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@Brookly_Bay
I was the #6 hanging ever further off the back, in a blue jersey - subject to some definite sympathy claps on way around.
Race highlight definitely the moment I got confused about where I was and thought I was on the off camber bit when I was actually at the bit just before it so rode sideways along a very unsuitable bit of one of the mounds and fell off in a inglorious heap.
Spent the rest of the race vainly chasing back on, getting near to the back of the field just in time for the leaders to lap me and end up stopping completely to let them through and having to start the chase again.
On the plus side, I had a bit of cake, three beers and a pack of quorn sausages on the DLR home.
Also, @Ecunard is the politest overtaker I've encountered, and I've been overtaken by a lot of people.