Part 2 Cycling

credential RideLondon. It is a glorious day. -- Prudential. The

Mall is looking resplendent. Welcome back to our coverage of what is the

UK's largest ever cycling Festival. This weekend, two wheels have ruled

the streets of London. He has a flavour of what has been going on.

It all kicked off yesterday morning with the FreeCycle. 50,000 riders of

all ages and abilities on an eight mile traffic free rate in the heart

of London. In the evening, the focus switched to a dramatic race that

featured the gold-medal queens of Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna

Rowsell. This morning it was the turn of 20,000 amateur riders to

take on the London-Surrey 100. As we speak, the professional cyclists are

right on the same roads in the London-Surrey Classic. Peter Sagan

and David Millar among the star names to the code for. There were a

few star names in the Forces Together. -- in the London-Surrey

100. Boris Johnson flew through innate and four minutes. Well done.

Afterwards, he spoke to Jill Douglas. Congratulations. We saw

lots of medals presented last year. How does it feel to get this one?

Unbelievable. It was extraordinary. I was overtaken solidly for about

four hours, and then in the last bit, once we had done the hill, I

was starting to overhaul some people. A few 60-year-old man, and a

few children. It is-year-old women were soaring past me. It was a

wonderful experience. Maybe not the chiselled whippet that we spoke

about. The sculptor has yet to find the whippet within. The crowds have

been incredible. All the riders have spoken about the amazing atmosphere.

How hard is it out there? The truth is, it is not that hard, and that is

why I'm here to prove that. I am 17 stone, I am by no means fit, and I

got myself around that course. It was a perfectly respectable time.

Not supersonic, but respectable. The message we are trying to get over is

this is for everybody. We hope that this will be the first of many

cycling celebrations in London. you punch at one point? Yes, I want

to thank Mark. He was brilliant. It was a stunning thing. Who would have

thought that study -- that Surrey could be so beautiful? It was a

knockout. Boris needs to get out of London a bit more. Rob Hayles

alongside me. A former world champion track cyclist and Olympic

medallist. Boris has become an ambassador in chief cycling. He is

not your classic figurehead for elite sport, but in terms of

participation, and that is what this is about, he has spearheaded that.

He was at the velodrome last year, he is here today, he has ridden

round, incredible. Your first Olympic Games was back in 1996,

before lottery funding. Cycling was in a very different edition?

Completely different. The public perception, we mentioned earlier,

the people who are household names. There are so many of them. It is

night and day between those days and what we have now. It is amazing to

have seen the growth, not just at the elite side, that is where it

starts, but here, the participation of people riding bikes for fun, and

not just for transport. It is like an inverted pediment. It has flooded

down to grassroots. It has. You can understand why, with the coverage in

the media. There is no fee to give me from my first two Commonwealth

Games. No media. But that has changed. The focus this weekend is

the London-Surrey Classic. This is the course that the professional

riders arrived on at the moment. They started at the Queen Elizabeth

opposite direction to the Olympic road race. Let's catch up with the

story of the race. This is a legacy event from the London Olympic and

event from the London Olympic and Paralympic in is. It was uneventful

in the early stages. The riders were enjoying the scenes of central

London, riding at a fairly relaxed pace. There were a few attempted

breakaways, but none of them could stake. The best attempt came in

Richmond Park. This rider was hauled back. The first sprint was at

Hampton Court. It was won by an athlete from Team UK Youth, that is

Nigel Mansell's team. Jonathan Mould took the points. Eventually a group

of eight riders did get away, including Jonathan McEvoy and

Michael Cuming. They had a lead of about five minutes, which was pegged

back to about three and a half minutes. The peloton seemed to have

it under control. Peter Sagan Colling for a drink. His Cannondale

team was fairly quiet, and that bodes well for his finish at the end

of this race. He looks fairly comfortable at the moment.

interesting thing was, he actually went back for drinks himself. The

riders do not have radios. If you went for information that is one

thing, but he actually went to get bottles for his team-mates. I know

that they were riding fairly sedately at the time. That it is

interesting to see. Do you think you might have a problem? No, but he has

come into this race extremely relaxed. This is his first

competition since the Tour de France. Perhaps mentally he is not

ready for it. In terms of the breakaway, nobody of any real zero?

No, this is turning out to be a classic sprint finish territory. For

the first hour, the bunch was letting nothing go away. From the

outside, it was fairly mundane. But in that, it was extremely hectic.

After the sprint from Jonathan Mould, the breakaway went. The role

of Team Sky will be to bring this back. We thought the David Millar

might try and get away, but he is not in the breakaway either. So many

people tried, ultimately it is in the lap of the gods whether you make

the breakaway are not. Kristian House for instance, he certainly

wanted to be in the breakaway. I expected him to be there, but at

that time, he did not go for that move, it was his team-mate. That is

how the cookie crumbles. I will let you get to the commentary box. Simon

is in the on his own at the moment. It is all yours, Simon.

Welcome back. Eight riders have been out in front. That number is now

dented seven. There are 67 kilometres to go. Three minutes to

the peloton. The peloton have reacted in the last 15 minutes. Had

they not done so, the gap would have been too big for them to do anything

about it. The next claim on the horizon will be Box Hill in the not

too distant future. If it was around four and a half minutes, as it might

have been at the top of Box Hill, that would have been hard to get

back. The riders at the front are as follows. Connor McConvey has been

dropped. They have just gone over Leith Hill for the third and final

time. They are descending through the trees, which is wide you cannot

see anything at the moment. We have Ramon Sinkeldam of Team

Argos-Shimano. He had a puncture a few minutes ago. He has managed to

get back on. Dominique Rollin, here at the back in the blue, FDJ. Zico

Waeytens of Topsport Vlaanderen. Here's a young rider, 20 years of

age. Michael Cuming, the winner of the two of Korea earlier this year.

Clinton Avery, of champion systems. Johnny McEvoy, of NetApp-Endura. And

Reidar Borgersen, from Norway. He is the rider that completes this

breakaway. As if by magic, Rob Hayles has appeared. I will leave

him to get his breath back. There is some action in the peloton. The gap

is coming down all the time. Belkin in the green and black are working

hard. Orica Greenedge have a rider up there as well. At last, this race

has the potential of coming to life. When the breakaway had set off,

about an hour and ten minutes into the race, after that, the peloton

were happy to let them go. They have kept them reasonably within range.

They have sat back since then. Only now, with less than 70 kilometres to

go, they are starting to turn the screw. They are starting to try and

bring the breakaway back. The breakaway did start off with eight

riders, and it was the Irish raider, Connor McConvey, who got dropped on

the claim of Leith Hill for the second time. -- rider. He had done

well to be in the breakaway. He fractured his pelvis earlier this

year. You're running is coming on, you were here very quickly! I am

getting better at it. Very impressed, I was not expecting to

see you. The sun has come out this afternoon. None of the riders in the

breakaway big-name riders. Peter Sagan, the key rider, for those who

did not watch coverage earlier today, Peter Sagan, the green jersey

winner in this year's Tour de France. Here's the headline act.

Here, on paper. We just mentioned there, with Jonathan, how he was the

rider who selected himself to go back for bottles. You could read

several things into that. Is he not operate, was he going back for

information as well? Did he want the information first-hand? Or is he

feeling that good, he is that confident, that what the hell, I

will go back. They are absolutely flying. Heading east at the moment.

Nice, sweeping descent. But the peloton have reacted in the nick of

time. It was seen always ride from Team Sky who set himself up fairly

early on, Gabriel Rasch, and he had a couple of kilometres on his own

and that was not a problem for him. He was not interested in other

riders. It was his job to just peg that group and make sure it did not

get over five minutes and he actually brought that down. And

several of the other teams started to come in and that is not

surprising because those who wanted to come down to the Sprint, they

needed to bring that back a little bit because there is not that much

climbing. The two rain is not that figure for this group. It is a nice

working group. -- difficult. I would imagine, looking at the wind

direction on the finish line, I think they will be blown, and that

will help the small group. Going back into the city, that will

certainly help. Particularly with the direction of the wind, it is

difficult to judge. There is not a lot of wind but when it does pick

up, it really is quite strong. Just over 60 kilometres left. Heading

towards the Sprint, I think, which is in the centre of barking.

barking. So maximum points, there. He had a puncture on the climb, and

they managed to get back on. The pace has just dropped slightly. They

are getting down to business with Team Sky, showing their face at the

front. Number two, the Commonwealth Games road champion from 2006. And

right on his wheel, Ben Swift. And then Sebastian Langeveld. On the

right-hand side. Coming towards the floor. This has potential for Ben

Swift and Matt Goss. Yes, on the a 24. Having made that left-hand turn.

If the riders looked to their right, they would see that filled towering

above them, with those fantastic views across the South East. The

peloton is closing in. -- Hill. general rule of thumb in cycling is

one minute for every ten kilometres, depending on the combination and who

is left to work in the peloton. Today, we are down to only six man

teams. There are normally nine of them. 2.5 minutes is easily doable

for them. And that is why we have seen them cropping the pace just a

little bit and they do not want to bring this group back to early

because that just opens things up for the rest of the men who have

been sitting in the peloton to go for an attack. As long as there is a

group outside, in front, that will keep things calm. Another rider for

that Dutch team, Jack Bauer. If this group was closer to them on the next

section of road, he would be a likely candidate for attacking from

the front of the peloton, and he certainly would not want to wait for

the sprint finish. He is a very quick and strong rider. The world

record holder in the four kilometre individual pursuit. He has been a

mainstay of the Australian pursuit team for many years. There are seven

riders up the road. No chance of that. They will just go left and

once they go around this roundabout, they will be onto box Hill. They

will ride for a very short period and then take that sharp right-hand

turn which marks the start of the climb. Any time of the week, when

you travel here, there will always be cyclists on that road. This has

always been one of those iconic claims in the side. -- climbs.

King of the Mountains start. This was the focal point of the Olympic

Games. This is where it was all going to happen in the Olympic

games. This is where the British team added desperately tried to keep

that race together. It is only featuring once in this race but it

did feature nine times, they did nine laps of that circuit in the

Olympic Games. That is right. Hill, it is a very tough circuit

around the back. Whenever you go over the top, there is that straight

road and it drags uphill for another mile? The focus was all about Box

Hill. All about this road. It was anything but for the riders. And

today, we can see that we shall not see much action on this today.

rider at the back, at the moment, is Daniel McClay. Second-year

professional. From Champion System Pro Cycling Team. And here we have

Dominique Rollin. He was in the France this year. On the right-hand

side, Zico Waeytens. 21 years old. This is a great experience for that

youngster and in front of him, Jonathan McEvoy. These are the

riders that we can see at the moment. Just getting some advice

from the team car. Yes, some information, he will be told that he

is just over 2.5 minutes from the peloton. Information on who is

likely to be riding at the front. And what is coming up. He will not

really know these roads. He might have watched the race last year. But

just being reminded of what is coming up. Ramon Sinkeldam. He is

wearing white. He is a very promising rider, he won the under 23

version of the head of the North. And here comes David Millar. Great

to see, hear. He was in the Olympics last year. And fresh, if that is the

right word, from the Tour de France? Yes, seven guys still out, and that

calms things down. The gap had increased, it was down to 2.17. We

are on this iconic claim of Box Hill. -- claim. -- claim. He will

hope that his team-mate can go clear over the top of this and then on the

descent, on those smaller roads, out of sight, out of mind, as they say.

The peloton is behind. He is out of his saddle. He knows that these are

dangerous jerseys coming up the road. Back with the front. Ramon

Sinkeldam has been quite prominent. The Belgian hanging on at the back.

It is fairly steady, Box Hill? not particularly steep. It looks

worse than it is. The cameraman is tilting his lens. But this is nice

and steady. It is a flat over the top which generally gives problems.

56.7, jurors away from the finish in the mole. And nearly 20,000 other

riders have already finished. Some celebrities among them. We heard

from James Cracknell. And John to road. Crossing the finish line

earlier. -- John Torode. What kept you going? I made some flapjacks for

myself and also the ambience, it was brilliant. Such an amazing day and

it was so well organised and everybody is smiling. Some people

grimacing but that was awesome. How much training has gone into this?

have never done an hundred miles, but it was just great. I will be

doing this again, that is for sure. You took a little brake, but six

hours? About six hours.I took about half an hour on Box Hill. Just under

six hours, I am really pleased. Great crowds enjoying the spectacle

and lots of emotion coming through the finish line because people are

enjoying the activities but also they are supporting great causes. I

am riding for great Ormond, and they have no funding and we try to raise

as much money as we can. It has been a brilliant day. Fantastic, great

seeing you here. Thank you. Another great combination. Celebrity

cyclist, raising money for a very good cause. They seem quite taken

with the experience. Sally Gunnell, James Cracknell early on and from

Boris Johnson, they all have had a very good day. This is what this is

about, the Elite race that we see nine is one thing but the big hard

is the bigger picture, participation and charities. RideLondon has

covered all bases because we have 50,000 people riding around the

empty streets of the centre of London, racing for various

categories, the Elite women, we will have a recapture that, and then this

race. And 20,000 people taking part in the London 100? It is

all-encompassing. David Millar, he did that just to put pressure on the

peloton, just to get rid of those sprinters. He has formed a spent

group. They might have gone just a little bit too hard. They were

perhaps hoping for a slightly bigger group. We have another group,

notably alongside David Millar, we have Ian Bibby, and that was a very

good move. Absolutely. Getting into that little group. They have

splintered away from the front of the peloton. Keeping a very close

eye on things. This is David Millar on the front. They have probably got

around ten or 15 seconds on the peloton. They have riders from Team

Argos-Shimano and Belkin Pro Cycling Team and you would think that some

of those riders would not be keen on doing too much work at the front.

Over the top of Box Hill. peloton are not keen on this great

going away. It looks like there is a white jersey on the front of the

peloton, which will be Argos-Shimano. Team Sky as well.

They will be desperate for this to come back. If this group goes

cleared and then forms with the seven riders out front, that is a

seven riders out front, that is a real big danger. I get the

impression they are doing everything possible to stop that from

happening. Yes, it is being left to David Millar now. The riders are

heading over the top of Box Hill. They are on a drag, where you think

you're over the top of the claim, but you're still going uphill

slightly. 56 seconds now.It is coming down all the time. It is not

surprising, the speed that this group is going. This is the false

flat section that we have mentioned. They are just going over the top of

it and they are unable to press on a little bit more. And it is Richard

Handley has made it from Rapha Condor JLT. That is Ian Bibby, we

are looking at, from madison Genesis. Yes, a former mountain

biker. A message coming through from those at the front. Yes, they are

getting the information. They will know that their time is tumbling. It

looks like it is coming back together. They are coming through

Box Hill village. Then they will head down towards Leatherhead, that

is the next time that will be visited by these riders. -- town. I

think that is Damiano Caruso in the green of Cannondale. David Millar is

looking for more assistance. One of the riders from FDG is coming

through. -- FDJ. It is a very fast descent. Once they get to the

bottom, there is a brief uphill section before they rejoin the 24.

That is David Millar. He is not happy. He does not look overly

impressed. He put a lot of work in there, and he probably expected a

little bit more damage to have been done. It is a fairly sizeable group

that has gone over the top, and it is Jack Bauer now, the Kiwi. He had

a very nasty crash which ended his Tour de France. He got nearly all

the way around, and then there was a bad crash on a mountain descent. He

ended up in a barbed wire fence. He had some stitches in his face.

was in a bad way, he had some facial injuries. Obviously his stitches are

not pulling too badly, the way he is pulling faces extra mission marked

this is the kind of rider that here. He will be from -- he will be

familiar with UK roads? Yes, he spent a season here before making

the move to the big teams on the continent. He has done well as part

of their Giro d'Italia line-up, when they won the team time trial stage.

He was going to finish the Tour de France until he crashed out. Without

a doubt. We are now following the chasers. Simon Yates, from the Great

Britain Cycling Team. Simon Yates, add 20 years of age, becoming the

world champion on the tractor earlier this year, really impressive

rate from him in the world points race. He won a stage in the younger

version of the Tour de France, for up-and-coming riders. He has

pedigree on the track and the road as well. He has so much potential as

an all-round bike rider. He is like a Peter Kennaugh type of bike rider.

He is fairly confident on the claims, but not the Alpine claims.

He has good all-round ability. are inside the last 50 kilometres.

There is no indication as to who will emerge victorious, but this

breakaway group is having their lead whittled away, consistently, by the

peloton. We are heading to the business end of the stage. Here are

the chasers, here is Jack Bauer in the blue Garmin Sharp. He is second

in line, behind Simon Yates. Jack Bauer looked like he had one of the

cat's eyes. It just sent him off his line. Do you think that is the FDJ

rider? We will try and clarify that for you. It is a strong grip. Jack

Bauer is such a strong time trialist. He is a strong rider over

to rain like this. -- to rain. is the punchy part of the circuit.

Jack Bauer is looking very businesslike. Yes, he is recovering

well from the Tour de France. Heading back down towards the 24,

they will turn left shortly and go downhill before disappearing in that

collection of Leatherhead. -- in the direction of Leatherhead. This is

our leading group. There are 38 seconds clear of the Jack Bauer

chasers. The peloton are further 12 seconds back. They are trying

anything to get a bit of extra speed on this descent. Rough roads here,

as well, down the back end of this part of the circuit. It is fortunate

that the weather is kind in the riders today. There is a long way to

go, it is only 35 seconds for the leading group. Yes, I think it is

destined to come under the cosh, is pretty much all breakaways do on

circuits like this. I would be extremely surprised to see any of

these guys staying away. Some of the sprinters in the main peloton have

been keeping their powder dry and not showing their faces. I am sure

they will be licking their lips. Certainly, there is a good handful

of sprinters who would be in the mix for a full on bunch gallop. Most

notably, Peter Sagan, but there are others, Matt Goss, Gerald Ciolek,

Sacha Modolo. We have not seen much of Gerald Ciolek. We have not seen

any of these guys, it is normally a good sign. It depends what has

happened, is there a splinter group of the back of the peloton going

over Box Hill? Under normal conditions, Box Hill would not

normally have much of an effect, but the way the two Garmin Sharp riders

rode over that, it could have done a lot of damage. There we are, the Box

Hill classification for the King of the Mountains. The riders are back

onto the 24 at the moment. We are now towards Leatherhead. -- back

onto the A24. We are couple of miles south of the M25 at the moment.

We're back with the leading group. They have been ahead for a long time

these riders, they have only shared one of the riders. Connor McConvey

was left behind on one of the three loops they did in the Surrey Hills.

It was based on Leith Hill. The rest of them have stuck together, but the

game is almost up for them. The way that the peloton was riding behind,

I am pretty adamant that they will not let it go too far. But it

depends what they have got left in the legs. They may decide to let it

go a little bit. It is still 45 kilometres. It is probably about

15-20 seconds to these riders. to see one of the young British

riders there, Simon Yates, mixing it. They have absolutely no fear,

these youngsters. They are put through such a good resume on the

Academy. -- such a good programme. Just looking back, they are saying

20 seconds. It is probably about that at the moment. I cannot see

that far back down the road. races heading into the centre of

Leatherhead. Still we have this lead group. Ramon Sinkeldam, Dominique

Rollin, Zico Waeytens, Michael Cuming, Clinton Avery, Vegard Breen,

Reidar Borgersen, and Johnny McEvoy. It has been a lengthy breakaway, but

I think it is a breakaway that is not going to be afraid for any of

these riders in terms of the outcome of the race. There is a big crowd in

the centre of London, in the Mall, waiting for these riders. A lot of

the people who have written today, they will be able to watch this and

pick exactly where the riders are and how they were feeling at that

point in the day, probably not so good, some of them. It was a long

day for so many riders, but what an achievement. You could see it

written across their faces, and the way that people have been crossing

the line today, absolutely exhausted, but ecstatic, most of

them. Yes, quite emotional, some of them as well. Everyone has their own

story. There will be an awful lot of stories to tell. If they are

anything like bag riders in a race, then the things that they will have

encountered and seen today, they will be telling people about it for

quite some time. That is Johanna Freda Francaise Des Jeux. -- Yoann

Offredo of. The race is now heading for Cobham. There will be a sprint

in the high Street. That will be the 184 colour matters to go mark. This

group behind the leading riders. The peloton are less than a minute down.

It is still tight, it is still close. Simon Yates is at the front,

the British rider. Just improvising a little bit. And now, with the

leaders. These three still riding well. Jack Bauer is really dragging

them along. And there we go, the first shot we have of them. They are

gradually ringing them in. The arrival of this three will get them

some time out in front. It certainly will, and that helps in terms of

what we have from FDJ Fr, they can afford to have one of them burying

themselves for the other. But that also takes the chase away from

certain teams who had not already made this. Great Britain Cycling

Team, having only Simon Yates, that will help. 48 seconds. Still a good

job. But it is a very big ask for any of this group. 41.2 kilometres,

still a long way to go for these riders. And it might just swell this

group a little bit more and will entice people to start attacking and

as long as they stay and take their turns, bit by bit, it should not be

a problem. But if they decide to start barking around the back, that

might put the cat amongst the pigeons. That often puts more time

into the peloton. Because the group will start increasing speed but

ultimately, it really puts the fear of doom over that group even more so

because it wears them out when they start attacking each other. They

really need to ride evenly and they have more firepower so they should

use that, hopefully to the best of their ability and that will put more

pressure on the team sprinters back in the peloton and ultimately, teams

around them. And they are smaller teams. It will be interesting to see

how this starts to pan out. But these seven riders, they are tired.

They have been out there all day. does look that way. He was just

hanging off the back of that group. Orica Greenedge, they have a vested

interest with Matthew Goss. Team Sky would be keen as well. The Italian

team, you would think that they also might be starting to feature because

they have been very quiet. Sacha Modolo, he was having one of his

best seasons. On that preparation for London? They came in the other

week, passed Buckingham Palace, and this time, up Whitehall and through

the arch. And the other way around. If there is anyway and at the time

of the finish, because there is nothing at the moment, but it has

been directly in their faces, and that could play a vital part in

timing. -- any wind. Again, trying the front of the peloton, still less

than one minute behind. But Jack Bauer was keen to get to the front

of that leading group as part of the chasing group of three riders.

Towards the front, trying to catch their breath. Jack Bauer is strong,

he will soak that up. One of the continental teams getting a ride

today. Michael Cuming, trying to get into this group but he will be out

the back of this one. Trying to seek refuge in the peloton. It is so

hard, when you finally get caught, just to stay in there, usually you

just get spat back. And you then have to find your own way to the

finish. The last 40 kilometres. That was a very good day by him. And the

team director will be extremely pleased with his work. He has

contributed. He has a parachute. He got up late this morning and had to

rush. That is one of their pet hates. When you see riders with

jerseys hanging off? All of this money and time spent on equipment.

And you cannot order a number on correctly and it hangs off and it

catches the wind and it slows you down. They are not at their

of London 2012. Not too many of those who were racing that they are

here. David Millar is one of them. We saw him at the front, riding up

Box Hill earlier on. And we are looking at Dominique Rollin. Riding

on the front. He was a previous winner over one stage of the Tour of

California. This is the sprint in Cobham. And Ramon Sinkeldam takes

it. The training ground of Chelsea. Just inside the end 25. Heading back

towards London. Judging by the direction of the wind, not quite so

strong in central London, and it will be mostly behind them going

back in. It looks like it might be coming across, that tailwind.

on the front. It is Great Britain Cycling Team. It is the same riders.

Towing everyone along. It is swift up there. Adam Yates is in third

place. Just policing this. Good turnout in Cobham for these

cyclists. 35.6 kilometres left to go. This is the chasing peloton.

Yates, in such a powerful position. This is just a little reminder of

the course. They have just gone through Cobham, over the Thames and

towards Kingston. That is the section upon which the race is

taking place at this particular moment. Kingston is the only place

that will see this race on the way out and on the way in. There was a

time check on the way into Hampton Court on the day that Bradley

Wiggins got his gold medal on that sunny afternoon. Just a little idea

of where we are. We were surely the map of the route into the centre of

London as we head into the business and of this race. -- end. Out of all

of these sprinters, Ben Swift is here. There is one group not far

behind. Simon Yates, he had his turn at the front and he just cannot hold

this case. Attacking. He has gone with it. And it is Alfredo. He has

had some decent results in big races this year and he is trying to make

his mark. But with only 34 kilometres left to go, he does have

his work cut out. Still quite a long way. And they do seem to be working

well together. I am quite surprised that he put that move in. Ben Swift

had made that move and he was off the back of Box Hill. His team-mate

is just up ahead. The Australian. We have not seen who else is there.

Another rider from Orica Greenedge. That is Christian Meier. And to

riders back at the front. Alfredo, in blue. And right behind him, on

his wheel, 100 and set -- Zico Waeytens. Just 21 years of age. If

he could get something here, that really would be a turn up for the

books. And they are moving away from the riders that they have left.

Getting that information to them. 45 seconds. Just moving across, trying

to get behind the motor bike. You cannot blame them! They have been in

the saddle for quite a long time. Every we go back this chasing group,

Jack Bauer, he is always near the front, always looking as if he is

trying to take control of this group and encouraging the others to

contribute. But they are just going so much slower than these at the

front. This fight has gone out of this group. There is one rider in

there. Dominique Rollin. He has got a free ride in that group. And the

main group behind. That is Mathew Hayman. The road race champion from

2006. Going here.They are having a real go. They had several riders

trying to make a go of it in the first half of the race. And here

they go. The longer this goes on, it is just so hard because the pace

keeps going up. Especially when you have riders committing at the front

of the peloton. Like Orica Greenedge and Team Sky. You get to this point

in the season and riders have either just signed another contract and

they are happy and some of them are not that interested. They are just

here to follow the wheels. But there are others who desperately are

fighting for anything they can get, trying to show themselves to people

and that is what some of these riders are doing. At this stage of

the season, post Tour de France. Trying to show their face. Not

necessarily trying to fight for the win but just showing themselves to

be active and I there and aggressive. And that is how this

sport works. Especially this late in the season. This is the last event

of RideLondon. This is the centrepiece. The cycling Festival in

the image capital with over 70,000 cyclists taking part over this

begin. And there we are. -- weekend. The next stop will be Kingston upon

Thames, soon. They have just over 20 kilometres to go at that point. It

comes at the 197 kilometre mark. There is the leading two. Zico

Waeytens and Yoann Offredo. They are riding well at the moment. There is

not much wind at the moment, but what there is not much wind at the

moment, but what did exist behind them blow them along. He is bidding

himself. We will give him ten out of ten for effort. He is desperate to

try and join the leading duo, but I do not think he is going to manage

it. He has made it to the second group. That is no consolation,

because they have already given up. They really have given up the chase.

These two will be the last two out in front. There is sand and

racecourse on the left-hand side. has gone through that group, and he

is going clear. Sometimes in cases like this, you do get riders who

will jump across to him. That is what you will be hoping, to get some

help. It looks like one of the riders is trying to come across.

is impossible to tell who it is. Thomas Rostollan. He was involved in

breakaways earlier. Here's the Frenchman, from La Pomme Marseille.

He is trying to make the running. Fantastic crowds at the roadside.

Inside the last article matters. They are really building he'd led

the finish as well. There is a big monitor up for everyone to see, so

they are able to follow the race into the finish. The race is heading

towards Thames Ditton. We are runaway towards Kingston on Thames.

-- we are on our way. Thomas Rostollan continues to hammer along

the road. The crowd are getting bigger at the finish line. It is

probably about a dozen deep on either side of the road. There is a

big crowd watching the big screen away from where we are sitting.

Christian Knees, the German rider, he is on the front. When he is on

the front, that means that life will get more difficult for the people in

behind, because he can really pile on the pressure. He has a

considerable engine. He does. We know that he only get stronger and

stronger than a race like this as they roll into the finish. Offredo

is looking very strong. He really has the bit between his teeth.

he is in a nice position. He is hooked onto the brake levers on top

of the handlebars. He looks very powerful as well. This is Thomas

Rostollan, and he is out in front of the others in the field. He looks

like he is dying a thousand deaths. It looks quite blustery, looking at

the branches. He has a nice big tailwind, which is why he is out

there on his own. If it was a headwind, he would have been brought

back by now. It is quick, they are getting blown back to the Mall.

Still just the 59 seconds. It will be some chase. We can see how

organised it becomes. The Arrowhead at the front of the peloton tells

you that the pace is going up and up. Cannondale in the middle of the

group of riders. Bardiani Valvole or in the middle as well. We have seen

a lot of Peter Sagan. He has been talked up for this race, but I am

not sure. We saw him go back for the bottles earlier. He did not look

like a man who was conserving his energy for a big finish. But you

never know. He may be feeling quietly confident. We are heading to

Kingston now, just alongside the Thames. This is a big test for Zico

Waeytens, the Belgian rider. It has been a really good ride from him

today, and commissaire is coming alongside, to tell them what the gap

is. It has gone 80 minute, with 25 kilometres to go. That is not a

problem for the peloton. The tailwind is certainly helping these

guys stay clear of the peloton. Thomas Rostollan is dangling in

front of the peloton. Just about, use a nice little carried for the

peloton. -- he is a nice little carrot for the peloton. The pace is

really starting to increase now, but the peloton have not gained for the

last five minutes. There is Thomas Rostollan, of La Pomme Marseille.

do not think we will be seeing much of him over the next couple of

kilometres. He will soon be brought back. Offredo is making all the

running here. He is doing all the work. We have not seen waiting is at

the front for a little while. -- we have not seen is a at the front. --

Zico Waeytens. He has just been sitting on his wheel. Having said

that, we have not seen him flick his elbow, which is the normal sign for

someone to come through. But perhaps Zico Waeytens cannot actually give

him a turn. There is Thomas Rostollan. He has done his big

effort. Here come Bardiani Valvole, and his team-mates. We have not seen

Cannondale. Maybe they are waiting and they will ambition the last

minute. They have put nothing into this chase at all. The cyclist

Harrett Kingston just me. -- the cyclists are at Kingston just now.

The gap has gone up slightly. There is a sprint coming up in just a

moment. It is the final sprint of the day. That was a nice little

chase out of the left-hander behind the motorbike. There was a little

bit of slipstreaming there. Every little bit helps. The peloton are

not that far behind, as they come racing through the centre of the

time. -- town. Team Sky on the front. Cannondale are starting to

loom near the front. You can see a couple of the riders creeping up

into the top 15. At the front, especially on roads like this, you

need to keep as far to the front as you can. It is a lot easier run

these twisty roads. If you are at the back, you get a whiplash effect.

You are going a lot quicker at the back, as the riders slowed down and

jump out of the bends, by the time you get out of the back of the

peloton, you can often be doing five kilometres faster. You are left

thinking, how can they be going so quickly, when in reality, they are

not. I think it is a shame that Peter Kennaugh and Ian Stannard are

not in the team today. Having done so well in the Tour de France, it

would have been great for them to get a ride in front of the British

public. This could certainly be a showcase for those top riders. I do

not know by how much more the crowd could swell. If Bradley Wiggins was

riding, Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome... Lets hope they are riding

in the future. It would be fantastic. They certainly should be.

But the programme is so busy for these professional riders. I do not

know how the team stretched himself to cover races. -- teams stretch

themselves. Mark Cavendish is in Denmark. He won the final stage in

Copenhagen. The finishing circuit looked rather like the Mall. It is

an incredible finishing circuit. It is a showcase for the end of the two

of Denmark. They love cycling in Denmark. There are thousands and

thousands. Mark Cavendish, his team are not even here, but they chose to

ride the two of Denmark. Mark Cavendish came away with the win

today. -- Tour of Denmark. We are almost into the final 20 kilometres

as we head back into London for what form it is to be a spectacular

finish. The race is heading in the general direction of Wimbledon just

me. That is the next major point along the route. We will have a look

at that now, to show you where we go quickly now. 20.1 kilometres to

go and we still have not seen Peter Sagan for a long time. It will be

interesting to see if he is in there. I am actually getting news

that he may well have been popped on Box Hill. For all the talk that Box

Hill was not going to pick any of them in trouble, I think the myth

that Avery Millar put in, it may have picked him out. Do not quote me

on that. It is interesting that Cannondale do not have riders at the

front of the peloton. There are a couple there, but it eaters sick and

was there, normally we would see them en masse. -- but if Peter Sagan

was there, normally we would see them. We are inside the last 20

kilometres. A rider from Sojasun is out that the front of the peloton.

And IG-Sigma Sport rider has gone with him as well. They are all

starting to get active. They know they are inside the last 20

kilometres. They are starting to move towards the finish. If any of

the guys have anything left, they will be trying to do all they can

and trying to show themselves as best as possible. One of the great

things about the big by grace is that actually it comes to you quite

often. You do not have to go anywhere, you just stand at the end

of the garden, you do not have to pay �50 for a ticket, you can just

watch the race go past. Yoann Offredo and Zico Waeytens are still

in front. The gap stays the same. Yoann Offredo is not afraid to do

any work at the front! Let us look at these chasers, just in front of

the peloton. I would be surprised if any of these sprinters will let

these riders get too far away. just gives them the carrot to chase.

Psychological advantage. Mentally, it will really help. One of those

riders who will be under pressure today will be Sacha Modolo. His team

in that bright green jersey. Expect to see the sprinters from those

teams. Are we looking at Peter but we do not know. We don't see his

team. Coming towards the front, now. Maybe he is back in there. There was

plenty of time off the back of the race. I would not be surprised if

Peter Sagan was still hanging in there. There has been no word of any

particular problem. Matt Goss, his team-mate starting to gather at the

front. There are a lot of Cannondale riders by the looks of things. At

least three of them. That implies that Peter Sagan is still there.

Yoann Offredo is leading the way. The centrepiece of this weekend in

which 70 thousand cyclists are taking to the streets of London and

Surrey, all to encourage cycling in the English capital. This is really

the icing on the cake. This professional road race. 220

kilometres. And it is headed by the winner of this year 's -- the green

jersey holder of this year 's Tour to France. Peter Sagan. -- Tour de

France. You would imagine him to be pushing into the top 15. Plenty of

flat roads but I would have been surprised to see him drop by on Box

Hill. What about these? 16 kilometres. Have they got any chance

of staying awake? It is very slim. 16 kilometres, normally the Temple

would be about 1.5 minutes, especially with riders like this.

tempo. Saying that, it is twisting, it is harder for the peloton to put

any big damage into any group like this. If it was big, open, straight

regards, then they would have no chance at all. Climbing out of

Wimbledon at the moment and heading towards Wimbledon Common. Yoann

Offredo. Doing all of the work at this point? Yes, he is just

fighting. I do not know his style well and perhaps that is how he

writes. He is certainly pulling faces. Trying to wrap himself in.

will be hurting as they head up the hill out of Wimbledon and Yoann

Offredo is doing a monstrous turn on the front. The peloton is still in

his way. 51 seconds. Still can be caught, but they are doing well to

stay out this long. That tailwind is certainly helping. The All-England

club in the distance. The scene of that great day for Andy Murray not

so long ago. Finally, a British winner for London. Heading straight

line onto Hockney High Street before going over the bridge, over the

Thames. Back with the race as it goes out of Wimbledon. Out of

They have that wild card place and they have been running well. One of

their riders nearly won the race in Lyon. That would have been the

biggest race of his life, I a mile. He was so close, attacking, and was

finally swept away. The French were desperate for a winner. They did not

have one for a number of years. happened, the irony, was it was the

French group behind that were doing all of the damage to bring him back.

It was an Italian who won that stage. Great win. On the left-hand

side of Yoann Offredo. And the gap is starting to come down. Just over

half of a minute. This was that climb where they did lose a little

bit of time coming out of Wimbledon. This rider, we're not sure who that

is, from the French squad. We need to see his number. Whoever it is, he

is trying hard. Again, he is destined to only do one thing and

that this be the carrot. That is Christophe Laborie. And the other

rider, I think that was Andrea Di Corrado. Really trying to bring the

race together for his team. Bardiani Valvole. Turning in, just. These two

riders, they have done all that they can. They cannot hold anything back,

they have to just ride as hard as they can. I think so! Just to give

you some idea, if they turn right, they would be heading into

Southfields. But they will not be doing that, they will go down the

hill. Into Hockney High Street. That will be in the next couple of High

Street. -- next couple of minutes. We still have two riders out in

front in this race. And the crowd is growing all the time at the finish.

It is a beautiful afternoon. It is not too hot. Mice, summer sunshine.

And Yoann Offredo, the Frenchman, on the front. As he has been for most

of the ride, actually. Since they came from Oxhill. As I mentioned

before, he has had some decent results before. 26 years old. He

came through the system, through the ranks, and turned professional back

into thousands died. And the rider with him, Zico Waeytens, he is a

second year professional and just 21 years old. Team Sky up there, also.

Ben Swift still is in with a shout? He is. Matt Goss still has his man

in there. He will be important on this finishing straight. If they can

get themselves into the right position. Matt Goss did not get

himself into the opening stages in Italy but I feel it is formed must

have improved since then. He did underperform. He did not look that

great. But here... Heading down. Team Sky on the front. -- here is

Yoann Offredo. Just 20 seconds. It is hard to see that being anywhere

near enough. Still with 11 kilometres left to go. But goodness

me, it will feel like 111 for these riders at the front. It is about 50%

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of the margin that they would rather have. If they had double that

advantage, it is in the balance. Motoring along the High Street, the

peloton is behind them. It is game up for these, pretty much. They

normally would have been taken out by now. Those vehicles need to be

moved out of the way. Just about to go over the Thames. Here we are. The

peloton is starting to jostle for is Asian. They want to bring this back.

They want to set up that Gallup for their man. We have been talking

about these other riders, we do not know if Peter Sagan is still there

or Matt Goss. Ben Swift is still there. Absolutely. And hundred and

Nicola Boem, from their point of view, and hundred and N Post

ChainReaction is pretty swift. He is. He would be one of their next

options. But he is certainly not a sprinter. He is normally the leader,

that man. Up towards Fulham Broadway. Just hanging on why their

fingertips. Yoann Offredo will fight to the last but he will not cross

the line in first place in London today, despite his best efforts. He

had to avoid the traffic lights, that young Belgian behind him. That

was quite lucky. Hanging on. That would not have looked very good,

wrapped around the traffic light! After all that they have done! Here

is the peloton, about to catch them. Heading up Kings Road. Heading into

London. Only two riders at the front, that is not normal. That is

not what we would normally expect to see. Starting to move up. The

British domestic teams, they are not frightened of this race. Christoph

Schweizer, they have got two riders at the front of that peloton. This

is a pinch point. Seven kilometres left to go. Heading into central

London. They are not far from the bridge. And it is still Yoann

Offredo in front. With Zico Waeytens. Clinging onto this most

slender of Leeds. But 6.8 kilometres is too far for them to go to stand a

chance of staying in front. Just that little anxious look behind.

Contrasting styles between them. There is two years of difference.

But that pedalling style, the delivery and his power, completely

different. It would be good to look at the peloton, so we can actually

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mortar. They are moving towards the finish, 1.6 kilometres. The crowd

gathered in their thousands. What a sprint this is going to be. Who has

a chance? There is not a lot of room out there. Garmin Sharp are still

riding on the front. There is no sign of Orica Greenedge. FDJ have

plenty of blue shirts. There is no sign of anyone being really

dominant. There is no team taking it up, it is all individuals.

Vacansoleil have a couple of riders. There are some of the Garmin Sharp

riders there. Ben Swift is still in with a chance. They are through

Admiralty Argent into the finishing straight. Who will get the upper

hand? Inside the final 500 metres. Ben Swift has work to do. Francaise

Des Jeux on the front. Vacansoleil are getting involved. 250 metres to

go. The victory goes to a Arnaud Demarg Francaise Des Jeux. Arnaud

Demarg wins the sprint on the Mall. It all came down to a gallop after

five hours and seven minutes in the saddle. Arnaud Demarg takes the

victory. Water ride. Water ride by his team, and he delivers. Where was

Peter Sagan, where was Matt Goss? That was an incredible ride by his

team. They really did commit. Swift was in a decent position in

the last couple of kilometres, but they were too far by coming up the

Mall. It was a nice white, straight finish. It was all about desertion.

We can just see the Sky helmets a bit further back. Ben Swift is

shouting at his team-mate to try and encourage him. He needed to be

delivered earlier. I think Sasha McDonnell has had to settle for

second place in London again. It was Sacha Modolo in second place, I am

sure of that. That was a very committed and organised lead out

train from FDJ. It was a great display from that team. The whole

team, having of radio up the road later on. There we are, Arnaud

Demarg crossing the line, and Sacha Modolo in second place. Arnaud

Demarg is a bright young prospect. He won the world under 23 road race

a couple of years ago. He won half a dozen races last year. He had three

or four wins leading into the summer, it wins before today. He is

not a rider who has come from nowhere. Arnaud Demarg with the

victory here. There is David Millar. It was great to see him coming

towards the front on Box Hill, and also within the last couple of

kilometres. But Arnaud Demarg, the former world champion at under 23

level, secures what is probably the biggest victory of his career. It is

his biggest professional victory in terms of the publicity surrounding

the race. The course proved difficult to separate the riders. We

headed riders in a breakaway group. The remnants of that group were

swept up as we came off Box Hill. As usual, there were lots of

counterattacks and hard riding. But the smart money throughout the race,

particularly the longer it went on, was that it was likely to end in a

sprint finish. The key question for us was that we were not sure who was

there to contest that sprint finish, to be honest with you. In the end,

it was Arnaud Demarg two came out on top. We just saw Andrew Tennant

going through, one of the Madison Genesis riders. It has been a great

success, this festival. 20,000 today to part in the London-Surrey 100.

The race itself followed on from the sportive riders. Finally it resulted

in a French bakery for Arnaud Demarg, of FDJ. -- victory. Arnaud

Demarg taking the win, to celebrate victory in the London-Surrey

Classic. Rob Hayles has come to the

commentary box to join me in this invasion position. We spoke about

the bunch sprint in the end. As far as predictions, it was the only

thing that was right. It was. What an incredible team job. FDJ were

great. They got Dominique Rollin up the road to start with. Then Yoann

Offredo, and that took the pressure off his team-mates. Poor old Sky,

they got slightly deaf instead. -- they got slightly distanced.

Swift was too far back. The lead out was slightly messy. Yes, it was not

the Classic sort of sprint that you would expect to see by all the big

teams, because there were no big teams in the end. Was Matt Goss in

their? Was Peter Sagan in the? It was difficult to tell. You would

imagine that Matt Goss was there because of the way that Orica

Greenedge were riding, so strong. Let's go back to afraid of. Keep it

in a massive dig at the front. did not think he was going to come

off the front. The young Belgian rider that was with him, we were

saying, he is not coming through, but I think that was because he

could not come through. I think afraid was there for his team

leader, his sprinter. He was not that concerned. He was not riding

for the victory. If you take it back to Box Hill, which is where it

started to get interesting, the peloton were not really getting

anywhere, and David Millar put in an attack. From there, the whole race

opened up? Yes, David Millar put the cat amongst the pigeons. He tried to

distance the sprinters, and it looked like he did a pretty good job

of that. It is not just the climb, it is the false flat. Box Hill is

the catalyst for that. David Millar rode it a few times last year, so he

knows the claim well. He knows where to deliver. He delivered, he ignited

the race. He was not the sprinters that we expected to cross the line

first, but in terms of the racing, first, but in terms of the racing,

it was great. There is plenty more great Olympic sport coming up in the

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year with RideLondon, the 9th of August and the 10th of August, the

open ballot takes place on August 12 and closes at the end -- beginning

of 2014. Make sure you can get your entries in sin. Today was very much

about the Elite men but yesterday evening was about the woman, the

women's Grand Prix. A 1.3 mile loop. We can catch up with this in the

closing stages. Laura Trott in the centre of the picture. Moving to the

left in the glasses. Danny King, in second place. We have just over one

can set up this sprint for Danny King or Laura Trott. It does not

look as if these three riders will stay away. It is quite a long way.

Particularly with that peloton bearing down. It could be set up for

each amended sprint finish in just over one lap. We have those leaders

joining us. 206 to Tom Scully right hydra. -- Anna Schnitzmeier. It is a

very slender advantage. The national junior champion, Anna Christian,

that is a great ride from her. is just an amazing cried, and that

is not enough to keep you going, well... That was very encouraging.

-- crowd. This will be some final lap. I do not think that these three

riders will test. That hungry pack will gobble them up. Katie

Colclough, and then Hannah Barnes also in third place. She will make

sure that she is in the right position to test that potential

sprint finish. Anna Schnitzmeier, from Wiggle Honda, in the middle of

that group. Fabulous effort from these riders. They have got their

timing right. They have put those sprinters in a very good position.

Just heading past Horse Guards Parade, one or two of those riders

choosing the split in the road, some road furniture to negotiate, some

speed bumps along this track. can see some lumps in the middle of

the road. And those final tense moments, the final lap. Add a number

of riders still in contention, all of those big names at the front.

Emily Collins. Racing straight in. And there was a crash. One of those

Wiggle Honda riders, Jo Rowsell, she was involved. Five riders taken out.

Meanwhile, back at the front, Emily Collins from New Zealand is leading

the way. Jo Rowsell has fallen heavily. Here is that crash once

again. And we can see that very nasty fall for several riders,

including Joanna Rowsell, the world and Olympic champion. That was

heavy. She went straight over. I would not be surprised if that was

serious. About 400 metres left to go, into that finishing straight.

They can see that line. But there are still 300 metres left to go.

Emily Collins in front. Hannah Barnes is just biding her time.

Danny King in the picture and she has got Laura Trott. This is where

they will start to open up. Emily Collins will not get it. Laura Trott

is coming through the centre! And Laura Trott takes the win! Fantastic

sprint at The Mall! And right in front of Buckingham Palace. The

ambassador for this race, Laura Trott takes the win that most of

this crowd have come to see. It was slightly shortened but that was a

spectacular finish. Very hard race to judge with that headwind and it

was a very long wait to the finish line. Laura Trott came off the wheel

early. No wonder she is patting Danny King on the back, she was a

great leader. She is a dream leader and she was in that perfect

desertion. Pure desire and will to win that she got to that finish line

first. Hannah Barnes was not far away. She rode a soup per race.

Laura Trott had superb support from Wiggle Honda. Teamwork really came

into play. -- super race. Danny King, after that great lead, in

fourth place. And then to G8 macro. -- Julie Erskine. Laura Trott joins

me. You had to win? I felt like I had to. I did not want to let

credential line. I felt like the entire family was behind me. And I

pulled it off. You did not... You would doing lots of things, was at

ethical to focus? It was and I did not know how this was going to go.

On Saturday morning, I did the same. Ideally not know how I would feel,

which is not like me. The team rode amazingly, we went in with the

attitude of attacking a lot more, unlike a couple of weeks ago, when

we just road. More aggressive and trying to be more aggressive and

Danny King was the perfectly at the we knew? For sure. I put my life in

her hands. I totally believe in her. It could not have come any better. I

just was shouting, go! And she just went and it opened up. Perfect!

Hannah Barnes kept you at the nocturnal. It was quite good. It is

nice that people can have relationships like that. It just

makes racing a large better. What did you make of that performance?

Nice teamwork from Wiggle Honda? Typical Laura Trott. Hands in the

air. For me, it is not just Laura Trott, it is the way that you come

together as a unit. As we have seen with the men, with FDJ. You seem to

enjoy this too much, for my liking! You should be under duress! It is

exactly that, we just get on so well. Especially with Danny and

Joanna. They would do anything for me and I would do the same back and

I guess that pays off in the end. She is doing good. Knowing Joanna,

she will be back in ten days. Your father has been in on the act. How

did he get on in the London 100? said he wanted to do under five

hours. And he did five hours and ten minutes. The men's race was

fantastic, surprise winner from France. It was a perfectly judged

finish. How did you judge that? TRANSLATION:. He is very happy with

that race. His team-mates did a very good job in putting him into the

perfect position. Very happy. Your team-mate, Yoann Offredo, did a very

good job for a long time? TRANSLATION: the team did very well.

They were super. And I know that you just said how pleased you were to

win with that beautiful finish. does this compare with the shone so

lazy? -- with Paris? Baggy! He could He has had some good placings and

one or two wins along the way. That is an excellent result for that

French squad. Second place, in the green... The Italian rider. He was

second to Cavendish this year in Italy. And among his wins, six

stages in China. Sacha Modolo. And after a good lead from his French

team-mates, the former world under 23, Arnaud Demarg. With his ninth

win of the year. Andy Flowers go to today's winner, Arnaud Demarg, and

21 years of age, he is a rider of whom we shall hear a lot more in the

future. It is a Frenchman who has come out on top in the Mall this

afternoon. That was a great performance and a great weekend. If

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And the way that she rides, if you look at, you see her on that bike,

amazing, great. Thank you very much. The next cycling on the BBC is

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