{"id":912,"date":"2012-07-31T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/?p=912"},"modified":"2012-08-15T21:49:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T21:49:23","slug":"womens-cycling-road-race-london-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/sport\/womens-cycling-road-race-london-olympics","title":{"rendered":"Women’s cycling Road Race – London Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\r\n\n\n\n

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After a few poor quality photos that I have taken at the men’s cycling road race \"\"finishing line, grabbing my camera once again on the following day, I occupied a good spot<\/a> along Fulham Road –\u00a0adjacent\u00a0to a roadside barrier outside of Fulham Broadway tube station.<\/p>\n

The weather was not at its finest, but the\u00a0intermittent\u00a0showers did not deter patient supporters and\u00a0photographers who wanted a glimpse of the women cyclists’s epic return.<\/p>\n

And their patience was rewarded handsomely\u00a0– the break away group emerged from\u00a0as early as Box Hill in Surrey – Dutch flyer\u00a0Marianne Vos, Lizzie Armitstead<\/a> (Team GB – yes <3!) and\u00a0Olga Zabelinskaya of beautiful Russia. By the time they arrived near South West London, their racing velocity was above par, rivalling the leading safety\/supporting vehicles which were running ahead of them. From my rough estimate by the side of Fulham Road, their speed attained were between 30-35 mph (about 48-56 km). \u00a0Yet the finishing line which was ending at The Mall was still some 5 km away!<\/p>\n

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It was\u00a0exhilarating to see these riders braving the (un)predictably British\u00a0wet weather and greasy road conditions, having endured most of the 140 km course<\/a>, they returned to complete the race – not with a whimper but shooting past at such\u00a0astonishing\u00a0speed through busiest and beautiful streets of central London, which are rarely closed for anyone privileged\u00a0or anything urgent – apart from either major road\u00a0maintenance or Her Majesty the Queen. Suffice to say it was a historic and a memorable moment for the riders, for the spectators and for London.<\/p>\n \n\t\t

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The full race result was published by the BBC here<\/a>. I took a few video clips which I will upload later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t