3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross Race, Sept 2023. Yorkshire Dales. Challenging Conditions. Cloud Down. SELECT HD.

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00:00 Full ride past at Horton, 5 mins in
04:58 Cold Cotes Checkpoint - after the Ingleborough descent
20:07 Horton and the Pen Y Ghent climb
27:36 Last road mile from Horton
29:33 Results
Filmed at Horton, near the start, Cold Cotes (Ingleborough) and on Pen-Y-Ghent
38 miles, mainly off road, 5000 feet of ascent
Sun 24th September, 20232. HD Video.
A damp and drizzly day and boggy ground with the cloud well down on all of the three peaks of Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen Y Ghent.
The Elite riders would welcome these conditions as they have the fitness to leave the main pack behind in the mud!
So mild and damp all day. Lots of riders became lost in the clouds on Ingleborough.
Race winner was Giles Drake (Wheelbase cabtech Castelli) with a time of 3 hours 06 mins (phew!!).
Ladies winner was Bryony Halcrow (Hope Factory Racing).
Big congratulations to both.
Thirteen times winner Rob Jebb came fifth.
There were 343 starters and 313 finishers. Well done to all. This course is a tough one and even tougher when wet. Just finishing is an amazing achievement.
Full Results, see www.sportident.co.uk/results/...
Many thanks to all the volunteer organisers and stewards giving us the opportunity to see this wonderful and spectacular sporting event.
Well done to all all those taking part in this tough, tough race. Not for the faint hearted, but no pain, no gain!
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The 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross is staged in the Yorkshire Dales National Park every year at the end of September. It is the toughest and biggest Cyclo-Cross event in the UK! What else can be said? Great spectacle. Unique event
Total distance: 61kms (38 miles)
Road: 28kms (45mins - 1hr 5mins)
Unsurfaced: 33kms (2hrs 15mins - 4hrs 40mins)
Unrideable: 6kms - 8kms
Total climbing: 1524m (5000ft)
Could you do that in 3 hours and 6 mins - in wet conditions with the cloud down?
Giles Drake did!
Music: 'When it Falls' album by Zero 7
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[@antoniocardinale6958]

Superb filming Ruben ! It captures the essence of this very tough race . Well done to all the athletes .

[@rubensano7213]

Thankyou! It was a difficult day for camera work, very drizzly.