2014-07-07 - Le Tour de Essex - Watch the Tour stage 3 in the Essex countryside

It's killing me that I'm not allowed to take the day off work, I think I'm going to resort to begging!!

I think you've made a bit of a strategic error, as soon as you found out everyone else was off you should have stopped talking about cycling, then occasionally mention how you've given it up because you hate those euro pro roadie douchebags with their shaved legs and long white socks and they're all dopers anyway and you hate road racing.

Then pulled a sickie at the last minute!

(It's too late now, they'll know).

Maybe beg and stress the once in a lifetime opportunity element? Can they make a special case? Can you get everything done ahead of Monday? Is anyone going to die if you take the day off? Seems unlikely given what you do?!

This was my original plan; go somewhere in essex and watch the tour live but someone said since its a flat stage the riders will pass in about a minute .. not sure if its worth it but still keen and possibly will add myself to the list last minute ..

Yes, the peloton itself will be fleeting. For me, it's just a chance to see the theatre of the caravane (which is most of what you'll see at the side of the road) and experience the atmosphere of watching it with a bunch of other people while drinking ale and munching on hog roast :)

Any advice / thoughts?

It's difficult to say in terms of timings but leaving at 10 will allow us two and a half hours before the start of the caravane at 12.30. That's 11mph continuous moving average or (what I think will be more likely) something like 14mph moving average and half an hour stopped.