Brompton World Championships – Photos

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Waiting for the Off. The racers in suits, get ready. You don’t start on your bike, but have to run to your bike and unfold it. It reminds of the old GP races when you had to run to your car.

UPDATE: Robert Heras (the former Tour de France rider) finished 2nd!. I think he was hoping to win! The winner was Alastair Kay, who is an elite Cat roadie riding for York Cycleworks.

The First Corner. One or two came off. It was certainly entertaining to watch!

Lady in Red

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Serious Racing. I love the fact they wear suits, although the aesthetic effect is somewhat compromised by shorts.

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Enjoying the Race. I’ve never seen so many people smiling in a cycling race before. People came from all over the world to enjoy the world championships.

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Enjoying the race.

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Blenheim Palace presented a great backdrop for the race.

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The field spreads out down the back straight.

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Jostling for position

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Pin striped suit

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15 Responses to Brompton World Championships – Photos

  1. Dave Preece October 13, 2008 at 7:29 am #

    cycling weekly have some pics of Heras here.. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/heras_beaten_in_brompton_world_champs_article_268896.html
    Well done Allistair!

  2. greg October 10, 2008 at 10:34 am #

    are there any pictures (anywhere) of heras racing with suit and tie on?

  3. Luke October 6, 2008 at 5:23 pm #

    Got it!
    Thanks for the clarification.
    I just couldn’t work out where the confusion was.
    Congrats to Allistair!

  4. tejvan October 6, 2008 at 3:33 pm #

    What happened is that with so many competitors the riders set off in waves. Heras was in first wave and was the first to finish, so he assumed (understandably) that he had won. However, somebody in the second wave which started a minute behind the first wave, recorded a faster time, so therefore, he was declared winner.

  5. Luke October 6, 2008 at 2:36 pm #

    I’m confused as to why Robert Heras thought that he had won the race. I saw the podium pictures with everyone scrambling to see the results because Robert Heras walked to the podium thinking that he was the winner.
    Was the race in stages?

  6. Bike Noob October 1, 2008 at 3:32 am #

    I love it! There’ll always be an England.

  7. elspeth gibson September 30, 2008 at 12:19 pm #

    A fantastic day and great race along with over 400 other bromptonites through the glorious surroundings of Blenheim Palace, enriched in its autumnal shades and reflections!
    Achieving a satisfying record of 13 km in just under 32 minutes, (and yes, there were a few hills to climb on the course) made it worthwhile, as well as the friendly atmosphere and buzz.
    Big thanks to the ‘Get Cycling’ team from York who lent me a brompton 10 minutes before the race started as I got flat tyre, and there was no time to mend it.
    Big thanks too to all the team at Brompton, and looking forward to next year.

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