{"id":2133,"date":"2014-09-15T22:27:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T21:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattbristow.net\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2014-09-15T22:42:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T21:42:45","slug":"tour-of-britain-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattbristow.net\/index.php\/tour-of-britain-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Britain 2014 – Stage 8 London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tour of Britain 2014 – Stage 8 London. Everything you would ever want in a cycling event Time Trial, Racing and the final champion decided on the line!<\/h2>\n

The final stage of\u00a0Tour of Britain 2014<\/strong> – Stage 8 London. Split into two parts the first an 8km time trial. Riders would set off at regular 1 minute intervals, if they missed it they couldn’t start. The top 10, the last to set off have a 2 minute stagger.\u00a0All eyes were of course on the British and Olympic Time Trial champion Sir Bradely Wiggins<\/strong>. Was there any doubt that as he romped home a full 8 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.<\/p>\n

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Team Sky’s Sir Bradely Wiggins at the start of the Time Trial. On his way to a emphatic victory.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d just like to \u00a0say that Sir ‘Wiggo’ is quite possibly the coolest person in existence, my belief\u00a0has been furthered enhanced when I saw his support car. Yes it is a\u00a0Jaguar F-Type R! and the plate is pretty spot on as well.<\/p>\n

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Team Skys support car is actually a Jaguar F-Type R, more than cool<\/p><\/div>\n

Time Trial is a weird thing compared to racing. There’s no tactics other than going out fully focused and pushing your physical limits to the extreme.<\/p>\n

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BMC racings Dylan Teuns from Belgium totally focused at the start of his time trial.<\/p><\/div>\n

The final part was a 10 lap race over the same course as the time trial so not really a lot of change. There wasn’t a climb and only just about the chance for the final Yodel Sprint category. The surprise\u00a0Garmin Sharp’s Dylan Van Baarle<\/strong> \u00a0started with the yellow jersey on his back.<\/p>\n

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Garmin Sharp’s Dylan Van Baarle on the startline in yellow looking very composed on his way to securing the overall Tour of Britain title.<\/p><\/div>\n

Team GB young rider\u00a0Chris Latham<\/strong> worked hard all race in the break away and was for his efforts awarded the\u00a0Rouleur Combativity Award for the final stage.<\/p>\n

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Team GB’s Chris Latham<\/p><\/div>\n

You couldn’t have written the ending a photo finish that saw Giant-Shimano’s Marcel Kittel narrowly beat Omega Pharma Quickstep’s Mark Cavendish in a photofinish.<\/p>\n

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A photo finish which saw Marcel Kittel narrowly beat Mark Cavendish<\/p><\/div>\n

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Full results can be found on the Tour of Britains<\/a> website and all my full set of pictures ready for licence on the\u00a0SportPix<\/a> website. Here is a selection of a few of my favorites.<\/p>\n\n\t\t