The challenging route in the East Midlands covers over 120 miles of picturesque countryside as it travels from Buxton to Nottingham.
stage 4 of the event
The challenging route in the East Midlands covers over 120 miles of picturesque countryside as it travels from Buxton to Nottingham.
Stage four leading positions:
1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) 4hrs 24mins 17sec
2 Evan Oliphant (Gbr) Scotland
3 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
4 Paul Manning (Gbr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) QuickStep - Innergetic at 10.06
6 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Great Britain
7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor
8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep - Innergetic
9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
10 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
Throughout the day on the Victoria Embankment, there had been many displays and events, stalls and information, to try and get more people involved with cycling for competition, or fun.
http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/the_race_stages/stage4.htm http://www.tourofbritaineastmidlands.co.uk http://www.britishcycling.org.uk So, this event and these links are all about 'organised and corporate'competative cycling.
However, there is another sort. Simply for polution-free travel and fun. However, it's bloody dangerous with all these cars thinking the road is just for them, and being thoughtless to cyclist.
Thus Critical Mass was born .....
Join the critical mass bikeride through Nottingham on every last Friday of the month, meeting at Savoy Cinema, 5.30pm, on Derby Road
See reports of previous ones:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2005/02/305420.html http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/310149.html http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/02/305382.html ____________________________________________
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