Part 1 Cycling

London and its landmarks have become synonymous with sporting drama and

this weekend, a new event aims to keep that ball rolling, or rather,

the wheels. The UK's largest ever cycling Festival, something for

everyone. Welcome to RideLondon. It kicked off yesterday morning with

free cycle, over 50,000 bicycles on traffic free cycle in heaven in

London. On even in, the focus switched to St James's Park and the

Golden pursued Queens. -- in the evening. Then, 20,000 amateur riders

were on the 100 mile course based on last year 's Olympic road race. And

in one hour, the professional riders take to the same roads, the London -

sorry classic with star names to look out for. The action yesterday

was in central London and today it shifts to Stratford and the Queen

Elizabeth Olympic Park. Happy memories. The riders set of between

6am and 8am and then the professionals at around 12:45pm.

Just signing in. They finish on the mile, we -- anticipate the

professionals at around 6:15pm. And the amateurs, they are already

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

at 4pm so we hope that Boris Johnson will make it before the wagon sweeps

up! Good morning from the very first Prudential RideLondon. A celebration

of cycling the likes of which the city has never seen and alongside me

is Rob Hayles. A great weekend for cycling. And a measure of just how

far this board has come? It is amazing to see just were cycling is,

British cycling membership has gone to over 75,000 and that was before

this year and the Tour de France, with that second consecutive British

winner. It really is amazing to see over 70,000 riders here in London

this weekend on closed roads, hundreds of thousands coming to spec

Tate. I am blown away. And we have the weather as well. When you fast

-- first started, it was different? It was completely different. I am so

glad to have been able to come through this, I can sit back and I

can watch from the shop window and see what is going on. I just cannot

believe the household names, Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott, all of those

people. Amazing to see out of those last four BBC sports personality of

the competitions, three of them have been cyclists. What has been the

catalyst for this resurgence? To be truthful, we are just so good at it.

A lotta that comes the elite side, with Cavendish and Chris Froome, but

also, cycling is seen as a pastime that is acceptable and the amount of

brand-new bikes going around yesterday, I do not know how they

can cope. And this is seen as a way for people to spend time, not just

getting from a to B. It is actually a pastime and great to see. The

action kicked off yesterday morning early with 50,000 riders on that

eight mile loop in central London and our reporters were there to

follow them. It kicks off in St Paul's with the world 's second

attempt for the longest single parade of bicycles. Leading them, a

Rugby World Cup hero. And a double Olympic champion getting them under

way. You are usually used to setting world records. Are you excited?

Really excited. So many people have come here already. We already have

half of the amount. You are leading this line and you have been leading

many teams in the past, what do you have to do to make sure this world

record is set? Don't go the wrong way! I want to see so many people

riding as possible. This is a massive amount of people and it is

turning us into a cycling nation. have a clear road in front of me. I

will be fine. I will see you at the finish. Good luck. Good luck to all

not enough to brake the record? I am buried is appointed. But we are

enjoying this so we are going to do the whole route. Brilliant. -- very

disappointed. So, no world record but they have put on plenty of other

events for the people of London to get involved with and with a

beautiful backdrop. Bicycles have so many different uses! That is it.

After you... That is beautiful! And this was not good enough, Jill

Douglas has been getting more right action around London. -- bicycle

action. Loads going on in Green Park, one stone 's throw away from

Buckingham Palace so if you are a great grandmother looking for

inspiration for the perfect gift, take a look around. You are a very

game having a go on that ridiculous bicycle! It is not as easy as it

looks, it is very difficult to get your feet onto those pedals. You

leave that there are... -- there. From world record attempts to

bicycle polo to the MX trickery, we have had everything but sometimes

you just have to leave things to the professionals. They are very good!

They were having far too much fun. And earlier this morning at the

start of the road race, we got up with a man whose idea this entire

weekend was. Boris Johnson. There is a festival of feeling at the start

and I am joined by the headline act, Boris Johnson. Fantastic to see you

and after all of those months of planning, you got to drop the flag

and get this started. Must've been a great feeling? And it is a real

honour to participate. I hope to start very soon, I cannot delay.

With the speed that I go! It is the greatest cycling event this country

has ever held. It was amazing coming through the streets of East London

to watch these huge numbers swarming like hornets towards the Olympic

Park. Obviously, it was very worrying to see the amazing levels

of fitness! You will put them to shame because you will be racing

later? I will be racing now, if I possibly can. I am very happy to do

this in under 12 hours! You had a vision for cycling in London and

this is a fantastic setting. Is this what you wanted? London is moving

east and the Olympic Park is a fantastic venue and this was a

fantastic ways to start this but this is a magnificent symbol for

what we are doing for cycling in the city. In 19 four, 30 percentage

earnings were made by bicycle and I want to turn the clock back! Time to

turn the clock back and time to get back down to the start line.

Absolute pleasure! I am glad to say, he has got a slightly more

aerodynamic T-shirt than the shirt, not too sure about his helmet! He

had this plan to get through to the finish line before he was sweet. And

the latest news, 355 miles, four hours and 40 minutes for Boris

Johnson. He will be right on that cut-off point but he will give

people lots of smiles. Good luck to Boris Johnson. Yesterday given in,

people would not look at St James's Park and the appearance of Laura

Trott, Danny King and Jill Russell. see the Americans. They are on fire.

Great Britain win the Olympic title and the gold medal and another

medal! Danny King, Laura Trott and Jo Rowsell. Willoughby chaplains.

Wonderful memories. And what they different challenge yesterday. They

spoke to Simon Brotherton. -- Olympic champions. You would involve

this morning? It has been really good. We had so many people coming

out for that world-record event which we did not get, but it was

nice to see so many people riding their bikes. Do you get some feeling

of being brought back? That feel-good factor and the flags and

people? Definitely, it is all about the public supporting us and after

the race, people always congratulating us. It was great to

come back and everyone still has that Olympic fever, one year on.

the Olympic Games, you road very much as a team and you are wearing

the same uniform today but to what extent will you ride as a team?

100%. All 41. And on the road, Colin different shots. Different tactics.

-- altogether. I am really looking forward to this. Who does this

circuit suit best? It depends. If this is an attacking race, probably

Jo Rowsell. Myself and Danny, it could be either one. We wish you

well. Best of luck. It has been a great day to kick this off with

50,000 people trundling around the closed roads of the centre of the

capital but now, the final event takes us away from family fun to the

elite women's competition and the London grand prix. And they are

underway. Hannah Barnes in the centre. We have a delayed start. The

cyclists have been held on the line for quite a while. Two junior

competitors were receiving medical attention on the road. We hope they

are OK. But it has been a long time standing around for the riders?

Yes, it was over 30 minutes in total. They would have done their

worm odds 20 minutes previously, so your legs get a bit shaky and weak

standing on the start line. There would have been a lot of nervous

girls going off the start line. have a very large field. Do you

think that some of the more senior rivals will be keen to cut down the

field sooner rather than later? Definitely. There are some really

strong teams with MG-Maxifuel and Wiggle Honda. They will put the

pressure on from the start. Already we can see riders from the teams

that you were mentioning on the front of the pack. Wide boulevards

around St James's Park for this women's Grand Prix. The last of the

fund cyclists were cleared off the road at about four o'clock. It was a

great site earlier today. This looks like the first attack of the day

from Katie Colclough. She is riding for a really strong team. She will

probably be working form -- for her sprinter, Loren Rowney. She's

extremely fast. Katie Colclough, a strong rider. She was the under 23

British Rd race champion last year. She also has plenty of track

experience. She was involved in the British development programme but

has chosen to go her own way as a road rider at the moment. The

cyclists on Horse Guards Parade. They are getting ready to turn left

into the Mall. This circuit has a really smooth surface, so I think it

will be a fast race. I'm sure that the race will be an attacking race

and really exciting. The lack of technicality in the circuit makes it

easier. But it does make it more difficult for someone to get away.

That is right. The straights are quite long. It makes it more

difficult to break away and get out of sight. There is a rider from

Edinburgh on the front. Katie Archibald. No one attack from

Harriet Owen. She is showing her face at the front. Harriet Owen just

making a little move of the front. Decent crowds enjoying the early

evening sunshine in front of ducking and palace. I think it is important

in the early stages of the race for a good number of teams to get

towards the front to show the jersey. Many of them know that they

are unlikely to be there at the end. Yes, that is right. Riders from

smaller teams need to take cans. -- to take their chance. Hannah Barnes

has covered this attack straightaway and she on the counterattack.

wondered if she might be tempted to keep our powder dry for the

remainder of the race. When it gets to the business end in half an

hour's time, she is one of the riders that we expect to see towards

the front of the race. She is not afraid to take the wind at the

moment. She's been followed by New Zealander. Yes, she joined Wiggle

Honda for her first year as a professional. This is Laura Trott

going towards the front. This is our first chance to see the double

Olympic champion. She is the ambassador for RideLondon. She will

be the person more than anyone that most of the spectators have come to

see. That was closed down quickly by Hannah Barnes. This is an

interesting start. These are the two strongest riders today. There is a

bit of rivalry developing between these two. Hannah Barnes did beat

Laura Trott in London earlier this summer. Yes, she did. She has won so

many races this year. This is Katie Colclough on the front again, making

it a hard race. She has Loren Rowney in there, so she is trying to put

pressure on the other teams. She is heavily marked by Orica. Orica art

in the light blue, with a little bit of green and yellow on the kit.

is Anna Schnitzmeier. She is working for Laura Trott today. She is on the

front trying to pick up the pace. Yes, 23 years of age, from Germany.

She went to see her first race at the age of 11 and she was racing

just 12 months after that. The Wiggle Honda team is effectively the

Manchester United of women's racing. Yes, that is fair to say. They are

definitely the team to beat. They have so many strong riders. They

only have five riders, but each one of them has great qualities. What

makes them unique is that the race as a team. Natalie Creswick now

attacking. She won in Stoke earlier this year. She came second to Hannah

Barnes in the Tour series and she may featured as the race goes on.

She has got a little bit of a break. It looks like Wiggle Honda are

working to pull back back. Anna Schnitzmeier is doing the work.

Wiggle Honda have five top-level riders. MG-Maxifuel probably have

five riders as well. There is strength in numbers. But there is

not the strength in depth in some of the teams? In women's cycling, it is

very important to have a strong team. The British riders want to do

well on home soil. It is so important to have a strong team so

they have brought the New Zealander and the German to ensure that they

have a strong team. She has read in in the UK, Emily Collins, this year.

-- she has ridden quite a lot. Emily Collins has that tape on her left

leg. It makes easy to spot. Here is Joanna Rowsell. She is a gold medal

men are -- is a gold medal winner from the Olympics in 2012, and a

world champion as well. She is stringing the peloton out at the

moment. Once again, Hannah Barnes is up at the front. This is Amanda

Spratt from Orica. She will be making the race really hard for

everyone. Amanda Spratt is one of the strongest workers on the Orica

team. She knows that her job is to make it hard, and make sure that

everyone gets stinging legs. She's been closed down by Wiggle Honda,

Laura Trott and Dani King. Yes, Dani King on the left-hand side of your

screen. Dani King intends to write the London-Surrey 100 tomorrow. It

is a bit like the London Marathon. -- to ride. There is Laura Trott

coming to the front once more. think the peloton will want to close

that down. Hannah Barnes has had to close that down. The onus is really

on Hannah Barnes. She cannot afford riders from Wiggle Honda or Orica to

get away. No one else will be able to bring them back in. Here is Emily

Collins. Here she goes again. That is Hannah Barnes chasing down. There

is a lot of pressure on Hannah Barnes to close down. There is a

crash in the middle of the peloton. Several of the riders have gone to

the ground. It looks like one of the Mulebar riders has come off worst of

all. It is Natalie Creswick. A few laps ago, she was on the front of

the race, and no, potentially she's out of it. That is disappointing for

her. That was a really nasty fall. She has clearly injured her side,

maybe damaged a couple of ribs. It just illustrates that in cycling

you're never more than a second or so away from sporting disaster.

Everything happened so quickly. Things can be going so well, she was

off the front at the beginning of the race, and now it looks like you

race is over. Things like that happening bike racing. It is a

matter mental strength. You give me a knowing look when you said that. I

think you have had some crashes yourself. Yes, ten years of being a

sprinter in the women's peloton. It is a dangerous game. I have loved it

and enjoyed it, and I did not have a feed of crashing. Two years ago I

had my worst crash in Verona in the jaded Italia. I broke my pelvis. --

in the Giro D'Italia. I had to learn how to walk again. These are the

challenges of been a professional cyclist. You almost make it sound

like it was part of the job, learning to walk again! I am glad

that you were able to get back in the saddle. Emily Collins, riding on

the front. She is getting through a lot of work. Katie Archibald in the

blue and white. Katie Colclough is really making this race exciting.

She's putting the hammer down. the future good for riders like

Katie Colclough? She is in her early 20s. She was part of the Olympic

development programme but she seems to have fallen outside the British

system. What prospects for riders like her with these sort of teams?

Specialise Lulu Lemon is one of the best teams in the women's peloton.

-- specialise Lulu Lemon. I think that Katie Colclough might come back

to the track. It is in her mind. Now that the women's pursuit has gone

out to four kilometres, she could be useful to the British programme.

mentioned the Wiggle Honda riders, but other than them, it is the trio

from Orica. They are perhaps the key rivals, as well as Hannah Barnes.

This is a dangerous move to let Amanda Spratt have a gap like that.

She's definitely a strong rider. It looks like Katie Archibald is come

across. Amanda Spratt on the back of those three but Katie Archibald is

still in pole position. She has taken that one out. Getting back

onto the wheel. Katie Archibald takes the very first sprint of the

race. Here comes the Palatine. Laura Trott sitting right on her wheel.

Looking like they are riding as a pair today. And that is the result.

Katie Archibald taking that. Then Amanda 's brat. Danny King, bringing

the Palatine. -- Palatine. And Laura Trott stuck on her wheel. I think

that they work really well together and have a very close relationship

so it comes natural that they stick together. Jo Rowsell, she likes to

strike out on her own. And she is such a strong rider and that people

don't want her to get away. They know how strong she is and she

really hurts. They will close this down because she is a danger.

is a very useful tactic. There are several cards to play in this team.

They just keep attacking and that weakens and takes out the top end

speed of the other competitors. They are a definitely putting the

peoloton under pressure. -- peloton. Was Emily Collins the very first

winner for the team this year? was a very big win. It was her first

year with the professional team. that was a very big team in Belgium.

She was the first ever to win a race with Honda. Emily Collins, powering

past horse guards per. Decent crowd staying out to watch this race in

the evening. -- parade. Trying to close that line. Getting some

support not having to do this yourself and the pressure is really

matrix team coming through. Emily Collins, leading them through the

line. Heading into the second sprint laps. It has been a pretty fast race

so far with riders specifically attacking, particularly Honda.

Considering that there have been some attacks, there are quite a lot

of riders still bear? Quite a very strong field. Helen Wyman, seven

years she has one. The European champion. One of the more

experienced riders in that peloton. She is on the right of the picture

with an orange crash helmet. I think that her speciality, no doubt, her

speciality is cycle cross. She will just be gearing up into her season

as everybody Weinstein. She is riding very well today. She has put

some pressure on this bunch. And she won at Sheffield grand prix a couple

of weeks ago although the course was slightly different to this one. It

is all good tuning for the legs as she prepares for the winter season

that lies ahead. We are seeing what we thought. Lots of riders going to

the front and gaining three seconds and perhaps 15 or 25 metres but that

does not grow any larger? It is a very difficult course because we

always have that rider inside and there are so many left in the bunch,

there are a number of people to do this job. She has been doing a lot

of work in this race and she is closing down the gap. Emma Grant.

She has had a couple of good places this year. She was racing in the

United States last year. She also has the strength to test the legs of

the rest of the field. Grand, looking comfortable. But, again, as

with all of those other attacks, unable to gain any ground. And Katie

Archibald, sitting so strong, just if you've metres behind. Emma Grant

is not gaining any ground. Katie Archibald, leading the sprint. She

is looking to take the second. Not in the best position to do that,

having led from the start. Here comes the Dutchwoman, who looks like

she has that in the bag. Katie Archibald taking second place.

is a very strong rider, she is the captain for the Orica Greenedge team

in Europe. She was part of that Dutch team. This is a very strong

move. This is a very interesting move. Laura Trott, her team cannot

afford to let these get away. She is a very strong rider, Loren Rowney.

They will need reeling in. Katie Archibald doing the lion 's share.

Trying to get onto the back of that. There is already some activity in

black and orange behind her. And also from Helen Barnes. They know

that this brake cannot you load to get away. That was interesting to

see. Helen on the start about chasing peloton. They have missed

that move. Wiggle Honda have got that. They have an opportunity.

that a slight experience issue? She could afford to just sit there and

look at those riders and say, what are you going to do? Because the

imperative is very much on the likes of Danny King? It is positive and

negative, she is willing to get onto the front and do the work, and she

is happy to put in that hard work for herself. Interesting that Danny

King heading the front and Laura Trott. Then, Amanda Spratt in third

place. As they head towards the final sprint lap. Danny King, trying

to wave the others through. Matrix hanging on. Do they have the

strength? Danny King was asking for Amanda sprint -- Amanda Spratt to

give her a hand? No, I am not having any of this. I want to be in a

position with me and one other rider. Hats off to Danny and Laura,

you can see that Danny is getting frustrated. She knows that move will

not go. To have riders like that, I would not want that either. Amanda

Spratt, happily thinking, I will just ride alongside this motor bike

and get free ride and that takes me up, great, but she will not

contribute to something which might affect a team-mate. Danny King on

the front, Laura Trott tucked in behind her. Amanda Spratt, in the

blue and white. This is amazing riding from Danny King, she just

sacrifices everything she has got for her team-mates and she is

obviously feeling some pain in her legs. Whatever she is feeling in her

legs, half of them will be feeling that twice as badly. Really strong

riding from Danny King. As soon as she stops, somebody else has a go.

Will this work again? Yes, one of the strongest riders. Helen Wyman,

also closing the gap. In that orange crash out. She has got those orange

patches on her shoulders. -- crash helmet. Matrix also closing down.

will try to see who that is. Not gaining any ground at the moment,

but she is stringing out the peloton. When the hammer is going

down, cyclists suddenly appear in a very long, thin line and if you are

at the back, you could be riding just as hard as those at the front,

particularly in and out of corners. She almost looks as if she is

enjoying herself? Smile on her face? She is extremely professional, she

has lots of experience. She is the road leader for the team, she calls

the shots in Europe. Another fabulous job to close that time.

may not be one of the star names, but she has an aggressive style and

she put in the work. She will wiggle -- she will walk before she runs.

I'm sure that day will come whenever that Faber is returned. Matrix

trying to get into the mix with Emma Grant. Helen Wyman, crossing the

line in first place at the moment. The clock says over 36 minutes, so

we are about ten minutes away from the end of this race. This is the

business end. The peloton is still quite large and that is due to the

fast nature of this circuit. Helen Wyman, she is not known as a

sprinter. And she is looking in fine form. Jessie Walker. Taking second

place. Emily Collins, we have seen quite a lot of, in third place. But

Amanda Spratt, who has been really animated today, getting in front

once again. And we are heading towards the end of this women's

race. They are making this very hard for Honda. We are coming into the

finish they sense the danger back in the peloton. This will be an

exciting finish. Plenty of riders in the reckoning, a good number know

that this comes down to the sprint and they will not have a chance.

Amanda Spratt, really stringing them out. Having struck out for glory on

her own at the moment in the closing stages. Inside the final few

minutes. And here is Jo Rowsell. Putting the pressure down. She is

really hurting the legs of the other riders. This is really going to

cause problems for the rest of the riders behind. Someone with the

power of Juana Russell, this could cause some sports. -- Jo Rowsell.

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

of these in the year. -- Helen Ralston. The last event of the

opening day of RideLondon. Still plenty of riders in contention.

Helen Barnes, number one, the white jersey. 20 years old, she won the

series long series featured on television so she has had a very

good year this season. In a lot of promise but in a lot of work to do

in the next two laps. Just under two laps left to go. Very strong attack

coming from Anna Schnitzmeier. They want to close down everything. She

must have something left in her legs to be able to do that. Charline

Joiner. And Julie Erskine. They will give absolutely everything right

now. Charline Joiner, she took up cycling as rehabilitation when she

was injured as a hockey player. It is amazing the number of riders who

first took up the sport when injured doing something else. That is what I

was saying about injury, you have to work so hard to get back but you get

back to a much higher level than before. And cycling is often a very

big part of that. And a good number decide to stick with it. Laura Trott

in the centre of your picture. Dani King is going through in second

place. Loren Rowney is on about seventh place. We have about a lap

and one third to go. Anna Schnitzmeier has done a fabulous

job, to do this in the last couple of laps. She is making sure there is

lots of pressure on the peloton. It will be interesting to see if the

setup the sprint for Laura Trott Dani King. This could be set up a

recommend this sprint finish on the Mall. We have the three leaders,

Charline Joiner leading them up the finishing straight towards taking

the bell. Anna Schnitzmeier this right behind. Julie Erskine is

hanging on. She has dropped back. It is Anna Christian, the national

junior champion from the Isle of Man, just 17 years of age. They

cannot afford to hesitate, the bunch is closing in. What an amazing

crowd. That was an amazing sound from the banging on the barriers.

The bunch is coming pretty quickly. This will be some final lap. I do

not think that these three will stay away. The pack will gobble them up

before the end. Katie Colclough on the front, with the black slaves,

from Specialized. -- black sleeves. Charline Joiner in the sky blue.

Anna Schnitzmeier from is -- from Wiggle Honda. That is a fabulous

effort from these riders. They have put their sprinters in a good

edition, the other teams have to work. They are heading past Horse

Guards Parade. Some of the riders are choosing to take the right-hand

split in the road. There is some road furniture to negotiate, some

speed bumps. The final tense moments. We are halfway round the

final lap. A number of riders are still in contention. All of the big

names are near the front now. is Emily Collins coming to take the

lead. There is a crash. It is one of the Wiggle Honda riders. It is

Joanna Rowsell. Five riders taken out by that. I think Helen Ralston

was the first to hit the deck. At the front of the race, Emily Collins

leading the way. Joanna Rowsell has fallen heavily. Here is the crash

once again. That was a very nasty fall for several riders, including

Joanna Rowsell. She is the world and Olympic champion with the number

nine on her back. That was a heavy fall. I would not be surprised if

that is a serious injury. There are 400 metres to go. The finish will

look so enticing. They can see the line as they come round the corner.

300 metres to go, Emily Collins on the front with Amanda Spratt in

second place. Hannah Barnes is biding her time. Dani King is in the

centre of your picture with Laura Trott on her real. -- we will. Laura

Trott is coming through the centre, Laura Trott against Hannah Barnes,

and Laura Trott takes the win. Right in front of the King Palace, the

rider who is the ambassador for the race, Laura Trott, takes the victory

that most of the crowd have come to see. -- Buckingham Palace. That was

a hard race to judge in the headwind. Dani King started out

early and Laura Trott came off her real. That was a greatly dead.She

put her in the perfect edition. It was pure desire that Laura Trott got

to the finish line first. Hannah Barnes was not far away. She rode a

superb race, Hannah Barnes. Teamwork came into play in the last half a

have been doing so much this weekend, and everyone is like, I am

rooting for you. I was like, I have got to pull this off. The team

worked amazingly. We did not go in with a plan that I was the sprinter.

We made it aggressive. 100 riders is a lot of riders. We decided that we

were going to attack, and nothing stayed away. With five laps to go,

we decided to chase, rather than attack. Dani King and I said nothing

to each other, it was just the way it happened. Coming into the finish,

she absolutely floored it. I would not have won without her. I knew

when she hit the front that there was no chance of anyone coming

around. Your made up with this? Guess, I am so happy. It was such a

long way to the finish and I wanted to hold it as late as possible.

Laura Trott got the better of me. I cannot complain, coming second to

Laura. What was it like, racing is your? It was amazing, in front of

Buckingham Palace. Being in the national jersey as well, I was

hoping that the Queen would come out. It is tough to counter the team

as strong as Wiggle Honda in a race like this. Yes, it is their home

country and you have three Olympic champion so it will always be tough.

As an experience within your season, how would you rate this as an

occasion? I think the way it has been run and the crowds, it is

probably the best atmosphere that have raced in this year. I hope this

event grows and more teams come. Laura Trott are very popular

winner. Alongside me, Rochelle Gilmore. She is the reigning

Commonwealth Games champion. Updaters and Joanna Rowsell. It was

terrible to see. Mixed emotions at the finish. Laura Trott crossing the

line first, but knowing that Joanna Rowsell was at the end of the course

being put onto a stretcher. She has broken her collar bone. She will

need surgery and will head to Manchester today. We have had great

support from British cycling. long will rehabilitation be before

she is racing on a bike? It will only be about two weeks of the bike.

She is determined and she feels really quickly. She will be back on

the bike in a couple of weeks. great result for Laura Trott and for

Wiggle Honda. Did the race go the way you anticipated? Yes, if I had a

check list of the things that the riders had to do yesterday, they did

it perfectly. We had ambitions to win, not specifically with Laura

Trott. They are so professional that they do not need clear

instructions. The road a perfect race. It was not easy for them.

King and Laura Trott, they have a great relationship on the track, but

they have taken out onto the road? Guess, they know each other so well.

They said they did not have to speak coming into the finish of the race.

Laura Trott has so much dedication and support from Dani King. She

knows that if Dani King goes longer, she can come off and win the

race. Yesterday, Dani King did a perfectly dead. A little word on

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

and having a women's race. How do you see the strength of the sport?

think yesterday speaks loudly about cycling in the UK. The crowds were

unbelievable. The women's race was the main event. They were here to

see the women. They were here to see the Olympic champions and women's

racing in general. It was a good show, like we had in London for the

Olympics. When women cycling gets an opportunity that there is an

exciting race, we have done a great job and the fans love it.

women's Grand Prix was not the only race last night. There was also a

junior race and a hand cycle race. Jill Douglas has the story. Jody

Cundy got the first of the elite events on the criterion course under

way. There was a host of meddlers way. There was a host of meddlers

from the Paralympic games on the way. There was a host of meddlers

from the Paralympic games on the The route was a fast 1.3 mile loop

around St James's Park, starting and finishing on the Mall in front of

massive crowds that had gathered in central London. The men and women

race together, and when they came to the finish, a group of four had an

advantage. The leader was a double Olympic champion. The overall winner

was the reigning Paralympic champion. He won the sprint to the

finish. The Swiss rider was third. finish. The Swiss rider was third.

It is amazing. I thought that they had lots of cyclists in China, but

London is also a big cycling city. I am surprised. London has more

cyclists than the whole world. good news is that you want, but you

do not have time to pick up your prize on the podium? I am sorry

about this. I have to go back to Austria. Tomorrow we have an

important national championship. I feel sorry about not been here, but

I have to go back for an important race. This was the first woman over

the line. She was able to enjoy her podium moment. Great Britain

podium moment. Great Britain finished in second and third place.

Then there were some aspiring champions of the future in the youth

cycle. It was an opportunity for under 16s to experience the big race

atmosphere. This solo breakaway was maintained until the final lap. But

he was caught by the chasing he was caught by the chasing

peloton. Let's focus on today's action.

Earlier this morning, the Olympic Park was a hive of activity as

several riders got ready for the London-Surrey 100. There were lots

of famous faces taking part. I am joined by Matt Dawson and James

Cracknell. You must be excited about this race. I am buzzing. I did the

marathon a few years ago, and I was quite apprehensive and nervous, but

I have a good feeling about this. James has given me lots of tips. I

am cycling for a great charity. What could go wrong? I already went wrong

this morning. I put my number on the front and it is meant to be on the

back. Apart from that, I am a bit apprehensive and nervous. I do not

know how I will manage 100 miles on a bike. But I have done a bit of

training, but properly not enough. am vice president of the brain

injury Association following an accident with the tracking the

United States. I am raising awareness. Unfortunately, with

cyclists and horse riders, there is a massive amount of unseen injury.

Guys, it is a beautiful day. It could hear beautiful race as well.

Is it a race or is it a challenge? It has got to be a challenge, 100

miles. I am going for six hours. have been training for this one?

Yes, I probably do close to 100 miles a week on my commute. Like

John, I am feeling nervous. I was really well one week ago. But now

you see all these people who look so professional. It starts to sink in

that it is a big deal. To see so many people cycling into Olympic

Park. And it looks very different today, rather than Chris Whitehead

and Bradley Wiggins, it is a six-pack we shall speak to James

Cracknell later on. There was no sign of map Dawson. Still lots of

people finishing, lots of people out there. -- it is us! I am joined by

four people who have already achieved superhuman efforts on the

bicycle, Land's End to John O'Groats. This is the climax? We

have done Land's End to John O'Groats and three in France and the

culmination of fundraising efforts was �50,000, were me go past

Kingston in an effort to release smashed that target. I will come to

you. Slightly smaller. Average sized! It will be great, riding

through Kingston and also the Mall on that Olympic course? It will be

phenomenal. This could be a massive event in a few years and to be

involved with the very first one is fantastic and hopefully our family

and friends will be in Kingston. Tell us about that figure, 50,000?

That was the figure given to us last year as the might of money it cost

to run a nurse for Macmillan for one year with training and wages. And

they do fantastic stuff. Yes, very few people these days are not

touched by cancer in some way. is going through your head before?

You have done challenges before but you do have a lot of people guiding

you through this? And 20,000 others? It is just sensational, for me, such

an amazing pinnacle to a crazy year and for cycling, it is just an

amazing event, the size is phenomenal. Little bit of nerves.

But we are used to doing 120 miles every day with that challenge but

this will still be fantastic. Brilliant. The sun has come out,

just in time to set. Good luck! Enjoy the ride and congratulations

on your fundraising. The end of this event will be like the London

Marathon on wheels, one of the largest one-day fundraising events

and it has been a very good start. We are building up to the classic.

We have been looking forward to a great race? Fantastic race. We have

the double green jersey winner Peter Sagan. And David Mellor is here. And

Gerald Ciolek. We are expecting a finish with a very large group

because one third of this is climbing so that comes into the

middle of the course. If this does split things up, there is plenty of

opportunity to come back. There are only six riders for every team so to

control the race is harder. But a very good race in prospect. You

mentioned that the course is different from the Olympic road

race. That's how they look. Starting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

passing Canary Wharf, the Tower of London. Across the Thames, through

the cycling mecca that is Richmond Park. And into the picturesque

countryside. Newlands Corner, back towards central London. And back

across the Thames, over the Embankment and finishing, the

opposite way to the Olympic road race, at the mall. We sold with the

women's Grand Prix, the importance of a very strong team in controlling

the race. That will be important? Is It very tough out there so that if

they want to come down to a sprint, the sprinter must be dependent on

team-mates and the better the job of the team-mates, the fresher the legs

of the sprinter. We saw Wiggle Honda supporting or trot very well and she

had more power at the finish so it will be very important for the team

as a whole. We mentioned some names but here are the ones to watch.

like London very well, after a very tough Tour of France, maybe I won't

have too much pressure, you know? I can start good with this race and I

want to make good reparation. British public prove that they are

the best because they very rarely get to see excitement levels through

the roof. And I also have Peter Sagan, so that makes it harder, he

is the green jersey winner from that. One of the best sprinters in

the world. But I think there are a lot of people who don't want this to

finish in a sprint and I am one of those. This is not easy but we shall

see the sprint. In other races in the UK, Olympic races, what I

remember always is a lot of spectators and great public. That

keeps up motivation. It is very good for the riders. It will be amazing.

The Olympics last year was one thing but this is such a one-off, special

event and it is nice to do this in more relaxed circumstances. It is

always nice to finish in big cities. In front of big buildings and I

think that is nice. I want to be on the front. And for the sprint, I

want to do well. Another couple of riders, Ben Swift. And also Matthew

Goss. These boys hope there could be as Brent to the end. You had a very

difficult journey to the start line? It has been an very long week,

starting in Italy. We have that European trip to get here but it is

nice to be back. That jet set lifestyle! But you are very keen to

get back onto these roads in front of the home crowd? This is the very

first time Britain has had a very big one-day race and there is a very

good field. You were not able to make the squad last year. Are you

keen to do the business this time? We will give it a very good go. It

is quite tough. It is looking pretty fast back to the finish with a very

strong tailwind. I am sure it will be brilliant. And alongside me,

Matthew Goss. You have been recovering? I am starting to get

back onto my bike. But it is great to come back 12 months on. It is

just great to see a one-day race like this and hopefully it keeps

going forward. Having ridden on the same course or similar last year,

how will this play up? Sprint to the mile? Hopefully. But it shall be up

and down, it will not be straightforward. There is a very

good chance of bunch spread but with six riders for every team, it will

be harder to control. We wish both of you the very best of luck. And

hopefully it could be an England, Australia race at the end. Best of

luck. It is like the Ashes on a bike! Simon Brotherton will join the

commentary team shortly. Everybody seems to be calling this a lunch

sprint. It would be a very exciting finish. -- bunch. If it comes to

that, it will be very exciting. talk about the Olympic road race,

there was the breakaway that one that what with the likes of David

Mellor, he will be very highly motivated. -- David Millar. It is

very hard to control. There would be a chance for somebody like him to

breakaway and he does not want that to come down to the bunch. And

having said that, Peter Sagan, described by Mark Cavendish is one

in a generation. He can do both? He is one of the crowd favourites after

the Tour de France. He is such an exciting rider. He will not want to

let anybody go. And he is strong enough to cover so many moves. In

terms of recovery from the Tour de France, it was three very hard

weeks, including Peter Sagan. about recovery? Well, Matthew Goss

said he has been relaxing on his couch. I imagine it would be very

hard for these boys to recover with just a couple of weeks. It is such a

demanding race and I know from myself, if we race for a couple of

weeks, it takes over one week to recover. Perhaps Gerald Ciolek is

not known to many people but he also won in Milan in a sprint finish. It

will be very exciting to see Matthew Goss come to that sprint at the end.

After being on the couch for one week! We could see a very

competitive hundred and Christopher Sutton at the very end of this. None

of the names that the British public are used to, but the Wiggins or

Chris Froome. What do you know about Ben Swift? -- Bradley. Competition

will be very high. A number of the riders, just six members in every

team as opposed to nine of them. Does that make it ethical to

control? For the bigger teams, they will find it more difficult, like

Orica Greenedge. This is new. Other teams that are not as strong, they

are used to driving -- riding with six strong men. Bigger teams will

find it more difficult to control but this opens things up for a more

exciting race with less men. And fewer alliances on the road?

Absolutely. Conversations will take place, if somebody needs help, that

quite often happens in cycling, they will have conversations, let us help

each other out and then we will go for the win. Back to the commentary

team, Rob Hayles and Simon Brotherton. Ready for the

centrepiece race. The Prudential 20,000 people have already set out

on this route. Rob Hills has made this before the start of the race.

This is the very essence of what cycling is. You can ride on the same

roads and feel the same pain that comes through the hard effort. But

ever effort you are at, you can have empathy with the athletes. You can

really get in and see the riders. You can ride on the roads. But they

are doing that. But to be able to go over the roads and watch the elite

race. And pinpoint exactly where they are. And cycling is like that

and all of the riders that there are, it is open to everybody.

Looking at those bikes going through, we will watch some of those

riders coming through. We did some calculation is and we reckon that on

the side of caution, there are over �40 million worth of bicycles.

Absolutely incredible. And the way that those riders have come through

the finish today, they absolutely emptied themselves and they are

cheering themselves on and there are individuals and groups going

together, it is absolutely fantastic to see. And I am glad to see Boris

having engineered the weather yet again! The start of this race.

Starting from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. 12 months on. That is

a good turnout today. Next spring, the cycling park will open. It will

be the first venue in the world to bring together the four disciplines

of track, road, mountain biking and BMX in one venue. This is where the

Olympic velodrome was. London is currently bidding to host the 2016

track World Championships. There will be an event date in March of

next year. What do you think might happen in the early stages? Some of

the British professional teams might be keen to show their jerseys in the

opening kilometres? That is right. There are all up at the front as

expected. James McCallum, Rapha Condor JLT. He is a former Scottish

National road race champion. Sigma Sport are also on the front. There

are two of the rally riders. Node four are right in there. -- Team

Raleigh riders. Are any of them likely to finish at the sharp end

today? It is possible, but more than likely not. Someone like Kristian

House, from Rapha Condor, again, a former Mountain jersey winner from

the two that Britain. Here he is in the centre of the shot. I imagine

that he would be keen to get up the road. Kristian House, we will be

seeing him in the early stages, a former British national champion.

The riders start to wind their way through London. They will head

across central London before heading south west over the river. This is a

long race. You wonder if many of the British professionals will be in the

business end of the race at the end. They do not have many of these races

of this length and intensity. It is more like a criterion -based

programme. This is the issue. -- criterium. The staple diet of the

British riders is criterium is. Those races only last for an hour.

To come to a race like this, it is a tall order. Many of the riders will

have raced over that distance, but it is just the amount of times they

are subjected to that distance and the intensity. This is the route

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

from commentary positions in Italy and France this summer, but I think

this is well up there. I am happy with the view we have got at the

moment. There are plenty of pictures, and quite a few of them

are empty at the moment, but they will no doubt fill up. The riders

are winging their way back to the Mall. We are expecting thousands

upon thousands at the finish. Every time that the British put on an

event like this, whether it be they could of Britain, a fantastic

weekend of Olympic road race is that we had, and let's not forget the

women's race. How bad was the weather? But the people were out in

their thousands. We are expecting more of the same today. They dispute

are sagging. He is the man that everyone is talking about. -- Vedas

Peter Sagan. He was a little bit underwhelming in the Tour de France.

I say that although he did win his third consecutive green jersey.

won three stages in the first week last week. This year, just the one

stage. I was having a low, four times he finished second in this

year's Tour de France. He finished in the top four in nine of the 21

stages. Exactly, but from a visual perspective, he was quite

underwhelming. He was not underwhelming on the final day. He

was quite overwhelming, with his green beard and everything else. He

really got into the spirit of things. Fortunately he has managed

to wash that I'd. Mark Cavendish, having won that green jersey a

couple of years ago, all things being equal, he has his work cut out

to win it again. Peter Sagan is a good all-round rider. He can spread

pretty well and they can get over the claims better than Mark

Cavendish. This is his strength. I saw a poster this week. It was a

picture of Peter Sagan in his green jersey, saying, the world's fastest

sprinter. That is not true. It is just that they can get himself over

the hardest stages that the out and sprinters cannot. There will be a

queue of traffic somewhere with those riders heading down the 12.

am sure there are lots of motorists complaining that a greater is

blocking up the roads. But it makes a change from the cars! They are

heading down the south bank of the river. They will turn right and head

into the centre of London. The peloton with a rolling start today.

They are getting loosened up. The women's race was delayed last night.

A couple of them -- a couple of riders were injured in a previous

race. No such problems today for the mens rea is. They are following in

the real tracks of 20,000 cyclists who set off today in the

London-Surrey 100. -- they are following in the usual tracks. --

wheel tracks. Mild but blustery conditions today. It is surprisingly

windy. Yes, and it will be interesting to see what happens when

we head for the site. Hopefully it will stay dry. I do not think there

will be any rain. Hopefully not, because there are lots of shadows

and undercover trees on the circuit. Yes, there are lots of narrow

country roads in Surrey. It is a beautiful place to go cycling, but

lots of the trees meet in the middle of the above your head. Potential

damp patches. It certainly was when I was last upon Leith Hill. We will

have to keep an eye on that. The O2, the world's busiest

entertainment venue. I cannot believe it has been a year since the

Olympics. It was a year ago today that Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell and

Dani King wonder gold medal in the team pursuit. Per Joanna Rowsell.

Waking up this morning getting ready for surgery on her collar bone.

she will have surgery on that. We know she is watching and we wish her

well. We wish her a speedy recovery. I know that she will be back in the

saddle again soon. Nearly time to get racing now. Some of the riders

are going up to the commerce's car. That is out there because the is

still neutralised. -- going up to the referee's car. Can you explain

why you have a neutralised section? They do it in the Tour de France.

They do. Often it is to put a little bit of a circuit through the

starting time. A lot of the towns first stage races like the Tour de

France, they pay a lot of money and they like to get a little bit of a

showcase of the time. Often the roads are too dangerous to race on,

so the neutralised section is just to get the riders under way, and get

them out onto the open roads. They put in these circuits to give the

local crowd is an eye for the racing. It does get the riders under

way and it is a bit of a legless now. But normally, when the flag

comes in, the general rule of thumb is that someone will attack. We will

have to wait and see what they do. They all looked like greyhounds

waiting to be let out of the traps. A lot of the British riders are

starting to come up to the front. Vacansoleil on the left-hand side.

There is a Node 4-Giordana rider on the front. They are keen to get into

the action. Not necessarily to put in an attack, but if you can stay at

the front, it is often much easier than being further back and the

concertina effect from the peloton. You need to be vigilant in the

opening kilometres. You can see riders coming up on the right-hand

side of the screen, trying to move forward, one of the Argos-Shimano

riders. The lead car has had to speed up, I think! Ian Bibby on the

right-hand side of the screen. Nearly time to get underway, and the

race is under as the flag disappears. The London Sony classic

is officially underway, and the rider from Vacansoleil coming

towards the front. That was not the attack we were expecting, it was

just to get things away. Liam Holahan in second and Kristian House

in third. I'm pretty sure that he will be fairly active. He will be

desperate to get up the road. He was very active in the Olympic test

event that ran out from the Mall. It was three laps over the Olympic

circuit. A wonderful panoramic view of London. We are looking towards

the centre of time. That is where the riders are headed for at this

particular moment. -- towards the centre of the city. This is Canary

Wharf. 100,000 people work there. Until the 50s, these were one of the

busiest dogs in the world. -- docks. It also hosts the Tour Series.

criterium races are based on a one kilometre circuit. That is the

hotbed for the British talent. That is why today is such an uphill

battle for so many of them, going from one kilometre circuit to over

an hour. It is difficult for them to get the kind of workload that they

need, to intersperse road racing as well. When you look at this rate, is

it tough enough to give us a real sorting out? The thing that we

mentioned before is the fact that it is only six riders for every team

and a couple of teams are down to only five. Gerald Ciolek, he is down

to only Ford team-mates already. -- for. It is harder for teams to

control and that is what we saw with the Olympics. Mark Cavendish, his

attempt, and they tried to do what they did to replicate what they did

the year before but with less riders and with having only five

team-mates, it is so much harder, you have to be so much more

attentive. And also, some luck comes into this and wanting to have other

teams coming and working with you. We have about five teams who want to

come down to the sprint, Team Sky are one of them. Orica Greenedge.

Cannondale Pro Cycling. Probably Bardiani Valvole CSF INOX as well.

So, they are the teams that you would expect to want this to come

back to the sprint finish. If they can work, that makes it easier for

them to come back. On the other hand, teams like what we can see, he

will not want this to come back to this -- to the sprint finish. So,

Peter Sedan, he has got his work cut out. -- Peter Sagan. Depending on

the Tour France, I am sure he would have ridden since then. How his legs

are feeling, we will have to wait and see. But this circuit is not

tough enough to really trouble any of the continental professionals.

This sorting out process with breakers and eventually, one or more

of them are allowed to get away. Just a little attack on the side of

the road. Team IG-Sigma Sport have got one up there. The British teams

are really coming to the fore in the opening kilometres. Yes, I would

imagine that some of those continental teams would be happy to

just sit back and let things unfold because the style of racing for

British and Continental is quite different so it will be interesting

to see this unfolding and at the moment, it is going to course.

teams trying to track from the front and shake things up and there will

be lots of riders back in the peloton, happy to sit back and

follow the wheels. Nice and flat at the moment so no great problems. The

Tower of London, one of the most photographed spots in London.

runners head over that bridge during the London Marathon. They are on

that route at this point in time. As you can see from the top left, there

is a very long way to go until they reach the mall. Even though, as the

crow flies, it is not too far away at the moment. This is a very quick

section of road. There are some potholes and drain covers that they

will have to negotiate. They have to keep their wits about them. Lots of

information coming between the riders, especially if they know they

have got their team-mates with them, pointing out the holes and the

difficulties because at this speed, when running with 25 millimetre

tyres below you, that is all you need! At any stage, having to change

your wheel or a puncture, you can do without that. At this point, you are

just trying to get yourself into the race. It is quick at the moment but

all of those teen car is behind them at the moment, ready and waiting

with mechanics. They cannot go to sleep just yet. London is really

laying on all of the sites at the moment. As they head west. Just a

couple of streets away from St Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriars

Bridge. Massive crowd in the centre of London. It will go just behind,

here Powell mall. A number of people have just wandered up to watch this.

As they head up Saint James Street and Piccadilly, towards Hyde Park

and they have more than enough time to wander back through Green Park.

There is live music and all sorts going on today. There is a real

festival atmosphere and this is what this is. This is really the icing on

the cake of RideLondon. This professional road race. We have one

rider going clear. He looks over his shoulder. He is thinking, please, do

not let me go alone. Please, somebody, Compaq is. And there are

four riders coming to do just that. After the next few attacks,

depending on the combination of riders, as the team starts to push

on. That is the classic sprint stage. Whereby they let them do

their thing and then sprinters get-together over the back half of

the race and they start to reel them in and is plenty of time after those

harder sections to do just that. Charring Cross. They will turn

right, Northumberland Avenue. across Trafalgar Square. Just that

little shot of the finish at fantastic weather today. It is dry,

it is not too hot at the moment but a couple of days ago, it was

sweltering. So, this will be welcome respite for many of those riders who

have been racing in Europe, even in the UK! It has been so hot. One of

the outpost riders coming to the front. Just getting the first hint

that maybe there is a little breakaway group forming in the next

few minutes. Some persistent dizziness at the front of the

peloton. -- busyness. This just shows the speed of the men at the

front. That looks like an hundred and Christian Delle Stelle. -- Dan

Craven. We are expecting them to reach that finish line at any time

between 5:45pm and 6:15pm, depending on the average speed, something like

that. It is a very long day in the saddle. And depending on the

weather, that will help. It is nice and dry. There is a fair amount of

wind out there and that is quite cooling. The first of the big teams,

starting to put their move in. Belkin Pro Cycling Team. This just

tightens up. Some riders starting to live through the road cones, through

the bollards. And that is one of the problems with inner bike racing. The

furniture, as we call it, that is a problem. Piccadilly. And that is

Green Park, live music will be there later on. They are heading towards

Hyde Park corner and then Cromwell Road. A quick wheel change. James

McCullum. He could do without this. The riders are going clear. That was

a very good wheel change, quick, and he will be straight back in. Belkin

Pro Cycling Team. The team is being led by the Australian rider, Jack

Bobridge. Silver medallist from the London Olympic Games. He is such a

talent, Jack Bobridge. And Belkin Pro Cycling Team have been starting

this one man down. And that will help their chances, they will be

looking to try to stir things up, as they are doing here. Still waiting

for an early pattern to emerge. The constant ebb and flow. Riders trying

to form breakaway groups. Nobody successful. Brompton Road. Heading

through Knightsbridge. And another Olympic venue, Hyde Park. Hosting

the triathlon and the open water swimming. And Wembley Stadium in the

the World Championships, which will be broadcast on the BBC. Team GB

drivers on the front. This is interesting. Very promising young

riders. Simon Yates. Adam Yates. Daniel McClay. Great opportunity.

Fantastic opportunity and they are very good group of riders.

Especially with Yates. Fantastic coaching. Bike Chris Newton. -- by.

Well, plenty of celebrities taking part. James Cracknell in the centre

of the picture. The fastest of the celebrities. And he had a little

chat after finishing his 100 mile 's. James, the first celebrity home.

Fantastic performance, did you enjoy that? Really good. Having cycled

around London and the area, normally in a car, it is great to go down the

Embankment so fast. And there are a lot of very fit people here but not

members of cycling clubs, so I could latch onto the back of one of those

groups and not do any work so I just slipstreamed my way around so thank

you to everybody! When you look back at some of you look back at some of

your endeavours, this is just a nice Sunday morning? Yes, can I watch the

cricket? ! The best thing was coming into this park, having been here

last year, and so many table flooding in, but to do something. It

is better to do something rather than just applaud and that was

really good. Wonderful response from the crowd? They were all clapping,

they probably came to see the professionals later on! You could

just about join them! I think he enjoyed himself! James Cracknell,

after riding today. He looked in pretty good shape, considering he

had covered 100 mile 's? Yes, but like she said, be sporting events

that he has done over the years, absolutely amazing talent. And he

does love bike riding. He was smiling past the finish. He was

loving it and that is the thing with bicycle riding, the amount of guys

and girls coming through the finish and they absolutely put themselves

on the line, they have emptied themselves but beaming smiles. Team

Raleigh. Tom Scully. He has had a very good year, from New Zealand.

Just stringing out the peloton. We saw Brian Cookson earlier on.

president of British cycling. He is a candidate for the UCI presidency.

That would certainly change things in the world of cycling. Great to

see him out there and finishing in good shape. The race now heads out

of central London, West, Hammersmith. 206 kilometres to go.

The peloton is not letting anyone go clear, it is not letting groups go.

One man on his own is not going to do any damage. Here's hoping that

someone will come up to him any time soon. This riders from La Pomme

Marseille. They are one of the Continental teams taking part today.

This team has been around for years, in various guises. This rider

has had some good results. He was third in Paris Camembert. That

sounds like my sort of race! I do not think you would win your body in

cheese. I walked into that one. FDJ have a rider on the front. Belkin

are chasing hard. It is just like Beecher do France. The French do

like to chase the French. -- like me to do France. -- like the Tour de

France. The riders are starting to put on the pressure. The rider on

the back is James McCallum. unfortunately punctured. Yes, he had

a puncture in Piccadilly and he has been chasing ever since. They're

here, number 66. This is Belkin.He has a bit of a problem with his race

number. It has come loose and it is flapping around. The mechanic has

the unenviable task of hanging out of the car and trying not to lose

his fingers. The cyclists are preparing to head south of the

river. IG-Sigma Sport are up there, Orica as well. There is a little bit

of talking going on among those at the front. The peloton is keen to

try and stay together as much as possible. This will probably be the

pattern, until we head into the open roads out of the city. There is Matt

Goss, number 41. He is trying to loosen his legs up. He will be keen

to not show his face until the race gets going. He is a sprinter. He was

underwhelming in the Giro d'Italia. He got himself set up in the first

stage. Yes, but they only managed four. He was put in a great position

by his lead out train but he did not have the legs. But he is a former

winner of Milan San Remo. That is the one thing you would say coming

into this race, it is a great shame that that is no Chris Froome,

Bradley Wiggins or Mark Cavendish, three major figures in world

cycling. They are all engaged elsewhere. That is right. Who knows

what Chris Froome is getting up to at the moment? He has been doing

lots of criterium is after the Tour de France. Bradley Wiggins won the

final stage yesterday of the two have Poland. It was a good ride by

him. It was a fantastic ride. is Peter Williams of IG-Sigma Sport.

If you do not get in a move quickly, you have lost your opportunity. It

seems that it is not getting away, so that is the opportunity for

others to join. In situations like this, riders come across in ones and

twos. Before you not, there are great guys up the road and the group

just swells. That is where the problems start. There is Jack

Bobridge on the left-hand side of the picture, with his team-mates.

This is further back down the peloton. They are going quickly.

They're all tucked into the right-hand side of the road. There

is Matt Goss, just following the wheel of Brett Lancaster. Here's

another experienced rider from Orica Greenedge. Orica is effectively

Australia's equivalent of the Sky professional cycling team. Yes, they

are based at the is truly an Institute of sport. Unfortunately

for them, they have not managed to achieve the same standard as Dave

Brailsford. Orica Greenedge did not start very well. Their team bus got

wedged underneath the finishing line in Corsica. It was the first and

last day that that bus driver work for Orica, I think. There was a

great shot of him sitting in the bus with his head in his hands, with the

bus wedged underneath refinishing gantry. The riders were five minutes

away. The organisers were panicking. All sorts of commotion that day.

None more so than when that a graphic card. -- that big crash

occurred. Per diem Thomas. -- poor Geraint Thomas. It is a shame that

we cannot see some of those British riders now. They are not letting a

breakaway goal. The peloton and extremely active. There are so many

riders in the peloton that are desperate to the move keep it to a

sprint finish. They are heading towards Richmond Park. Richmond Park

could be interesting, with the wind. It can blow across their quite

strongly. You may see a little bit of a launch pad there. It was

interesting for Fabi and can chill out in the Olympic road race. -- for

Fabian Cancellara. Yes, he took that right-hander too quickly.

Vacansoleil at the front. The weather is staying dry for the big

race today. There is plenty of cloud around, but it is every chance that

we will have a dry race. That is good news, particularly for those

treacherous roads in Surrey. They are very picturesque, but they can

be treacherous when wet, particularly because the undercover

of trees for most part of the year. A nice group has formed, but whether

it is the wrong combination, I do not know. There are only a couple of

riders left on the front are willing to take a turn and push it on. If

this breakaway continues to work, or not work, as it were, it will get

full back. -- pulled back. There is still a lot of looking around rather

than total commitment to breakaways. NetApp-Endura now on the left-hand

side of the screen. Here we are, Richmond Park. This has got to be a

great place to sit and watch the race. UKIP talk about the side of

the road with a picnic. Watch some of the best by graders in the world.

It is NetApp-Endura. -- best bike riders. Jonathan McEvoy from

NetApp-Endura. I said to him once, why does it always looked like

you're riding flat out, and he said, because I am. He is a great rider.

This is a very popular spot for people to go cycling. It is a real

mecca for cyclists. We were saying how many bikes there were right here

today. Normally on the weekend round here, there are groups and groups of

by graders. It is a night there for car drivers because the speed limit

is about 20 mph. That is around the sweet spot for a group of guys going

round here. All sorts of bother. You would be able to sit on the back

around Richmond Park? I have, on several occasions. This is Thomas

Rostollan of La Pomme Marseille. wind must be coming across from the

left-hand shoulder. The riders want to try and get in the wheels and out

of the way. This looks like Jack Bauer from garment. He had that

horrendous crash. His Tour de France ended a day or two from Paris.

had. He had to have facial surgery. He is a former team-mate of years?

Yes, and I was surprised to see his name on the start list, but it is

good to see him back. This kind of circuit could see ten. The claims

are not alpine climbs at all. is Christian Meyer run the front

from Orica Greenedge. He is currently leading the way. I wonder

what their tactics are, because Matt Goss is there a nominated sprinter.

Perhaps they are trying to put someone up the road, trying to get a

small group clear, to put pressure on the teams of the other sprinters.

If Orica Greenedge can get another rider in a break, the owners is not

an empty chase for Matthew Goss. is no slouch. But he is having a

crafty look underneath his right armpit to see that really, he is

going nowhere with the peloton right behind him. Richmond, it all looks

like a very sharp left-hander. some cobbles. Some are years. They

have to take this corner wide. Hampton Court, the first sprint of

this race, this happens about 20 miles in. That will be the first

time we can see one of those sprints and there are some later on, the

mountains at Newlands Corner, and that is after 68 kilometres. And

then after Leith Hill. And one in the High Street in Kingston. This is

the very first rendezvous, if you brake this into parts, and we are

nowhere near that quite yet but that is the next thing on the horizon in

this race as they head through Richmond Park. For those big teams

in the front. An hundred and Mathew Hayman. Starting to push on. It is

not just the cyclists. David Weir did lots of his training in the lead

up to his gold medals in the Paralympic Games last September.

That did not do him any harm! That is for sure. Pretty windy and quite

open here in Richmond, so a lot of those riders will be keen to just

sit and stay on their wheels. It is windy out there, someone contacted

us to say it was very windy and that potentially is the very first

breakaway, here? A small gap opening for the first time in the race,

really. One of those Belgian riders, just starting to go clear.

He will be used to this kind of racing, tough roads and weather. The

peloton. Very happy to let that go. They will start to resend in a

moment. -- descent. Winding their way through the park. That is Pieter

Jacobs, the Belgian rider. He has made that little breakaway. And they

do seem content to just let him go. Although it will be tough for him on

his own if he does gain much of an advantage? This is quite a very top

section of Richmond Park because we had that he sent and then it starts

to climb up. -- descent. The second spot... Trying to go clear. It is

quick at the moment. He has ridden and finished if you times. Just one

small win in Belgium. -- a few times. As with everyone else, this

is an attack that is not going anywhere at all and he realises

that. He will want to get a couple of people to join him and then they

can start to gain some ground but it is not going to happen once more?

Strength in numbers is what you want and you have got three or four

riders coming across but there are only a few bike lengths. You are

watching the London Surrey Classic, part of the RideLondon weekend. This

road race of 220 kilometres, featuring some of the best in the

world, including the green jersey winner from the Tour of France,

Peter Sagan. And David Millar. Stage winner in all of the three grand

Tours. David Millar is fresh from this year 's Tour de France.

struggled earlier on in the year but he is looking pretty good. Just

suffering with allergies and illnesses. But they have a very good

team. He was really strong in Italy? He had that second place on the day

with his arms were in the air and he thought he was the winner. It was a

very convincing sprint win for second place! But unfortunately the

rider had gone clear. He thought that was it. To be fair to him, that

day his radio was broken so he did not know that there was another

rider clear. Earlier on, we saw James Cracknell, the fastest of the

celebrity finishers, and map Dawson, in that yellow helmet, World Cup

winner and British Lions. Delighted to complete the race. And he had the

energy to speak to us afterwards. Here is your medal,

congratulations! World Cup winner and you have completed that fabulous

100 mile is, does it feel good? Brilliant. It was absolutely

fabulous. The file -- the fans were off -- the fans were also. I have to

catch my breath! One year ago, you were in the velodrome with us and I

do not think we can put into words the emotion that came over you when

involved in something like this? All of those fans and riders, everyone

looking after everyone, there was a family out there, so the fans were

brilliant, and this bicycle is a legend! This bad boy! But you have

to keep turning those pedals! Yes, I was doing it to support bowel cancer

for my mother. And it was really inspirational. She is my total rock.

You have to take in. Leith Hill was brutal! But we had a very good team

and a great charity and it was a fabulous day. Well done! Great to

see what it means to complete that. Fantastic. Has he put on timber? !

No wonder he was happy to get over! I am saying nothing! He has ridden

100 mile study! I will take my hat off to him and anyone else today.

And he has raised money for charity? That is the entire point of this,

this is all about setting up what is going on in front of us. On the

front, is this Matt Brammeier? current Irish champion. Two years on

the trot. Trying to set things up. He is one of the... One of those GB

riders coming up. He had a very big injury, he broke his leg, I think

that was about five years ago. And he ready struggled and he took time

to come back to become a team member. It looked like he was going

clear and he was certainly hoping that one or two riders could come up

to him, but unfortunately, it was this sprint. Hampton Court.Everyone

else was trying to lead this out. Riders hurtling through, heading

towards sorry. They will spend the lions share of the afternoon in the

countryside before heading back to central London. And is a very way to

go. And still no sign of the breakaway. The peloton, altogether,

as they had passed Hampton Court. That was a focal point during the

Olympic Games, but wonderful Wednesday afternoon with the time

trial and Bradley Wiggins. Not a very bad day for team GB and

Germany. Tony Martin. What a day! I was absolutely blown away by the art

sphere. It was really special, you just wanted to wobble that and keep

it. All of those iconic shots of Sir Bradley Wiggins sitting on that

loan. It was wet in the morning. It was damp. I was hiding under a bin

liner and looking less than amused. There you go. One of the more

memorable days. The sun came out and it was glorious, and unfortunately

it stayed all the way until the end of the BMX, otherwise we would have

been drowned on those couple of days Court. And that little courtyard in

front of the palace is where they had that medal ceremony. And Sir

Bradley Wiggins was rather keen to leave behind and get out and enjoy

himself with his fans, and he caused also to mayhem by riding through the

gates and up the road. Causing mayhem? Never! Orica Greenedge.

will be keen to get himself up the road and go clear. Team IG-Sigma

Sport getting involved. Mostly blue with the red band around the shorts.

And this leaves. They have had an excellent year, they were

particularly good in the Tour this year? Dominant performance this

year. Their team manager was ecstatic. He is a great man. Nigel

Mansell, he is the figurehead for that team. He has helped to set that

up. And the results... Jonathan Mould in first place, then Adam

Yates. British riders keen to get themselves onto the leaderboard.

Early on. This will be a very tough day for them. It really does suit

the continental riders but that will not stop any of the domestic guys

trying to get up there. Interesting squad, this team. Joker Merida. They

have been very strong over the years. We have heard from James

Cracknell and Matt Dawson, but Sally Gunnell, another rider from this

morning, here she is. Earlier on. And looking quite fresh,

considering. The former Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion. And she

caught up with us after finishing her ride. Sally Gunnell, fantastic

to see you crossing the line, our first female celebrity. Further than

the distances you specialise in as an athlete. Was that hard? I had not

gone anywhere near 100 miles and I thought, there will be tonnes of

people, and I loved this, it was so well organised and everybody was

fantastic, supporting me. I thought it would take the eight hours and I

only took 5.5 hours! Really chuffed! It is just less taxing on the body,

I think. But yes, I believe enjoyed that. We could see you and Matt

Dawson, but you burned him off! You don't see anybody so I do not know

what happened or where he is. We did the London Marathon this year and

now this. I got the better of him! How does this compare to running the

marathon? Not as painful, I can say that. I chose are still OK. But you

still work hard. And I think you just get less aches and pains in

your back and things. But I just love doing these massive events,

ethical when you race, as another league. Lovely to be in there.

Wonderful to see so many people taking part and raising money for

charity. Yes, that is what this is about. Everywhere you go, everybody

cheering, great causes. That is it. Thank you. The competitive juices of

you athletes always take over. Tunnel vision. Quite possibly. It

does show, the amount of riders out there, it really spurs you on. It

would certainly be easier to go around with 20,000 other riders than

on your own. If she had set out on her own, she would have struggled

more. But it is great to see people like her doing that, and enjoying

it, and spreading the word. As if it needs to be spread any more. It is

incredible, the amount of riders. The amount of kids on bikes,

families on bikes, brand-new bikes. How the trade is coping, I do not

know. It was fantastic yesterday. The centre of London, so much of it

closed, and 50,000 people of all ages, on all sorts of bikes,

enjoying the sights and riding round the streets. Then we had the race

around St James's Park in the evening, concluding with that

wonderful victory for Laura Trott. I think that was the result that many

of the spectators had come to see. She was the favourite, but you still

have to go out there and deliver. Yes, and team work paid for her. It

was a great job by Dani King. A fantastic job, into the headwind.

Node 4-Giordana on the attack. Mark Christian put a big effort in for

Team Raleigh. He is a former Academy rider. He is a great rider with

great potential. IG-Sigma Sport chasing. There is nothing going

clear, I cannot believe it. I am amazed that nobody has been allowed

to form a breakaway group. They have been writing for a while now, just

over an hour. Yes, and we are just going by the union flag there. It

was nice and still, so maybe there is not as much wind as many of the

riders would like. What Wynn Davies seems to be coming across from the

left-hand shoulder. There has not been a break of any sort, really.

Rapha Condor starting to move forward. They are trying to shut

this move down, and possibly set another one up. As they do, it is

another Node 4-Giordana rider comment through. -- coming through.

They are very persistent, Node four. Five riders, six riders, seven

starting to go clear. But it is not even a handful of seconds, it is a

few by glands. -- bike lengths. Perhaps it is due to the fact that

there are only six riders on each team. How does that affect things?

It is normally nine riders in races like the Tour de France. In football

terms, it is like being a player down. It really must affect the

team. With the sprinter, for instance, he will have five

team-mates here. Normally he is used to having seven, and in the grand

Tours, it team-mates. When used consider that a rider in the

slipstream can save anything between 30 and 50%, depending on wind

direction, and sometimes more than that, that is why the riders rely so

much on their team-mates. If riders do not have that amount of

team-mates, and team help, you're relying on other teams to come in

with you. That can be in the lap of the gods. Shem Rodger of Node

4-Giordana. We have just gone through 50 kilometres. The riders

will now be able to feed. That will not be much of a problem today. The