Now in its third year, the Tour de Yorkshire passed through Gomersal yesterday. I was taken aback by the number of people who were out on the streets to watch the cyclists hard at work. We had decided that being on Spen Lane would be a good place to watch as the hill there is relatively steep – it certainly is a difficult one to walk up – and we thought they would be slower, and easier for me to get some decent photos of. We were right, as you can see below.
One interesting event was a gentleman decorating the road with a spray can by writing “Welcome to Gomersal”. He didn’t seem to mind that it was a live road still, and held up the traffic a few times… in the end, a kind bus driver stopped to allow him to finish.
As we were waiting, just before the cyclists arrived, a course car pulled up and gave some detail as to what was actually going on. There was a leading group of 6 riders, with the peloton around two and a half minutes behind.Obviously, all these riders need support too
Obviously, all these riders need support too and the number of spare bicycles on top of the team cars was also amazing to see.
