:31:55. > :32:01.

:32:01. > :32:06.peoloton under pressure. -- peloton. Was Emily Collins the very first

:32:06. > :32:15.winner for the team this year? was a very big win. It was her first

:32:15. > :32:21.year with the professional team. that was a very big team in Belgium.

:32:21. > :32:28.She was the first ever to win a race with Honda. Emily Collins, powering

:32:28. > :32:38.past horse guards per. Decent crowd staying out to watch this race in

:32:38. > :32:38.

:32:38. > :32:42.the evening. -- parade. Trying to close that line. Getting some

:32:42. > :32:52.support not having to do this yourself and the pressure is really

:32:52. > :33:05.

:33:05. > :33:12.matrix team coming through. Emily Collins, leading them through the

:33:12. > :33:22.line. Heading into the second sprint laps. It has been a pretty fast race

:33:22. > :33:23.

:33:23. > :33:28.so far with riders specifically attacking, particularly Honda.

:33:28. > :33:38.Considering that there have been some attacks, there are quite a lot

:33:38. > :33:42.

:33:42. > :33:48.of riders still bear? Quite a very strong field. Helen Wyman, seven

:33:48. > :33:56.years she has one. The European champion. One of the more

:33:56. > :34:03.experienced riders in that peloton. She is on the right of the picture

:34:03. > :34:08.with an orange crash helmet. I think that her speciality, no doubt, her

:34:08. > :34:16.speciality is cycle cross. She will just be gearing up into her season

:34:16. > :34:21.as everybody Weinstein. She is riding very well today. She has put

:34:21. > :34:25.some pressure on this bunch. And she won at Sheffield grand prix a couple

:34:25. > :34:31.of weeks ago although the course was slightly different to this one. It

:34:31. > :34:40.is all good tuning for the legs as she prepares for the winter season

:34:40. > :34:47.that lies ahead. We are seeing what we thought. Lots of riders going to

:34:47. > :34:53.the front and gaining three seconds and perhaps 15 or 25 metres but that

:34:53. > :34:57.does not grow any larger? It is a very difficult course because we

:34:57. > :35:04.always have that rider inside and there are so many left in the bunch,

:35:04. > :35:09.there are a number of people to do this job. She has been doing a lot

:35:09. > :35:15.of work in this race and she is closing down the gap. Emma Grant.

:35:15. > :35:19.She has had a couple of good places this year. She was racing in the

:35:19. > :35:29.United States last year. She also has the strength to test the legs of

:35:29. > :35:33.the rest of the field. Grand, looking comfortable. But, again, as

:35:33. > :35:40.with all of those other attacks, unable to gain any ground. And Katie

:35:40. > :35:46.Archibald, sitting so strong, just if you've metres behind. Emma Grant

:35:46. > :35:50.is not gaining any ground. Katie Archibald, leading the sprint. She

:35:50. > :35:57.is looking to take the second. Not in the best position to do that,

:35:58. > :36:05.having led from the start. Here comes the Dutchwoman, who looks like

:36:05. > :36:11.she has that in the bag. Katie Archibald taking second place.

:36:11. > :36:21.is a very strong rider, she is the captain for the Orica Greenedge team

:36:21. > :36:27.

:36:27. > :36:37.in Europe. She was part of that Dutch team. This is a very strong

:36:37. > :36:40.

:36:40. > :36:50.move. This is a very interesting move. Laura Trott, her team cannot

:36:50. > :36:54.

:36:54. > :37:00.afford to let these get away. She is a very strong rider, Loren Rowney.

:37:00. > :37:05.They will need reeling in. Katie Archibald doing the lion 's share.

:37:05. > :37:09.Trying to get onto the back of that. There is already some activity in

:37:09. > :37:15.black and orange behind her. And also from Helen Barnes. They know

:37:15. > :37:20.that this brake cannot you load to get away. That was interesting to

:37:20. > :37:30.see. Helen on the start about chasing peloton. They have missed

:37:30. > :37:32.

:37:32. > :37:38.that move. Wiggle Honda have got that. They have an opportunity.

:37:38. > :37:43.that a slight experience issue? She could afford to just sit there and

:37:43. > :37:48.look at those riders and say, what are you going to do? Because the

:37:48. > :37:53.imperative is very much on the likes of Danny King? It is positive and

:37:53. > :37:59.negative, she is willing to get onto the front and do the work, and she

:37:59. > :38:03.is happy to put in that hard work for herself. Interesting that Danny

:38:03. > :38:12.King heading the front and Laura Trott. Then, Amanda Spratt in third

:38:12. > :38:17.place. As they head towards the final sprint lap. Danny King, trying

:38:17. > :38:23.to wave the others through. Matrix hanging on. Do they have the

:38:23. > :38:30.strength? Danny King was asking for Amanda sprint -- Amanda Spratt to

:38:30. > :38:36.give her a hand? No, I am not having any of this. I want to be in a

:38:36. > :38:39.position with me and one other rider. Hats off to Danny and Laura,

:38:40. > :38:46.you can see that Danny is getting frustrated. She knows that move will

:38:46. > :38:51.not go. To have riders like that, I would not want that either. Amanda

:38:51. > :38:57.Spratt, happily thinking, I will just ride alongside this motor bike

:38:57. > :39:00.and get free ride and that takes me up, great, but she will not

:39:00. > :39:05.contribute to something which might affect a team-mate. Danny King on

:39:05. > :39:10.the front, Laura Trott tucked in behind her. Amanda Spratt, in the

:39:11. > :39:15.blue and white. This is amazing riding from Danny King, she just

:39:15. > :39:20.sacrifices everything she has got for her team-mates and she is

:39:20. > :39:25.obviously feeling some pain in her legs. Whatever she is feeling in her

:39:25. > :39:31.legs, half of them will be feeling that twice as badly. Really strong

:39:31. > :39:41.riding from Danny King. As soon as she stops, somebody else has a go.

:39:41. > :39:44.

:39:44. > :39:50.Will this work again? Yes, one of the strongest riders. Helen Wyman,

:39:51. > :40:00.also closing the gap. In that orange crash out. She has got those orange

:40:01. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:10.patches on her shoulders. -- crash helmet. Matrix also closing down.

:40:10. > :40:14.will try to see who that is. Not gaining any ground at the moment,

:40:14. > :40:21.but she is stringing out the peloton. When the hammer is going

:40:21. > :40:26.down, cyclists suddenly appear in a very long, thin line and if you are

:40:26. > :40:33.at the back, you could be riding just as hard as those at the front,

:40:33. > :40:39.particularly in and out of corners. She almost looks as if she is

:40:39. > :40:44.enjoying herself? Smile on her face? She is extremely professional, she

:40:45. > :40:54.has lots of experience. She is the road leader for the team, she calls

:40:54. > :40:58.the shots in Europe. Another fabulous job to close that time.

:40:58. > :41:06.may not be one of the star names, but she has an aggressive style and

:41:06. > :41:13.she put in the work. She will wiggle -- she will walk before she runs.

:41:13. > :41:22.I'm sure that day will come whenever that Faber is returned. Matrix

:41:22. > :41:28.trying to get into the mix with Emma Grant. Helen Wyman, crossing the

:41:28. > :41:33.line in first place at the moment. The clock says over 36 minutes, so

:41:33. > :41:40.we are about ten minutes away from the end of this race. This is the

:41:40. > :41:44.business end. The peloton is still quite large and that is due to the

:41:44. > :41:54.fast nature of this circuit. Helen Wyman, she is not known as a

:41:54. > :41:57.

:41:57. > :42:06.sprinter. And she is looking in fine form. Jessie Walker. Taking second

:42:06. > :42:11.place. Emily Collins, we have seen quite a lot of, in third place. But

:42:11. > :42:17.Amanda Spratt, who has been really animated today, getting in front

:42:17. > :42:27.once again. And we are heading towards the end of this women's

:42:27. > :42:32.

:42:32. > :42:37.race. They are making this very hard for Honda. We are coming into the

:42:37. > :42:42.finish they sense the danger back in the peloton. This will be an

:42:42. > :42:45.exciting finish. Plenty of riders in the reckoning, a good number know

:42:45. > :42:52.that this comes down to the sprint and they will not have a chance.

:42:52. > :42:56.Amanda Spratt, really stringing them out. Having struck out for glory on

:42:56. > :43:05.her own at the moment in the closing stages. Inside the final few

:43:05. > :43:12.minutes. And here is Jo Rowsell. Putting the pressure down. She is

:43:12. > :43:16.really hurting the legs of the other riders. This is really going to

:43:16. > :43:26.cause problems for the rest of the riders behind. Someone with the

:43:26. > :43:27.

:43:27. > :43:33.power of Juana Russell, this could cause some sports. -- Jo Rowsell.

:43:33. > :43:43.You can see 216 Mac. Helen Barnes ready once this, she has won so many

:43:43. > :43:45.

:43:45. > :43:50.of these in the year. -- Helen Ralston. The last event of the

:43:50. > :44:00.opening day of RideLondon. Still plenty of riders in contention.

:44:00. > :44:01.

:44:01. > :44:04.Helen Barnes, number one, the white jersey. 20 years old, she won the

:44:04. > :44:09.series long series featured on television so she has had a very

:44:09. > :44:16.good year this season. In a lot of promise but in a lot of work to do

:44:16. > :44:24.in the next two laps. Just under two laps left to go. Very strong attack

:44:24. > :44:32.coming from Anna Schnitzmeier. They want to close down everything. She

:44:32. > :44:42.must have something left in her legs to be able to do that. Charline

:44:42. > :44:49.

:44:49. > :44:59.Joiner. And Julie Erskine. They will give absolutely everything right

:44:59. > :45:03.

:45:03. > :45:06.now. Charline Joiner, she took up cycling as rehabilitation when she

:45:06. > :45:11.was injured as a hockey player. It is amazing the number of riders who

:45:11. > :45:17.first took up the sport when injured doing something else. That is what I

:45:17. > :45:20.was saying about injury, you have to work so hard to get back but you get

:45:20. > :45:30.back to a much higher level than before. And cycling is often a very

:45:30. > :45:36.big part of that. And a good number decide to stick with it. Laura Trott

:45:36. > :45:44.in the centre of your picture. Dani King is going through in second

:45:45. > :45:51.place. Loren Rowney is on about seventh place. We have about a lap

:45:51. > :45:56.and one third to go. Anna Schnitzmeier has done a fabulous

:45:56. > :46:01.job, to do this in the last couple of laps. She is making sure there is

:46:01. > :46:11.lots of pressure on the peloton. It will be interesting to see if the

:46:11. > :46:16.

:46:16. > :46:21.setup the sprint for Laura Trott Dani King. This could be set up a

:46:21. > :46:24.recommend this sprint finish on the Mall. We have the three leaders,

:46:24. > :46:30.Charline Joiner leading them up the finishing straight towards taking

:46:30. > :46:40.the bell. Anna Schnitzmeier this right behind. Julie Erskine is

:46:40. > :46:45.

:46:45. > :46:50.hanging on. She has dropped back. It is Anna Christian, the national

:46:50. > :46:54.junior champion from the Isle of Man, just 17 years of age. They

:46:54. > :47:01.cannot afford to hesitate, the bunch is closing in. What an amazing

:47:01. > :47:07.crowd. That was an amazing sound from the banging on the barriers.

:47:07. > :47:13.The bunch is coming pretty quickly. This will be some final lap. I do

:47:13. > :47:17.not think that these three will stay away. The pack will gobble them up

:47:17. > :47:27.before the end. Katie Colclough on the front, with the black slaves,

:47:27. > :47:32.

:47:32. > :47:41.from Specialized. -- black sleeves. Charline Joiner in the sky blue.

:47:41. > :47:46.Anna Schnitzmeier from is -- from Wiggle Honda. That is a fabulous

:47:46. > :47:52.effort from these riders. They have put their sprinters in a good

:47:52. > :47:56.edition, the other teams have to work. They are heading past Horse

:47:56. > :48:01.Guards Parade. Some of the riders are choosing to take the right-hand

:48:01. > :48:09.split in the road. There is some road furniture to negotiate, some

:48:09. > :48:16.speed bumps. The final tense moments. We are halfway round the

:48:16. > :48:24.final lap. A number of riders are still in contention. All of the big

:48:24. > :48:34.names are near the front now. is Emily Collins coming to take the

:48:34. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:47.lead. There is a crash. It is one of the Wiggle Honda riders. It is

:48:47. > :48:51.Joanna Rowsell. Five riders taken out by that. I think Helen Ralston

:48:51. > :48:58.was the first to hit the deck. At the front of the race, Emily Collins

:48:58. > :49:04.leading the way. Joanna Rowsell has fallen heavily. Here is the crash

:49:04. > :49:09.once again. That was a very nasty fall for several riders, including

:49:09. > :49:15.Joanna Rowsell. She is the world and Olympic champion with the number

:49:15. > :49:21.nine on her back. That was a heavy fall. I would not be surprised if

:49:21. > :49:28.that is a serious injury. There are 400 metres to go. The finish will

:49:28. > :49:32.look so enticing. They can see the line as they come round the corner.

:49:32. > :49:38.300 metres to go, Emily Collins on the front with Amanda Spratt in

:49:38. > :49:48.second place. Hannah Barnes is biding her time. Dani King is in the

:49:48. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:52.centre of your picture with Laura Trott on her real. -- we will. Laura

:49:52. > :49:58.Trott is coming through the centre, Laura Trott against Hannah Barnes,

:49:58. > :50:03.and Laura Trott takes the win. Right in front of the King Palace, the

:50:03. > :50:12.rider who is the ambassador for the race, Laura Trott, takes the victory

:50:12. > :50:17.that most of the crowd have come to see. -- Buckingham Palace. That was

:50:17. > :50:25.a hard race to judge in the headwind. Dani King started out

:50:25. > :50:32.early and Laura Trott came off her real. That was a greatly dead.She

:50:32. > :50:38.put her in the perfect edition. It was pure desire that Laura Trott got

:50:38. > :50:46.to the finish line first. Hannah Barnes was not far away. She rode a

:50:46. > :50:56.superb race, Hannah Barnes. Teamwork came into play in the last half a

:50:56. > :51:19.

:51:19. > :51:24.have been doing so much this weekend, and everyone is like, I am

:51:24. > :51:28.rooting for you. I was like, I have got to pull this off. The team

:51:28. > :51:35.worked amazingly. We did not go in with a plan that I was the sprinter.

:51:35. > :51:42.We made it aggressive. 100 riders is a lot of riders. We decided that we

:51:42. > :51:47.were going to attack, and nothing stayed away. With five laps to go,

:51:47. > :51:53.we decided to chase, rather than attack. Dani King and I said nothing

:51:53. > :51:58.to each other, it was just the way it happened. Coming into the finish,

:51:58. > :52:01.she absolutely floored it. I would not have won without her. I knew

:52:01. > :52:07.when she hit the front that there was no chance of anyone coming

:52:07. > :52:11.around. Your made up with this? Guess, I am so happy. It was such a

:52:11. > :52:15.long way to the finish and I wanted to hold it as late as possible.

:52:15. > :52:23.Laura Trott got the better of me. I cannot complain, coming second to

:52:23. > :52:28.Laura. What was it like, racing is your? It was amazing, in front of

:52:28. > :52:33.Buckingham Palace. Being in the national jersey as well, I was

:52:33. > :52:38.hoping that the Queen would come out. It is tough to counter the team

:52:38. > :52:44.as strong as Wiggle Honda in a race like this. Yes, it is their home

:52:44. > :52:47.country and you have three Olympic champion so it will always be tough.

:52:47. > :52:54.As an experience within your season, how would you rate this as an

:52:54. > :52:57.occasion? I think the way it has been run and the crowds, it is

:52:58. > :53:03.probably the best atmosphere that have raced in this year. I hope this

:53:03. > :53:09.event grows and more teams come. Laura Trott are very popular

:53:09. > :53:15.winner. Alongside me, Rochelle Gilmore. She is the reigning

:53:16. > :53:21.Commonwealth Games champion. Updaters and Joanna Rowsell. It was

:53:21. > :53:24.terrible to see. Mixed emotions at the finish. Laura Trott crossing the

:53:25. > :53:30.line first, but knowing that Joanna Rowsell was at the end of the course

:53:30. > :53:36.being put onto a stretcher. She has broken her collar bone. She will

:53:36. > :53:39.need surgery and will head to Manchester today. We have had great

:53:39. > :53:45.support from British cycling. long will rehabilitation be before

:53:45. > :53:49.she is racing on a bike? It will only be about two weeks of the bike.

:53:49. > :53:54.She is determined and she feels really quickly. She will be back on

:53:54. > :54:00.the bike in a couple of weeks. great result for Laura Trott and for

:54:00. > :54:03.Wiggle Honda. Did the race go the way you anticipated? Yes, if I had a

:54:03. > :54:09.check list of the things that the riders had to do yesterday, they did

:54:09. > :54:14.it perfectly. We had ambitions to win, not specifically with Laura

:54:14. > :54:21.Trott. They are so professional that they do not need clear

:54:21. > :54:25.instructions. The road a perfect race. It was not easy for them.

:54:25. > :54:30.King and Laura Trott, they have a great relationship on the track, but

:54:30. > :54:36.they have taken out onto the road? Guess, they know each other so well.

:54:36. > :54:40.They said they did not have to speak coming into the finish of the race.

:54:40. > :54:44.Laura Trott has so much dedication and support from Dani King. She

:54:44. > :54:49.knows that if Dani King goes longer, she can come off and win the

:54:49. > :54:54.race. Yesterday, Dani King did a perfectly dead. A little word on

:54:54. > :54:59.women's cycling. There has been a lot of talk about the Tour de France

:54:59. > :55:05.and having a women's race. How do you see the strength of the sport?

:55:05. > :55:10.think yesterday speaks loudly about cycling in the UK. The crowds were

:55:10. > :55:15.unbelievable. The women's race was the main event. They were here to

:55:15. > :55:20.see the women. They were here to see the Olympic champions and women's

:55:20. > :55:26.racing in general. It was a good show, like we had in London for the

:55:26. > :55:30.Olympics. When women cycling gets an opportunity that there is an

:55:30. > :55:34.exciting race, we have done a great job and the fans love it.

:55:34. > :55:43.women's Grand Prix was not the only race last night. There was also a

:55:43. > :55:46.junior race and a hand cycle race. Jill Douglas has the story. Jody

:55:46. > :55:52.Cundy got the first of the elite events on the criterion course under

:55:52. > :55:55.way. There was a host of meddlers way. There was a host of meddlers

:55:55. > :55:58.from the Paralympic games on the way. There was a host of meddlers

:55:59. > :56:02.from the Paralympic games on the The route was a fast 1.3 mile loop

:56:02. > :56:08.around St James's Park, starting and finishing on the Mall in front of

:56:09. > :56:13.massive crowds that had gathered in central London. The men and women

:56:13. > :56:23.race together, and when they came to the finish, a group of four had an

:56:23. > :56:24.

:56:24. > :56:27.advantage. The leader was a double Olympic champion. The overall winner

:56:27. > :56:37.was the reigning Paralympic champion. He won the sprint to the

:56:37. > :56:38.

:56:38. > :56:40.finish. The Swiss rider was third. finish. The Swiss rider was third.

:56:40. > :56:46.It is amazing. I thought that they had lots of cyclists in China, but

:56:46. > :56:51.London is also a big cycling city. I am surprised. London has more

:56:51. > :56:55.cyclists than the whole world. good news is that you want, but you

:56:55. > :57:00.do not have time to pick up your prize on the podium? I am sorry

:57:00. > :57:07.about this. I have to go back to Austria. Tomorrow we have an

:57:07. > :57:16.important national championship. I feel sorry about not been here, but

:57:16. > :57:23.I have to go back for an important race. This was the first woman over

:57:23. > :57:26.the line. She was able to enjoy her podium moment. Great Britain

:57:26. > :57:29.podium moment. Great Britain finished in second and third place.

:57:29. > :57:36.Then there were some aspiring champions of the future in the youth

:57:36. > :57:43.cycle. It was an opportunity for under 16s to experience the big race

:57:43. > :57:50.atmosphere. This solo breakaway was maintained until the final lap. But

:57:50. > :57:59.he was caught by the chasing he was caught by the chasing

:57:59. > :58:04.peloton. Let's focus on today's action.

:58:04. > :58:10.Earlier this morning, the Olympic Park was a hive of activity as

:58:10. > :58:16.several riders got ready for the London-Surrey 100. There were lots

:58:16. > :58:26.of famous faces taking part. I am joined by Matt Dawson and James

:58:26. > :58:27.

:58:27. > :58:31.Cracknell. You must be excited about this race. I am buzzing. I did the

:58:31. > :58:38.marathon a few years ago, and I was quite apprehensive and nervous, but

:58:38. > :58:44.I have a good feeling about this. James has given me lots of tips. I

:58:44. > :58:50.am cycling for a great charity. What could go wrong? I already went wrong

:58:50. > :58:55.this morning. I put my number on the front and it is meant to be on the

:58:55. > :59:00.back. Apart from that, I am a bit apprehensive and nervous. I do not

:59:00. > :59:10.know how I will manage 100 miles on a bike. But I have done a bit of

:59:10. > :59:13.

:59:13. > :59:15.training, but properly not enough. am vice president of the brain

:59:15. > :59:25.injury Association following an accident with the tracking the

:59:25. > :59:31.

:59:31. > :59:36.United States. I am raising awareness. Unfortunately, with

:59:36. > :59:43.cyclists and horse riders, there is a massive amount of unseen injury.

:59:43. > :59:47.Guys, it is a beautiful day. It could hear beautiful race as well.

:59:47. > :59:55.Is it a race or is it a challenge? It has got to be a challenge, 100

:59:55. > :00:03.miles. I am going for six hours. have been training for this one?

:00:03. > :00:09.Yes, I probably do close to 100 miles a week on my commute. Like

:00:10. > :00:14.John, I am feeling nervous. I was really well one week ago. But now

:00:14. > :00:23.you see all these people who look so professional. It starts to sink in

:00:23. > :00:32.that it is a big deal. To see so many people cycling into Olympic

:00:32. > :00:38.Park. And it looks very different today, rather than Chris Whitehead

:00:38. > :00:43.and Bradley Wiggins, it is a six-pack we shall speak to James

:00:43. > :00:53.Cracknell later on. There was no sign of map Dawson. Still lots of

:00:53. > :00:57.

:00:57. > :01:02.people finishing, lots of people out there. -- it is us! I am joined by

:01:02. > :01:09.four people who have already achieved superhuman efforts on the

:01:09. > :01:16.bicycle, Land's End to John O'Groats. This is the climax? We

:01:16. > :01:21.have done Land's End to John O'Groats and three in France and the

:01:21. > :01:26.culmination of fundraising efforts was �50,000, were me go past

:01:26. > :01:33.Kingston in an effort to release smashed that target. I will come to

:01:33. > :01:39.you. Slightly smaller. Average sized! It will be great, riding

:01:39. > :01:45.through Kingston and also the Mall on that Olympic course? It will be

:01:45. > :01:49.phenomenal. This could be a massive event in a few years and to be

:01:49. > :01:58.involved with the very first one is fantastic and hopefully our family

:01:58. > :02:02.and friends will be in Kingston. Tell us about that figure, 50,000?

:02:02. > :02:09.That was the figure given to us last year as the might of money it cost

:02:09. > :02:15.to run a nurse for Macmillan for one year with training and wages. And

:02:15. > :02:23.they do fantastic stuff. Yes, very few people these days are not

:02:23. > :02:27.touched by cancer in some way. is going through your head before?

:02:27. > :02:36.You have done challenges before but you do have a lot of people guiding

:02:36. > :02:42.you through this? And 20,000 others? It is just sensational, for me, such

:02:42. > :02:47.an amazing pinnacle to a crazy year and for cycling, it is just an

:02:47. > :02:52.amazing event, the size is phenomenal. Little bit of nerves.

:02:52. > :02:58.But we are used to doing 120 miles every day with that challenge but

:02:58. > :03:03.this will still be fantastic. Brilliant. The sun has come out,

:03:03. > :03:11.just in time to set. Good luck! Enjoy the ride and congratulations

:03:11. > :03:15.on your fundraising. The end of this event will be like the London

:03:15. > :03:21.Marathon on wheels, one of the largest one-day fundraising events

:03:21. > :03:26.and it has been a very good start. We are building up to the classic.

:03:26. > :03:36.We have been looking forward to a great race? Fantastic race. We have

:03:36. > :03:43.

:03:43. > :03:50.the double green jersey winner Peter Sagan. And David Mellor is here. And

:03:50. > :03:52.Gerald Ciolek. We are expecting a finish with a very large group

:03:52. > :03:57.because one third of this is climbing so that comes into the

:03:57. > :04:02.middle of the course. If this does split things up, there is plenty of

:04:02. > :04:07.opportunity to come back. There are only six riders for every team so to

:04:07. > :04:10.control the race is harder. But a very good race in prospect. You

:04:10. > :04:16.mentioned that the course is different from the Olympic road

:04:16. > :04:21.race. That's how they look. Starting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

:04:21. > :04:27.passing Canary Wharf, the Tower of London. Across the Thames, through

:04:27. > :04:37.the cycling mecca that is Richmond Park. And into the picturesque

:04:37. > :04:37.

:04:37. > :04:46.countryside. Newlands Corner, back towards central London. And back

:04:46. > :04:51.across the Thames, over the Embankment and finishing, the

:04:51. > :04:55.opposite way to the Olympic road race, at the mall. We sold with the

:04:55. > :05:01.women's Grand Prix, the importance of a very strong team in controlling

:05:01. > :05:06.the race. That will be important? Is It very tough out there so that if

:05:06. > :05:09.they want to come down to a sprint, the sprinter must be dependent on

:05:09. > :05:15.team-mates and the better the job of the team-mates, the fresher the legs

:05:15. > :05:19.of the sprinter. We saw Wiggle Honda supporting or trot very well and she

:05:19. > :05:29.had more power at the finish so it will be very important for the team

:05:29. > :05:33.

:05:33. > :05:39.as a whole. We mentioned some names but here are the ones to watch.

:05:39. > :05:45.like London very well, after a very tough Tour of France, maybe I won't

:05:45. > :05:55.have too much pressure, you know? I can start good with this race and I

:05:55. > :05:58.

:05:58. > :06:02.want to make good reparation. British public prove that they are

:06:02. > :06:07.the best because they very rarely get to see excitement levels through

:06:07. > :06:12.the roof. And I also have Peter Sagan, so that makes it harder, he

:06:12. > :06:18.is the green jersey winner from that. One of the best sprinters in

:06:18. > :06:28.the world. But I think there are a lot of people who don't want this to

:06:28. > :06:28.

:06:29. > :06:34.finish in a sprint and I am one of those. This is not easy but we shall

:06:35. > :06:43.see the sprint. In other races in the UK, Olympic races, what I

:06:43. > :06:49.remember always is a lot of spectators and great public. That

:06:49. > :06:54.keeps up motivation. It is very good for the riders. It will be amazing.

:06:54. > :06:59.The Olympics last year was one thing but this is such a one-off, special

:06:59. > :07:06.event and it is nice to do this in more relaxed circumstances. It is

:07:06. > :07:15.always nice to finish in big cities. In front of big buildings and I

:07:15. > :07:25.think that is nice. I want to be on the front. And for the sprint, I

:07:25. > :07:29.

:07:29. > :07:39.want to do well. Another couple of riders, Ben Swift. And also Matthew

:07:39. > :07:40.

:07:40. > :07:46.Goss. These boys hope there could be as Brent to the end. You had a very

:07:46. > :07:50.difficult journey to the start line? It has been an very long week,

:07:50. > :07:55.starting in Italy. We have that European trip to get here but it is

:07:55. > :08:00.nice to be back. That jet set lifestyle! But you are very keen to

:08:00. > :08:05.get back onto these roads in front of the home crowd? This is the very

:08:05. > :08:11.first time Britain has had a very big one-day race and there is a very

:08:11. > :08:17.good field. You were not able to make the squad last year. Are you

:08:17. > :08:23.keen to do the business this time? We will give it a very good go. It

:08:23. > :08:32.is quite tough. It is looking pretty fast back to the finish with a very

:08:32. > :08:39.strong tailwind. I am sure it will be brilliant. And alongside me,

:08:39. > :08:48.Matthew Goss. You have been recovering? I am starting to get

:08:48. > :08:51.back onto my bike. But it is great to come back 12 months on. It is

:08:51. > :08:56.just great to see a one-day race like this and hopefully it keeps

:08:56. > :09:05.going forward. Having ridden on the same course or similar last year,

:09:05. > :09:10.how will this play up? Sprint to the mile? Hopefully. But it shall be up

:09:10. > :09:17.and down, it will not be straightforward. There is a very

:09:17. > :09:21.good chance of bunch spread but with six riders for every team, it will

:09:21. > :09:26.be harder to control. We wish both of you the very best of luck. And

:09:27. > :09:36.hopefully it could be an England, Australia race at the end. Best of

:09:37. > :09:37.

:09:37. > :09:41.luck. It is like the Ashes on a bike! Simon Brotherton will join the

:09:41. > :09:51.commentary team shortly. Everybody seems to be calling this a lunch

:09:51. > :09:51.

:09:51. > :09:57.sprint. It would be a very exciting finish. -- bunch. If it comes to

:09:57. > :10:01.that, it will be very exciting. talk about the Olympic road race,

:10:01. > :10:09.there was the breakaway that one that what with the likes of David

:10:09. > :10:15.Mellor, he will be very highly motivated. -- David Millar. It is

:10:15. > :10:24.very hard to control. There would be a chance for somebody like him to

:10:24. > :10:30.breakaway and he does not want that to come down to the bunch. And

:10:30. > :10:36.having said that, Peter Sagan, described by Mark Cavendish is one

:10:36. > :10:42.in a generation. He can do both? He is one of the crowd favourites after

:10:42. > :10:47.the Tour de France. He is such an exciting rider. He will not want to

:10:47. > :10:51.let anybody go. And he is strong enough to cover so many moves. In

:10:51. > :11:00.terms of recovery from the Tour de France, it was three very hard

:11:00. > :11:06.weeks, including Peter Sagan. about recovery? Well, Matthew Goss

:11:06. > :11:10.said he has been relaxing on his couch. I imagine it would be very

:11:10. > :11:14.hard for these boys to recover with just a couple of weeks. It is such a

:11:14. > :11:21.demanding race and I know from myself, if we race for a couple of

:11:21. > :11:26.weeks, it takes over one week to recover. Perhaps Gerald Ciolek is

:11:26. > :11:34.not known to many people but he also won in Milan in a sprint finish. It

:11:34. > :11:40.will be very exciting to see Matthew Goss come to that sprint at the end.

:11:40. > :11:43.After being on the couch for one week! We could see a very

:11:43. > :11:47.competitive hundred and Christopher Sutton at the very end of this. None

:11:47. > :11:57.of the names that the British public are used to, but the Wiggins or

:11:57. > :12:04.

:12:04. > :12:09.Chris Froome. What do you know about Ben Swift? -- Bradley. Competition

:12:09. > :12:13.will be very high. A number of the riders, just six members in every

:12:13. > :12:20.team as opposed to nine of them. Does that make it ethical to

:12:20. > :12:28.control? For the bigger teams, they will find it more difficult, like

:12:28. > :12:33.Orica Greenedge. This is new. Other teams that are not as strong, they

:12:33. > :12:37.are used to driving -- riding with six strong men. Bigger teams will

:12:37. > :12:42.find it more difficult to control but this opens things up for a more

:12:42. > :12:51.exciting race with less men. And fewer alliances on the road?

:12:51. > :12:56.Absolutely. Conversations will take place, if somebody needs help, that

:12:56. > :13:01.quite often happens in cycling, they will have conversations, let us help

:13:01. > :13:07.each other out and then we will go for the win. Back to the commentary

:13:07. > :13:17.team, Rob Hayles and Simon Brotherton. Ready for the

:13:17. > :13:25.

:13:25. > :13:32.centrepiece race. The Prudential 20,000 people have already set out

:13:33. > :13:40.on this route. Rob Hills has made this before the start of the race.

:13:40. > :13:44.This is the very essence of what cycling is. You can ride on the same

:13:44. > :13:52.roads and feel the same pain that comes through the hard effort. But

:13:52. > :13:57.ever effort you are at, you can have empathy with the athletes. You can

:13:57. > :14:03.really get in and see the riders. You can ride on the roads. But they

:14:03. > :14:13.are doing that. But to be able to go over the roads and watch the elite

:14:13. > :14:14.

:14:14. > :14:18.race. And pinpoint exactly where they are. And cycling is like that

:14:18. > :14:21.and all of the riders that there are, it is open to everybody.

:14:21. > :14:27.Looking at those bikes going through, we will watch some of those

:14:27. > :14:35.riders coming through. We did some calculation is and we reckon that on

:14:35. > :14:38.the side of caution, there are over �40 million worth of bicycles.

:14:38. > :14:43.Absolutely incredible. And the way that those riders have come through

:14:43. > :14:48.the finish today, they absolutely emptied themselves and they are

:14:48. > :14:56.cheering themselves on and there are individuals and groups going

:14:56. > :15:02.together, it is absolutely fantastic to see. And I am glad to see Boris

:15:02. > :15:12.having engineered the weather yet again! The start of this race.

:15:12. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:29.Starting from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 12 months on. That is

:15:29. > :15:31.

:15:31. > :15:35.a good turnout today. Next spring, the cycling park will open. It will

:15:35. > :15:44.be the first venue in the world to bring together the four disciplines

:15:44. > :15:50.of track, road, mountain biking and BMX in one venue. This is where the

:15:50. > :15:55.Olympic velodrome was. London is currently bidding to host the 2016

:15:55. > :16:02.track World Championships. There will be an event date in March of

:16:02. > :16:06.next year. What do you think might happen in the early stages? Some of

:16:06. > :16:11.the British professional teams might be keen to show their jerseys in the

:16:11. > :16:19.opening kilometres? That is right. There are all up at the front as

:16:19. > :16:25.expected. James McCallum, Rapha Condor JLT. He is a former Scottish

:16:25. > :16:33.National road race champion. Sigma Sport are also on the front. There

:16:33. > :16:40.are two of the rally riders. Node four are right in there. -- Team

:16:40. > :16:50.Raleigh riders. Are any of them likely to finish at the sharp end

:16:50. > :16:54.today? It is possible, but more than likely not. Someone like Kristian

:16:54. > :17:01.House, from Rapha Condor, again, a former Mountain jersey winner from

:17:01. > :17:06.the two that Britain. Here he is in the centre of the shot. I imagine

:17:06. > :17:11.that he would be keen to get up the road. Kristian House, we will be

:17:11. > :17:16.seeing him in the early stages, a former British national champion.

:17:16. > :17:21.The riders start to wind their way through London. They will head

:17:21. > :17:30.across central London before heading south west over the river. This is a

:17:30. > :17:37.long race. You wonder if many of the British professionals will be in the

:17:37. > :17:40.business end of the race at the end. They do not have many of these races

:17:40. > :17:50.of this length and intensity. It is more like a criterion -based

:17:50. > :17:54.

:17:54. > :17:59.programme. This is the issue. -- criterium. The staple diet of the

:17:59. > :18:05.British riders is criterium is. Those races only last for an hour.

:18:05. > :18:10.To come to a race like this, it is a tall order. Many of the riders will

:18:10. > :18:14.have raced over that distance, but it is just the amount of times they

:18:14. > :18:24.are subjected to that distance and the intensity. This is the route

:18:24. > :18:24.

:18:24. > :19:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:19:17. > :19:20.from commentary positions in Italy and France this summer, but I think

:19:20. > :19:25.this is well up there. I am happy with the view we have got at the

:19:25. > :19:30.moment. There are plenty of pictures, and quite a few of them

:19:30. > :19:34.are empty at the moment, but they will no doubt fill up. The riders

:19:34. > :19:40.are winging their way back to the Mall. We are expecting thousands

:19:40. > :19:46.upon thousands at the finish. Every time that the British put on an

:19:46. > :19:49.event like this, whether it be they could of Britain, a fantastic

:19:49. > :19:55.weekend of Olympic road race is that we had, and let's not forget the

:19:55. > :20:05.women's race. How bad was the weather? But the people were out in

:20:05. > :20:08.

:20:08. > :20:13.their thousands. We are expecting more of the same today. They dispute

:20:13. > :20:23.are sagging. He is the man that everyone is talking about. -- Vedas

:20:23. > :20:24.

:20:24. > :20:31.Peter Sagan. He was a little bit underwhelming in the Tour de France.

:20:31. > :20:34.I say that although he did win his third consecutive green jersey.

:20:34. > :20:41.won three stages in the first week last week. This year, just the one

:20:41. > :20:48.stage. I was having a low, four times he finished second in this

:20:48. > :20:53.year's Tour de France. He finished in the top four in nine of the 21

:20:53. > :21:01.stages. Exactly, but from a visual perspective, he was quite

:21:01. > :21:06.underwhelming. He was not underwhelming on the final day. He

:21:06. > :21:10.was quite overwhelming, with his green beard and everything else. He

:21:10. > :21:16.really got into the spirit of things. Fortunately he has managed

:21:16. > :21:19.to wash that I'd. Mark Cavendish, having won that green jersey a

:21:19. > :21:26.couple of years ago, all things being equal, he has his work cut out

:21:26. > :21:29.to win it again. Peter Sagan is a good all-round rider. He can spread

:21:29. > :21:37.pretty well and they can get over the claims better than Mark

:21:37. > :21:43.Cavendish. This is his strength. I saw a poster this week. It was a

:21:43. > :21:52.picture of Peter Sagan in his green jersey, saying, the world's fastest

:21:52. > :22:02.sprinter. That is not true. It is just that they can get himself over

:22:02. > :22:10.

:22:10. > :22:14.the hardest stages that the out and sprinters cannot. There will be a

:22:14. > :22:18.queue of traffic somewhere with those riders heading down the 12.

:22:18. > :22:27.am sure there are lots of motorists complaining that a greater is

:22:27. > :22:32.blocking up the roads. But it makes a change from the cars! They are

:22:32. > :22:38.heading down the south bank of the river. They will turn right and head

:22:38. > :22:44.into the centre of London. The peloton with a rolling start today.

:22:44. > :22:51.They are getting loosened up. The women's race was delayed last night.

:22:51. > :22:58.A couple of them -- a couple of riders were injured in a previous

:22:58. > :23:02.race. No such problems today for the mens rea is. They are following in

:23:02. > :23:12.the real tracks of 20,000 cyclists who set off today in the

:23:12. > :23:16.

:23:16. > :23:25.London-Surrey 100. -- they are following in the usual tracks. --

:23:25. > :23:30.wheel tracks. Mild but blustery conditions today. It is surprisingly

:23:30. > :23:40.windy. Yes, and it will be interesting to see what happens when

:23:40. > :23:45.

:23:45. > :23:50.we head for the site. Hopefully it will stay dry. I do not think there

:23:50. > :23:54.will be any rain. Hopefully not, because there are lots of shadows

:23:55. > :24:00.and undercover trees on the circuit. Yes, there are lots of narrow

:24:00. > :24:04.country roads in Surrey. It is a beautiful place to go cycling, but

:24:04. > :24:10.lots of the trees meet in the middle of the above your head. Potential

:24:11. > :24:19.damp patches. It certainly was when I was last upon Leith Hill. We will

:24:19. > :24:25.have to keep an eye on that. The O2, the world's busiest

:24:25. > :24:32.entertainment venue. I cannot believe it has been a year since the

:24:32. > :24:38.Olympics. It was a year ago today that Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell and

:24:38. > :24:43.Dani King wonder gold medal in the team pursuit. Per Joanna Rowsell.

:24:44. > :24:48.Waking up this morning getting ready for surgery on her collar bone.

:24:48. > :24:54.she will have surgery on that. We know she is watching and we wish her

:24:54. > :25:04.well. We wish her a speedy recovery. I know that she will be back in the

:25:04. > :25:09.

:25:09. > :25:14.saddle again soon. Nearly time to get racing now. Some of the riders

:25:15. > :25:24.are going up to the commerce's car. That is out there because the is

:25:25. > :25:27.

:25:27. > :25:33.still neutralised. -- going up to the referee's car. Can you explain

:25:33. > :25:37.why you have a neutralised section? They do it in the Tour de France.

:25:37. > :25:42.They do. Often it is to put a little bit of a circuit through the

:25:42. > :25:47.starting time. A lot of the towns first stage races like the Tour de

:25:47. > :25:53.France, they pay a lot of money and they like to get a little bit of a

:25:53. > :26:00.showcase of the time. Often the roads are too dangerous to race on,

:26:00. > :26:09.so the neutralised section is just to get the riders under way, and get

:26:09. > :26:14.them out onto the open roads. They put in these circuits to give the

:26:14. > :26:20.local crowd is an eye for the racing. It does get the riders under

:26:20. > :26:24.way and it is a bit of a legless now. But normally, when the flag

:26:25. > :26:30.comes in, the general rule of thumb is that someone will attack. We will

:26:30. > :26:40.have to wait and see what they do. They all looked like greyhounds

:26:40. > :26:40.

:26:40. > :26:50.waiting to be let out of the traps. A lot of the British riders are

:26:50. > :26:56.starting to come up to the front. Vacansoleil on the left-hand side.

:26:56. > :27:02.There is a Node 4-Giordana rider on the front. They are keen to get into

:27:02. > :27:06.the action. Not necessarily to put in an attack, but if you can stay at

:27:06. > :27:11.the front, it is often much easier than being further back and the

:27:11. > :27:17.concertina effect from the peloton. You need to be vigilant in the

:27:17. > :27:20.opening kilometres. You can see riders coming up on the right-hand

:27:20. > :27:30.side of the screen, trying to move forward, one of the Argos-Shimano

:27:30. > :27:33.

:27:33. > :27:43.riders. The lead car has had to speed up, I think! Ian Bibby on the

:27:43. > :27:43.

:27:43. > :27:49.right-hand side of the screen. Nearly time to get underway, and the

:27:49. > :27:52.race is under as the flag disappears. The London Sony classic

:27:52. > :27:59.is officially underway, and the rider from Vacansoleil coming

:27:59. > :28:08.towards the front. That was not the attack we were expecting, it was

:28:08. > :28:16.just to get things away. Liam Holahan in second and Kristian House

:28:16. > :28:21.in third. I'm pretty sure that he will be fairly active. He will be

:28:21. > :28:26.desperate to get up the road. He was very active in the Olympic test

:28:26. > :28:36.event that ran out from the Mall. It was three laps over the Olympic

:28:36. > :28:37.

:28:37. > :28:42.circuit. A wonderful panoramic view of London. We are looking towards

:28:42. > :28:47.the centre of time. That is where the riders are headed for at this

:28:47. > :28:57.particular moment. -- towards the centre of the city. This is Canary

:28:57. > :29:04.

:29:04. > :29:14.Wharf. 100,000 people work there. Until the 50s, these were one of the

:29:14. > :29:18.

:29:18. > :29:23.busiest dogs in the world. -- docks. It also hosts the Tour Series.

:29:23. > :29:29.criterium races are based on a one kilometre circuit. That is the

:29:29. > :29:35.hotbed for the British talent. That is why today is such an uphill

:29:35. > :29:41.battle for so many of them, going from one kilometre circuit to over

:29:41. > :29:49.an hour. It is difficult for them to get the kind of workload that they

:29:49. > :29:54.need, to intersperse road racing as well. When you look at this rate, is

:29:54. > :30:00.it tough enough to give us a real sorting out? The thing that we

:30:00. > :30:10.mentioned before is the fact that it is only six riders for every team

:30:10. > :30:12.

:30:12. > :30:20.and a couple of teams are down to only five. Gerald Ciolek, he is down

:30:20. > :30:26.to only Ford team-mates already. -- for. It is harder for teams to

:30:26. > :30:30.control and that is what we saw with the Olympics. Mark Cavendish, his

:30:31. > :30:33.attempt, and they tried to do what they did to replicate what they did

:30:33. > :30:39.the year before but with less riders and with having only five

:30:39. > :30:46.team-mates, it is so much harder, you have to be so much more

:30:46. > :30:52.attentive. And also, some luck comes into this and wanting to have other

:30:52. > :31:02.teams coming and working with you. We have about five teams who want to

:31:02. > :31:03.

:31:03. > :31:13.come down to the sprint, Team Sky are one of them. Orica Greenedge.

:31:13. > :31:16.

:31:16. > :31:21.Cannondale Pro Cycling. Probably Bardiani Valvole CSF INOX as well.

:31:21. > :31:27.So, they are the teams that you would expect to want this to come

:31:27. > :31:35.back to the sprint finish. If they can work, that makes it easier for

:31:35. > :31:45.them to come back. On the other hand, teams like what we can see, he

:31:45. > :31:46.

:31:46. > :31:54.will not want this to come back to this -- to the sprint finish. So,

:31:54. > :32:03.Peter Sedan, he has got his work cut out. -- Peter Sagan. Depending on

:32:03. > :32:08.the Tour France, I am sure he would have ridden since then. How his legs

:32:08. > :32:16.are feeling, we will have to wait and see. But this circuit is not

:32:16. > :32:25.tough enough to really trouble any of the continental professionals.

:32:25. > :32:32.This sorting out process with breakers and eventually, one or more

:32:32. > :32:42.of them are allowed to get away. Just a little attack on the side of

:32:42. > :32:49.the road. Team IG-Sigma Sport have got one up there. The British teams

:32:49. > :32:51.are really coming to the fore in the opening kilometres. Yes, I would

:32:51. > :32:58.imagine that some of those continental teams would be happy to

:32:58. > :33:00.just sit back and let things unfold because the style of racing for

:33:00. > :33:08.British and Continental is quite different so it will be interesting

:33:08. > :33:14.to see this unfolding and at the moment, it is going to course.

:33:14. > :33:19.teams trying to track from the front and shake things up and there will

:33:19. > :33:24.be lots of riders back in the peloton, happy to sit back and

:33:24. > :33:31.follow the wheels. Nice and flat at the moment so no great problems. The

:33:31. > :33:37.Tower of London, one of the most photographed spots in London.

:33:37. > :33:42.runners head over that bridge during the London Marathon. They are on

:33:42. > :33:48.that route at this point in time. As you can see from the top left, there

:33:48. > :33:54.is a very long way to go until they reach the mall. Even though, as the

:33:54. > :34:01.crow flies, it is not too far away at the moment. This is a very quick

:34:01. > :34:06.section of road. There are some potholes and drain covers that they

:34:06. > :34:10.will have to negotiate. They have to keep their wits about them. Lots of

:34:10. > :34:15.information coming between the riders, especially if they know they

:34:15. > :34:19.have got their team-mates with them, pointing out the holes and the

:34:19. > :34:28.difficulties because at this speed, when running with 25 millimetre

:34:28. > :34:37.tyres below you, that is all you need! At any stage, having to change

:34:37. > :34:41.your wheel or a puncture, you can do without that. At this point, you are

:34:41. > :34:46.just trying to get yourself into the race. It is quick at the moment but

:34:46. > :34:52.all of those teen car is behind them at the moment, ready and waiting

:34:52. > :34:58.with mechanics. They cannot go to sleep just yet. London is really

:34:58. > :35:01.laying on all of the sites at the moment. As they head west. Just a

:35:01. > :35:10.couple of streets away from St Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars

:35:10. > :35:17.Bridge. Massive crowd in the centre of London. It will go just behind,

:35:17. > :35:22.here Powell mall. A number of people have just wandered up to watch this.

:35:22. > :35:26.As they head up Saint James Street and Piccadilly, towards Hyde Park

:35:26. > :35:31.and they have more than enough time to wander back through Green Park.

:35:31. > :35:36.There is live music and all sorts going on today. There is a real

:35:36. > :35:45.festival atmosphere and this is what this is. This is really the icing on

:35:46. > :35:51.the cake of RideLondon. This professional road race. We have one

:35:51. > :35:58.rider going clear. He looks over his shoulder. He is thinking, please, do

:35:58. > :36:03.not let me go alone. Please, somebody, Compaq is. And there are

:36:03. > :36:13.four riders coming to do just that. After the next few attacks,

:36:13. > :36:13.

:36:13. > :36:22.depending on the combination of riders, as the team starts to push

:36:22. > :36:28.on. That is the classic sprint stage. Whereby they let them do

:36:28. > :36:33.their thing and then sprinters get-together over the back half of

:36:33. > :36:42.the race and they start to reel them in and is plenty of time after those

:36:42. > :36:50.harder sections to do just that. Charring Cross. They will turn

:36:50. > :37:00.right, Northumberland Avenue. across Trafalgar Square. Just that

:37:00. > :37:22.

:37:22. > :37:27.little shot of the finish at fantastic weather today. It is dry,

:37:27. > :37:33.it is not too hot at the moment but a couple of days ago, it was

:37:33. > :37:40.sweltering. So, this will be welcome respite for many of those riders who

:37:40. > :37:44.have been racing in Europe, even in the UK! It has been so hot. One of

:37:45. > :37:49.the outpost riders coming to the front. Just getting the first hint

:37:49. > :37:53.that maybe there is a little breakaway group forming in the next

:37:53. > :38:03.few minutes. Some persistent dizziness at the front of the

:38:03. > :38:12.

:38:12. > :38:22.peloton. -- busyness. This just shows the speed of the men at the

:38:22. > :38:26.

:38:26. > :38:36.front. That looks like an hundred and Christian Delle Stelle. -- Dan

:38:36. > :38:42.Craven. We are expecting them to reach that finish line at any time

:38:42. > :38:48.between 5:45pm and 6:15pm, depending on the average speed, something like

:38:48. > :38:54.that. It is a very long day in the saddle. And depending on the

:38:54. > :39:03.weather, that will help. It is nice and dry. There is a fair amount of

:39:03. > :39:12.wind out there and that is quite cooling. The first of the big teams,

:39:12. > :39:19.starting to put their move in. Belkin Pro Cycling Team. This just

:39:19. > :39:24.tightens up. Some riders starting to live through the road cones, through

:39:24. > :39:30.the bollards. And that is one of the problems with inner bike racing. The

:39:30. > :39:38.furniture, as we call it, that is a problem. Piccadilly. And that is

:39:38. > :39:48.Green Park, live music will be there later on. They are heading towards

:39:48. > :39:56.

:39:56. > :40:06.Hyde Park corner and then Cromwell Road. A quick wheel change. James

:40:06. > :40:06.

:40:06. > :40:16.McCullum. He could do without this. The riders are going clear. That was

:40:16. > :40:19.

:40:19. > :40:26.a very good wheel change, quick, and he will be straight back in. Belkin

:40:27. > :40:36.Pro Cycling Team. The team is being led by the Australian rider, Jack

:40:36. > :40:44.Bobridge. Silver medallist from the London Olympic Games. He is such a

:40:44. > :40:50.talent, Jack Bobridge. And Belkin Pro Cycling Team have been starting

:40:50. > :40:55.this one man down. And that will help their chances, they will be

:40:55. > :41:00.looking to try to stir things up, as they are doing here. Still waiting

:41:00. > :41:10.for an early pattern to emerge. The constant ebb and flow. Riders trying

:41:10. > :41:12.

:41:12. > :41:21.to form breakaway groups. Nobody successful. Brompton Road. Heading

:41:21. > :41:24.through Knightsbridge. And another Olympic venue, Hyde Park. Hosting

:41:24. > :41:34.the triathlon and the open water swimming. And Wembley Stadium in the

:41:34. > :41:52.

:41:52. > :41:56.the World Championships, which will be broadcast on the BBC. Team GB

:41:56. > :42:06.drivers on the front. This is interesting. Very promising young

:42:06. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:17.riders. Simon Yates. Adam Yates. Daniel McClay. Great opportunity.

:42:17. > :42:27.Fantastic opportunity and they are very good group of riders.

:42:27. > :42:37.

:42:37. > :42:42.Especially with Yates. Fantastic coaching. Bike Chris Newton. -- by.

:42:42. > :42:50.Well, plenty of celebrities taking part. James Cracknell in the centre

:42:50. > :43:00.of the picture. The fastest of the celebrities. And he had a little

:43:00. > :43:08.chat after finishing his 100 mile 's. James, the first celebrity home.

:43:08. > :43:17.Fantastic performance, did you enjoy that? Really good. Having cycled

:43:17. > :43:22.around London and the area, normally in a car, it is great to go down the

:43:22. > :43:26.Embankment so fast. And there are a lot of very fit people here but not

:43:26. > :43:31.members of cycling clubs, so I could latch onto the back of one of those

:43:31. > :43:36.groups and not do any work so I just slipstreamed my way around so thank

:43:36. > :43:45.you to everybody! When you look back at some of you look back at some of

:43:45. > :43:50.your endeavours, this is just a nice Sunday morning? Yes, can I watch the

:43:50. > :43:57.cricket? ! The best thing was coming into this park, having been here

:43:57. > :44:01.last year, and so many table flooding in, but to do something. It

:44:01. > :44:07.is better to do something rather than just applaud and that was

:44:07. > :44:11.really good. Wonderful response from the crowd? They were all clapping,

:44:11. > :44:18.they probably came to see the professionals later on! You could

:44:18. > :44:24.just about join them! I think he enjoyed himself! James Cracknell,

:44:24. > :44:29.after riding today. He looked in pretty good shape, considering he

:44:29. > :44:36.had covered 100 mile 's? Yes, but like she said, be sporting events

:44:36. > :44:43.that he has done over the years, absolutely amazing talent. And he

:44:43. > :44:47.does love bike riding. He was smiling past the finish. He was

:44:48. > :44:52.loving it and that is the thing with bicycle riding, the amount of guys

:44:52. > :44:58.and girls coming through the finish and they absolutely put themselves

:44:58. > :45:06.on the line, they have emptied themselves but beaming smiles. Team

:45:06. > :45:16.Raleigh. Tom Scully. He has had a very good year, from New Zealand.

:45:16. > :45:20.

:45:20. > :45:27.Just stringing out the peloton. We saw Brian Cookson earlier on.

:45:27. > :45:32.president of British cycling. He is a candidate for the UCI presidency.

:45:32. > :45:39.That would certainly change things in the world of cycling. Great to

:45:39. > :45:49.see him out there and finishing in good shape. The race now heads out

:45:49. > :45:53.

:45:53. > :45:59.of central London, West, Hammersmith. 206 kilometres to go.

:45:59. > :46:05.The peloton is not letting anyone go clear, it is not letting groups go.

:46:05. > :46:15.One man on his own is not going to do any damage. Here's hoping that

:46:15. > :46:15.

:46:15. > :46:25.someone will come up to him any time soon. This riders from La Pomme

:46:25. > :46:33.Marseille. They are one of the Continental teams taking part today.

:46:33. > :46:43.This team has been around for years, in various guises. This rider

:46:43. > :46:43.

:46:43. > :46:48.has had some good results. He was third in Paris Camembert. That

:46:48. > :46:58.sounds like my sort of race! I do not think you would win your body in

:46:58. > :47:07.

:47:07. > :47:16.cheese. I walked into that one. FDJ have a rider on the front. Belkin

:47:16. > :47:26.are chasing hard. It is just like Beecher do France. The French do

:47:26. > :47:32.

:47:32. > :47:42.like to chase the French. -- like me to do France. -- like the Tour de

:47:42. > :47:46.

:47:46. > :47:52.France. The riders are starting to put on the pressure. The rider on

:47:52. > :47:57.the back is James McCallum. unfortunately punctured. Yes, he had

:47:57. > :48:07.a puncture in Piccadilly and he has been chasing ever since. They're

:48:07. > :48:09.

:48:09. > :48:16.here, number 66. This is Belkin.He has a bit of a problem with his race

:48:16. > :48:19.number. It has come loose and it is flapping around. The mechanic has

:48:19. > :48:29.the unenviable task of hanging out of the car and trying not to lose

:48:29. > :48:46.

:48:46. > :48:56.his fingers. The cyclists are preparing to head south of the

:48:56. > :49:05.river. IG-Sigma Sport are up there, Orica as well. There is a little bit

:49:05. > :49:13.of talking going on among those at the front. The peloton is keen to

:49:13. > :49:21.try and stay together as much as possible. This will probably be the

:49:21. > :49:28.pattern, until we head into the open roads out of the city. There is Matt

:49:28. > :49:37.Goss, number 41. He is trying to loosen his legs up. He will be keen

:49:37. > :49:44.to not show his face until the race gets going. He is a sprinter. He was

:49:44. > :49:51.underwhelming in the Giro d'Italia. He got himself set up in the first

:49:51. > :49:56.stage. Yes, but they only managed four. He was put in a great position

:49:56. > :50:06.by his lead out train but he did not have the legs. But he is a former

:50:06. > :50:10.

:50:10. > :50:16.winner of Milan San Remo. That is the one thing you would say coming

:50:16. > :50:18.into this race, it is a great shame that that is no Chris Froome,

:50:18. > :50:26.Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish, three major figures in world

:50:26. > :50:31.cycling. They are all engaged elsewhere. That is right. Who knows

:50:31. > :50:41.what Chris Froome is getting up to at the moment? He has been doing

:50:41. > :50:46.lots of criterium is after the Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins won the

:50:46. > :50:56.final stage yesterday of the two have Poland. It was a good ride by

:50:56. > :51:11.

:51:11. > :51:17.him. It was a fantastic ride. is Peter Williams of IG-Sigma Sport.

:51:17. > :51:21.If you do not get in a move quickly, you have lost your opportunity. It

:51:21. > :51:27.seems that it is not getting away, so that is the opportunity for

:51:27. > :51:32.others to join. In situations like this, riders come across in ones and

:51:32. > :51:42.twos. Before you not, there are great guys up the road and the group

:51:42. > :51:42.

:51:42. > :51:48.just swells. That is where the problems start. There is Jack

:51:48. > :51:54.Bobridge on the left-hand side of the picture, with his team-mates.

:51:54. > :51:58.This is further back down the peloton. They are going quickly.

:51:58. > :52:07.They're all tucked into the right-hand side of the road. There

:52:07. > :52:13.is Matt Goss, just following the wheel of Brett Lancaster. Here's

:52:13. > :52:21.another experienced rider from Orica Greenedge. Orica is effectively

:52:21. > :52:24.Australia's equivalent of the Sky professional cycling team. Yes, they

:52:25. > :52:31.are based at the is truly an Institute of sport. Unfortunately

:52:31. > :52:41.for them, they have not managed to achieve the same standard as Dave

:52:41. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:48.Brailsford. Orica Greenedge did not start very well. Their team bus got

:52:48. > :52:53.wedged underneath the finishing line in Corsica. It was the first and

:52:53. > :52:57.last day that that bus driver work for Orica, I think. There was a

:52:57. > :53:03.great shot of him sitting in the bus with his head in his hands, with the

:53:03. > :53:13.bus wedged underneath refinishing gantry. The riders were five minutes

:53:13. > :53:25.

:53:25. > :53:32.away. The organisers were panicking. All sorts of commotion that day.

:53:32. > :53:42.None more so than when that a graphic card. -- that big crash

:53:42. > :53:48.

:53:48. > :53:58.occurred. Per diem Thomas. -- poor Geraint Thomas. It is a shame that

:53:58. > :54:01.

:54:01. > :54:09.we cannot see some of those British riders now. They are not letting a

:54:09. > :54:13.breakaway goal. The peloton and extremely active. There are so many

:54:13. > :54:21.riders in the peloton that are desperate to the move keep it to a

:54:21. > :54:26.sprint finish. They are heading towards Richmond Park. Richmond Park

:54:26. > :54:33.could be interesting, with the wind. It can blow across their quite

:54:33. > :54:43.strongly. You may see a little bit of a launch pad there. It was

:54:43. > :54:43.

:54:43. > :54:53.interesting for Fabi and can chill out in the Olympic road race. -- for

:54:53. > :55:00.

:55:00. > :55:07.Fabian Cancellara. Yes, he took that right-hander too quickly.

:55:07. > :55:12.Vacansoleil at the front. The weather is staying dry for the big

:55:12. > :55:19.race today. There is plenty of cloud around, but it is every chance that

:55:19. > :55:24.we will have a dry race. That is good news, particularly for those

:55:24. > :55:27.treacherous roads in Surrey. They are very picturesque, but they can

:55:27. > :55:34.be treacherous when wet, particularly because the undercover

:55:34. > :55:39.of trees for most part of the year. A nice group has formed, but whether

:55:39. > :55:48.it is the wrong combination, I do not know. There are only a couple of

:55:48. > :55:52.riders left on the front are willing to take a turn and push it on. If

:55:52. > :56:02.this breakaway continues to work, or not work, as it were, it will get

:56:02. > :56:05.

:56:05. > :56:14.full back. -- pulled back. There is still a lot of looking around rather

:56:14. > :56:24.than total commitment to breakaways. NetApp-Endura now on the left-hand

:56:24. > :56:25.

:56:25. > :56:30.side of the screen. Here we are, Richmond Park. This has got to be a

:56:30. > :56:35.great place to sit and watch the race. UKIP talk about the side of

:56:35. > :56:45.the road with a picnic. Watch some of the best by graders in the world.

:56:45. > :56:58.

:56:58. > :57:04.It is NetApp-Endura. -- best bike riders. Jonathan McEvoy from

:57:04. > :57:14.NetApp-Endura. I said to him once, why does it always looked like

:57:14. > :57:31.

:57:31. > :57:37.you're riding flat out, and he said, because I am. He is a great rider.

:57:37. > :57:41.This is a very popular spot for people to go cycling. It is a real

:57:41. > :57:46.mecca for cyclists. We were saying how many bikes there were right here

:57:46. > :57:52.today. Normally on the weekend round here, there are groups and groups of

:57:52. > :57:57.by graders. It is a night there for car drivers because the speed limit

:57:57. > :58:05.is about 20 mph. That is around the sweet spot for a group of guys going

:58:05. > :58:12.round here. All sorts of bother. You would be able to sit on the back

:58:12. > :58:19.around Richmond Park? I have, on several occasions. This is Thomas

:58:19. > :58:28.Rostollan of La Pomme Marseille. wind must be coming across from the

:58:28. > :58:38.left-hand shoulder. The riders want to try and get in the wheels and out

:58:38. > :58:38.

:58:38. > :58:46.of the way. This looks like Jack Bauer from garment. He had that

:58:46. > :58:55.horrendous crash. His Tour de France ended a day or two from Paris.

:58:55. > :58:59.had. He had to have facial surgery. He is a former team-mate of years?

:58:59. > :59:06.Yes, and I was surprised to see his name on the start list, but it is

:59:06. > :59:12.good to see him back. This kind of circuit could see ten. The claims

:59:12. > :59:18.are not alpine climbs at all. is Christian Meyer run the front

:59:18. > :59:23.from Orica Greenedge. He is currently leading the way. I wonder

:59:23. > :59:27.what their tactics are, because Matt Goss is there a nominated sprinter.

:59:27. > :59:32.Perhaps they are trying to put someone up the road, trying to get a

:59:32. > :59:36.small group clear, to put pressure on the teams of the other sprinters.

:59:36. > :59:46.If Orica Greenedge can get another rider in a break, the owners is not

:59:46. > :59:48.

:59:49. > :59:54.an empty chase for Matthew Goss. is no slouch. But he is having a

:59:54. > :00:04.crafty look underneath his right armpit to see that really, he is

:00:04. > :00:05.

:00:05. > :00:14.going nowhere with the peloton right behind him. Richmond, it all looks

:00:14. > :00:23.like a very sharp left-hander. some cobbles. Some are years. They

:00:23. > :00:31.have to take this corner wide. Hampton Court, the first sprint of

:00:31. > :00:37.this race, this happens about 20 miles in. That will be the first

:00:37. > :00:42.time we can see one of those sprints and there are some later on, the

:00:42. > :00:52.mountains at Newlands Corner, and that is after 68 kilometres. And

:00:52. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :00:58.then after Leith Hill. And one in the High Street in Kingston. This is

:00:58. > :01:02.the very first rendezvous, if you brake this into parts, and we are

:01:02. > :01:09.nowhere near that quite yet but that is the next thing on the horizon in

:01:09. > :01:19.this race as they head through Richmond Park. For those big teams

:01:19. > :01:27.

:01:27. > :01:35.in the front. An hundred and Mathew Hayman. Starting to push on. It is

:01:35. > :01:39.not just the cyclists. David Weir did lots of his training in the lead

:01:39. > :01:49.up to his gold medals in the Paralympic Games last September.

:01:49. > :01:58.

:01:58. > :02:02.That did not do him any harm! That is for sure. Pretty windy and quite

:02:02. > :02:08.open here in Richmond, so a lot of those riders will be keen to just

:02:08. > :02:12.sit and stay on their wheels. It is windy out there, someone contacted

:02:12. > :02:19.us to say it was very windy and that potentially is the very first

:02:19. > :02:29.breakaway, here? A small gap opening for the first time in the race,

:02:29. > :02:30.

:02:30. > :02:40.really. One of those Belgian riders, just starting to go clear.

:02:40. > :02:42.

:02:42. > :02:49.He will be used to this kind of racing, tough roads and weather. The

:02:49. > :02:59.peloton. Very happy to let that go. They will start to resend in a

:02:59. > :03:03.

:03:03. > :03:08.moment. -- descent. Winding their way through the park. That is Pieter

:03:08. > :03:14.Jacobs, the Belgian rider. He has made that little breakaway. And they

:03:14. > :03:20.do seem content to just let him go. Although it will be tough for him on

:03:20. > :03:25.his own if he does gain much of an advantage? This is quite a very top

:03:26. > :03:35.section of Richmond Park because we had that he sent and then it starts

:03:36. > :03:39.

:03:39. > :03:49.to climb up. -- descent. The second spot... Trying to go clear. It is

:03:49. > :03:56.

:03:56. > :04:06.quick at the moment. He has ridden and finished if you times. Just one

:04:06. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:12.small win in Belgium. -- a few times. As with everyone else, this

:04:12. > :04:17.is an attack that is not going anywhere at all and he realises

:04:17. > :04:21.that. He will want to get a couple of people to join him and then they

:04:21. > :04:27.can start to gain some ground but it is not going to happen once more?

:04:27. > :04:37.Strength in numbers is what you want and you have got three or four

:04:37. > :04:38.

:04:38. > :04:42.riders coming across but there are only a few bike lengths. You are

:04:42. > :04:48.watching the London Surrey Classic, part of the RideLondon weekend. This

:04:48. > :04:53.road race of 220 kilometres, featuring some of the best in the

:04:53. > :04:59.world, including the green jersey winner from the Tour of France,

:04:59. > :05:09.Peter Sagan. And David Millar. Stage winner in all of the three grand

:05:09. > :05:15.Tours. David Millar is fresh from this year 's Tour de France.

:05:15. > :05:20.struggled earlier on in the year but he is looking pretty good. Just

:05:20. > :05:30.suffering with allergies and illnesses. But they have a very good

:05:30. > :05:44.

:05:44. > :05:50.team. He was really strong in Italy? He had that second place on the day

:05:50. > :05:54.with his arms were in the air and he thought he was the winner. It was a

:05:54. > :06:03.very convincing sprint win for second place! But unfortunately the

:06:03. > :06:07.rider had gone clear. He thought that was it. To be fair to him, that

:06:07. > :06:17.day his radio was broken so he did not know that there was another

:06:17. > :06:17.

:06:17. > :06:23.rider clear. Earlier on, we saw James Cracknell, the fastest of the

:06:23. > :06:32.celebrity finishers, and map Dawson, in that yellow helmet, World Cup

:06:32. > :06:38.winner and British Lions. Delighted to complete the race. And he had the

:06:38. > :06:47.energy to speak to us afterwards. Here is your medal,

:06:47. > :06:52.congratulations! World Cup winner and you have completed that fabulous

:06:52. > :07:01.100 mile is, does it feel good? Brilliant. It was absolutely

:07:01. > :07:10.fabulous. The file -- the fans were off -- the fans were also. I have to

:07:10. > :07:15.catch my breath! One year ago, you were in the velodrome with us and I

:07:15. > :07:20.do not think we can put into words the emotion that came over you when

:07:20. > :07:24.involved in something like this? All of those fans and riders, everyone

:07:24. > :07:34.looking after everyone, there was a family out there, so the fans were

:07:34. > :07:35.

:07:35. > :07:41.brilliant, and this bicycle is a legend! This bad boy! But you have

:07:41. > :07:46.to keep turning those pedals! Yes, I was doing it to support bowel cancer

:07:46. > :07:56.for my mother. And it was really inspirational. She is my total rock.

:07:56. > :07:58.

:07:58. > :08:08.You have to take in. Leith Hill was brutal! But we had a very good team

:08:08. > :08:09.

:08:09. > :08:18.and a great charity and it was a fabulous day. Well done! Great to

:08:18. > :08:28.see what it means to complete that. Fantastic. Has he put on timber? !

:08:28. > :08:33.

:08:33. > :08:40.No wonder he was happy to get over! I am saying nothing! He has ridden

:08:40. > :08:48.100 mile study! I will take my hat off to him and anyone else today.

:08:48. > :08:58.And he has raised money for charity? That is the entire point of this,

:08:58. > :09:01.

:09:01. > :09:11.this is all about setting up what is going on in front of us. On the

:09:11. > :09:11.

:09:11. > :09:21.front, is this Matt Brammeier? current Irish champion. Two years on

:09:21. > :09:27.

:09:27. > :09:34.the trot. Trying to set things up. He is one of the... One of those GB

:09:34. > :09:39.riders coming up. He had a very big injury, he broke his leg, I think

:09:40. > :09:48.that was about five years ago. And he ready struggled and he took time

:09:48. > :09:53.to come back to become a team member. It looked like he was going

:09:53. > :10:03.clear and he was certainly hoping that one or two riders could come up

:10:03. > :10:03.

:10:03. > :10:13.to him, but unfortunately, it was this sprint. Hampton Court.Everyone

:10:13. > :10:19.else was trying to lead this out. Riders hurtling through, heading

:10:19. > :10:24.towards sorry. They will spend the lions share of the afternoon in the

:10:24. > :10:34.countryside before heading back to central London. And is a very way to

:10:34. > :10:34.

:10:34. > :10:38.go. And still no sign of the breakaway. The peloton, altogether,

:10:38. > :10:44.as they had passed Hampton Court. That was a focal point during the

:10:44. > :10:49.Olympic Games, but wonderful Wednesday afternoon with the time

:10:49. > :10:59.trial and Bradley Wiggins. Not a very bad day for team GB and

:10:59. > :11:00.

:11:00. > :11:06.Germany. Tony Martin. What a day! I was absolutely blown away by the art

:11:06. > :11:11.sphere. It was really special, you just wanted to wobble that and keep

:11:12. > :11:21.it. All of those iconic shots of Sir Bradley Wiggins sitting on that

:11:22. > :11:23.

:11:23. > :11:29.loan. It was wet in the morning. It was damp. I was hiding under a bin

:11:29. > :11:34.liner and looking less than amused. There you go. One of the more

:11:34. > :11:39.memorable days. The sun came out and it was glorious, and unfortunately

:11:39. > :11:49.it stayed all the way until the end of the BMX, otherwise we would have

:11:49. > :12:03.

:12:03. > :12:08.been drowned on those couple of days Court. And that little courtyard in

:12:08. > :12:14.front of the palace is where they had that medal ceremony. And Sir

:12:14. > :12:19.Bradley Wiggins was rather keen to leave behind and get out and enjoy

:12:19. > :12:29.himself with his fans, and he caused also to mayhem by riding through the

:12:29. > :12:38.

:12:38. > :12:48.gates and up the road. Causing mayhem? Never! Orica Greenedge.

:12:48. > :12:51.

:12:51. > :12:58.will be keen to get himself up the road and go clear. Team IG-Sigma

:12:58. > :13:04.Sport getting involved. Mostly blue with the red band around the shorts.

:13:04. > :13:07.And this leaves. They have had an excellent year, they were

:13:07. > :13:17.particularly good in the Tour this year? Dominant performance this

:13:17. > :13:23.

:13:23. > :13:29.year. Their team manager was ecstatic. He is a great man. Nigel

:13:29. > :13:38.Mansell, he is the figurehead for that team. He has helped to set that

:13:38. > :13:48.up. And the results... Jonathan Mould in first place, then Adam

:13:48. > :13:48.

:13:48. > :13:58.Yates. British riders keen to get themselves onto the leaderboard.

:13:58. > :13:59.

:13:59. > :14:04.Early on. This will be a very tough day for them. It really does suit

:14:04. > :14:14.the continental riders but that will not stop any of the domestic guys

:14:14. > :14:24.

:14:24. > :14:34.trying to get up there. Interesting squad, this team. Joker Merida. They

:14:34. > :14:39.

:14:40. > :14:44.have been very strong over the years. We have heard from James

:14:44. > :14:50.Cracknell and Matt Dawson, but Sally Gunnell, another rider from this

:14:50. > :14:58.morning, here she is. Earlier on. And looking quite fresh,

:14:58. > :15:03.considering. The former Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion. And she

:15:04. > :15:11.caught up with us after finishing her ride. Sally Gunnell, fantastic

:15:11. > :15:16.to see you crossing the line, our first female celebrity. Further than

:15:17. > :15:21.the distances you specialise in as an athlete. Was that hard? I had not

:15:21. > :15:26.gone anywhere near 100 miles and I thought, there will be tonnes of

:15:26. > :15:31.people, and I loved this, it was so well organised and everybody was

:15:31. > :15:37.fantastic, supporting me. I thought it would take the eight hours and I

:15:37. > :15:42.only took 5.5 hours! Really chuffed! It is just less taxing on the body,

:15:42. > :15:50.I think. But yes, I believe enjoyed that. We could see you and Matt

:15:50. > :15:54.Dawson, but you burned him off! You don't see anybody so I do not know

:15:54. > :16:00.what happened or where he is. We did the London Marathon this year and

:16:00. > :16:07.now this. I got the better of him! How does this compare to running the

:16:07. > :16:12.marathon? Not as painful, I can say that. I chose are still OK. But you

:16:12. > :16:17.still work hard. And I think you just get less aches and pains in

:16:17. > :16:22.your back and things. But I just love doing these massive events,

:16:22. > :16:25.ethical when you race, as another league. Lovely to be in there.

:16:25. > :16:30.Wonderful to see so many people taking part and raising money for

:16:30. > :16:40.charity. Yes, that is what this is about. Everywhere you go, everybody

:16:40. > :16:48.

:16:48. > :16:55.cheering, great causes. That is it. Thank you. The competitive juices of

:16:55. > :17:01.you athletes always take over. Tunnel vision. Quite possibly. It

:17:02. > :17:05.does show, the amount of riders out there, it really spurs you on. It

:17:05. > :17:13.would certainly be easier to go around with 20,000 other riders than

:17:13. > :17:18.on your own. If she had set out on her own, she would have struggled

:17:18. > :17:25.more. But it is great to see people like her doing that, and enjoying

:17:25. > :17:29.it, and spreading the word. As if it needs to be spread any more. It is

:17:29. > :17:39.incredible, the amount of riders. The amount of kids on bikes,

:17:39. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:49.families on bikes, brand-new bikes. How the trade is coping, I do not

:17:49. > :17:54.know. It was fantastic yesterday. The centre of London, so much of it

:17:54. > :17:59.closed, and 50,000 people of all ages, on all sorts of bikes,

:17:59. > :18:02.enjoying the sights and riding round the streets. Then we had the race

:18:02. > :18:07.around St James's Park in the evening, concluding with that

:18:07. > :18:11.wonderful victory for Laura Trott. I think that was the result that many

:18:11. > :18:20.of the spectators had come to see. She was the favourite, but you still

:18:20. > :18:26.have to go out there and deliver. Yes, and team work paid for her. It

:18:26. > :18:36.was a great job by Dani King. A fantastic job, into the headwind.

:18:36. > :18:37.

:18:37. > :18:44.Node 4-Giordana on the attack. Mark Christian put a big effort in for

:18:44. > :18:54.Team Raleigh. He is a former Academy rider. He is a great rider with

:18:54. > :18:55.

:18:56. > :19:02.great potential. IG-Sigma Sport chasing. There is nothing going

:19:02. > :19:06.clear, I cannot believe it. I am amazed that nobody has been allowed

:19:06. > :19:15.to form a breakaway group. They have been writing for a while now, just

:19:15. > :19:19.over an hour. Yes, and we are just going by the union flag there. It

:19:19. > :19:23.was nice and still, so maybe there is not as much wind as many of the

:19:23. > :19:33.riders would like. What Wynn Davies seems to be coming across from the

:19:33. > :19:43.

:19:43. > :19:50.left-hand shoulder. There has not been a break of any sort, really.

:19:50. > :19:56.Rapha Condor starting to move forward. They are trying to shut

:19:56. > :20:06.this move down, and possibly set another one up. As they do, it is

:20:06. > :20:09.

:20:09. > :20:19.another Node 4-Giordana rider comment through. -- coming through.

:20:19. > :20:23.

:20:23. > :20:31.They are very persistent, Node four. Five riders, six riders, seven

:20:31. > :20:41.starting to go clear. But it is not even a handful of seconds, it is a

:20:41. > :20:47.

:20:47. > :20:53.few by glands. -- bike lengths. Perhaps it is due to the fact that

:20:53. > :20:58.there are only six riders on each team. How does that affect things?

:20:58. > :21:05.It is normally nine riders in races like the Tour de France. In football

:21:05. > :21:15.terms, it is like being a player down. It really must affect the

:21:15. > :21:18.

:21:18. > :21:21.team. With the sprinter, for instance, he will have five

:21:21. > :21:28.team-mates here. Normally he is used to having seven, and in the grand

:21:28. > :21:33.Tours, it team-mates. When used consider that a rider in the

:21:33. > :21:38.slipstream can save anything between 30 and 50%, depending on wind

:21:39. > :21:46.direction, and sometimes more than that, that is why the riders rely so

:21:46. > :21:49.much on their team-mates. If riders do not have that amount of

:21:49. > :21:59.team-mates, and team help, you're relying on other teams to come in

:21:59. > :22:08.

:22:08. > :22:18.with you. That can be in the lap of the gods. Shem Rodger of Node

:22:18. > :22:19.

:22:19. > :22:26.4-Giordana. We have just gone through 50 kilometres. The riders

:22:26. > :22:36.will now be able to feed. That will not be much of a problem today. The

:22:36. > :22:36.

:22:36. > :22:44.temperatures are not as high as they where in the true France last month.

:22:44. > :22:50.-- as they where in the Tour de France last month. Shem Rodger, this

:22:50. > :22:56.is his first year in the United Kingdom, he is from New Zealand. He

:22:56. > :23:02.is the former national points race champion in New Zealand. Once

:23:02. > :23:11.again, it has been shut down very quickly. Team UK Youth now on the

:23:11. > :23:21.front. They are putting it in the left-hand gutter. They are trying to

:23:21. > :23:23.

:23:23. > :23:31.open things up behind, that nothing is happening at the moment. All the

:23:31. > :23:39.riders are keen to try and keep it together. Thomas Rostollan was

:23:39. > :23:43.looking a little frustrated there, not able to get away. It is like an

:23:43. > :23:48.elastic band, the front of a bicycle race, with riders constantly pushing

:23:48. > :23:55.against it, and eventually its maps. That is what normally happens

:23:55. > :24:02.anyway. Here is one of the riders from Topsport Vlaanderen. We're into

:24:02. > :24:08.the second out of racing now. Quite often we would see it happen now. A

:24:08. > :24:18.handful of riders are starting to go clear. Rapha Condor, and

:24:18. > :24:21.

:24:21. > :24:28.NetApp-Endura. This could be it. Maybe at last we will get something

:24:28. > :24:36.forming. Anxiously explained, and I wondered if this might a little

:24:36. > :24:42.group that will gain some time. It seems like the peloton desist in.

:24:42. > :24:50.The elastic has finally snapped, and riders are happy to let things go.

:24:50. > :24:54.There will be a lot of people chasing and chasing. For riders like

:24:54. > :25:00.this, it is often more luck than judgement and you get yourself into

:25:00. > :25:05.the move. You can put yourself in a position where you have gone with 56

:25:05. > :25:14.moves and everyone gets brought act. The one that you leave, thinking it

:25:14. > :25:18.will be brought back, everyone sits up and it gets away. It was nice of

:25:18. > :25:23.them to form a breakaway group before we disappear away from BBC

:25:23. > :25:33.One for the time being. We will try to get the composition of that group

:25:33. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:51.at the first opportunity. Jonathan McEvoy at the front, pushing on

:25:51. > :25:52.

:25:52. > :25:59.hard. It is hard to see how you -- it is hard to see who these riders

:25:59. > :26:06.on in the breakaway group. I cannot see at the moment. Some of these

:26:06. > :26:10.teams have really dipped into the roster for this race. Most of the

:26:10. > :26:16.riders who read the grand Tours are not here at the RideLondon event.

:26:16. > :26:22.wonder if it is Liam Holahan from madison Genesis. If it is, I do not

:26:22. > :26:32.think he's going to make it. This group is pressing on hard. All his

:26:32. > :26:38.

:26:38. > :26:48.effort was to try and close the gap. Connor McConvey on the back. You can

:26:48. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :27:00.see him. They are disappearing under the darkness of the trees. Michael

:27:00. > :27:05.

:27:05. > :27:15.Cuming, from Rapha Condor JLT. 105 is Dominique Rollin, the Frenchman.

:27:15. > :27:31.

:27:31. > :27:41.FDJ getting a rider in the breakaway. Reidar Bohlin Borgersen

:27:41. > :27:51.from joker Marie Des also in the breakaway group. -- from joker

:27:51. > :27:57.Melodie. The riders in the peloton will be happy for it to campaign. I

:27:57. > :28:02.imagine that this group will be allowed to go clear. Anything,

:28:03. > :28:10.three, three, four, five minutes even. Then the sprinters teams will

:28:10. > :28:15.start to come together, and work can gradually bring it back.

:28:15. > :28:25.kilometres to go. There is a long way to go in this race, but at last

:28:25. > :28:28.

:28:28. > :28:34.we have a breakaway group. Orica Greenedge on the back, with Brett

:28:34. > :28:38.Lancaster. Brett Lancaster just settling in and the peloton are

:28:38. > :28:42.happy to let this breakaway group go. For the foreseeable future, we

:28:42. > :28:52.have our leaders in the London-Surrey 100 London-Surrey

:28:52. > :28:54.