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I spent the last three days in Yorkshire...
Friday - u23 race great, found a nice little tent on the finish line where we could watch the race on big screens and run outside to see them whizz last.
Saturday - up to Lofthouse to see the Women. Amazing. Then a rush down the Masham to watch the last 80k on the big screen with pub, fish and chip shop and coffee shop around the market square. Blue skies and a great atmosphere.
Sunday - headed off to Harrogate and drove round looking for a parking space. Once found we walked in against a torrent of leaving spectators who’d already given up. First McDonalds for years as it was dry and they had a seat. everywhere indoors with a screen was rammed. The Zwift/Signa pop up had a good atmosphere. Eventually went out onto the circuit at the bottom of Parliament St. Got absolutely drowned but there was a big screen there to keep up to date with what was going on. The Rollapoluza guys were in the bed shop opposite racing in the window.
We heard the issue with the plane was it ran out of fuel. If this is the case then it is pretty predictable and the UCI should have had contingency plans (remember Bergen 2017?) although the flight tracker shows it may have done more loops than anticipated.
Despite the weather the atmosphere was pretty good and if it had been dry I’m certain the circuit would have been lined in its entirety.