Just got back from an excellent day out. We took the bikes, as I thought it may be best to move around, and that was proved right. We were only going for the Ladies race, and the first lap of the Mens, but stayed until the end, and watched the last 2km on my phone. We saw Geraint in front with 2 km to go, and thought he had got it, but the TV showed he was struggling with 1 km to go, and dropped out.
What always amazes me is the speed they do uphill. We were on the bottom of one downhill for lap 1, and I said I can go as fast as that, which is probably true, but, I couldnt go half as fast as them on the uphill sections.
A different view point for each lap, 2 laps we watched on the 2 big screens, one on the square, one at the finish line area, as you could see the screen from the park behind the finish straight.Paying to stay on the finish line would have been rubbish I think, far better to get around the course to see different parts.
And the crowds were huge for the Mens. Pretty respectable for the Ladies too, which had the early start, and a lot of traffic getting into the area to slow the crowds down.