The weather was fantastic by Wear-Tees standards, sunny one minute, hail stones the next, the only real constant during the whole day was the grind. The championship course itself took in over 6,008 feet of climbing in a not so long 43.2 miles. There were four competed climbs, however, looking at the route afterwards reveals the course actually takes in four category three climbs and two category four climbs. None the less Stephen Mckenna of Tyne and … Read entire article »