Here's the peleton (in the ladies road race), racing past in the rain - which got a lot worse just a few minutes later - we all got drenched. Not as much as the riders, of course!
Notice how it's nice and sunny while we are waiting (this is a good thing, mind you, given that we were standing there for about an hour).
Got a prime spot on the bridge, so we could have a look along the river while waiting...
This was right when we got there - it got a lot busier closer to the expected time for the leaders to come through. Sarah was going to come originally, but when the weather got more dubious looking she decided to stay home.
You can see the sky beginning to darken ominously...
Here's our view, when we leaned out over the barrier. At this point, about 15 minutes before the leaders were expected, it was just a little drizzle.
About 10 minutes before, the police bikes started coming through...
and then the cars...
news helicopters...
and finally, the riders - I didn't manage to snap the lead three, by this time it was raining quite hard and I just didn't manage to get the shot in time (they pass in about 1 second!) - but this is the front of the peleton coming up on us...
Glad we went, even though we got a bit wet! And Team GB won silver, so that's good, too.
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