Stage start at the Britannia Stadium
This week has been a very busy week! We have been at 2 of the stages of the Tour of Britain, the Mayor of London's Skyride, and the ISAF Sailing World Cup Series.
Stoke-on-Trent
On Tuesday we joined the Tour of Britain riders and organisers for the start of the Stoke-on-Trent stage at the Britannia Stadium. The crowds grew for the start of the race, and Ben and I were there to show the crowds their cycling style and get them measured on our Peak Power board. We had lots of participants at the Britannia Stadium from local cycling clubs to hordes of school children enjoying one of their first tastes of competitive cycling.
Once under way, we moved into the Stoke City Centre to carry on the activities in the events area shared with bicycle-powered Scalextric cars, Extreme mountain-bikers and a collection of the weirdest and wackiest bikes we've ever seen. The crowds kept on coming and there was lots of good scores including a 1338W from Lyme CC's Ian Crooks and a very impressive 1179W from 14 year old school boy Brad Simpson.
London – Final stage
On Saturday, we were on the track side about 200m away from the finish lane for the final stage of the Tour, a great spot to watch the tour riders sprint past at the indecent speeds of over 30 miles per hour. When not enthralled by the peleton screaming past we had around 300 cyclists doing races and testing their peak power. The sunny day brought out the competitive nature and lots of people came back for several goes and the top power of the day was in the 40+ category of 1653W.
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