I’ve seen a few races but this has been the craziest, ever. Over 60 000 spectators, a very sandy course and kilometers and kilometers of barriers to keep the two separate. The only problem that it makes it moving around for us, photographers next to impossible, especially that they locked down the level crossings during the elite men’s race and both us and the spectators were only allowed to use the bridges.

It’s been quite a day, long lulls proceeded by frantic running around and the crowd was insane and today was the less popular day! The angles weren’t too diverse as all photographers herded into four designated spots, so the usual me-lying-on-the-course method wasn’t an option. that being said, I managed to take a couple of pretty good photos, so all in all I’m satisfied, taking the constraints into account.

This is just a quick update as I’ve got a Eurotunnel train to catch, but the photos are here nonetheless. The post will be updated in a couple of hours.

I have a tendency to start these quick reports with the words ‘What a day’ but today proved to be very exciting again. The weather forecast promised cold but sunny weather and it was exactly what greeted me at Lievin. I got there after an unusually short drive and got started straight away.

I stayed in England this weekend, the weekend of the National Championships. I enjoyed my first day off in London for a loooooong time and then on Sunday I headed up to Ipswich to see the British Cyclo-cross Nationals.