Notes from a women’s one-day race with a hundred riders and no television
A narrow road, a wet crowd and a finish that nobody filmed but everyone remembers.
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September 14, 2026
The cowbell, the van selling waffles and the best view of a sprint in the country.

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A narrow road, a wet crowd and a finish that nobody filmed but everyone remembers.
Read: Notes from a women’s one-day race with a hundred riders and no television
Brick, banners and a café that has stayed open through every race since the war.