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Adrian Lord comes straight out and says what we all know to be true. The Tour de France was just a warm up for Yorkshire. The 3 Peaks is the real deal.
Whernside is the descent that everybody loves to hate. The top section starts innocently enough, but then there are steps, rideable with courage but not for the fainthearted, followed by slabs punctuated with yawning gaps and boggy ditches off to the side. When that horror is over a section of rocky path awaits, with massive boulders waiting to rip out spokes and bend derailleurs. Only when you have negotiated these terrors are you rewarded with a lovely smooth gravel track to Ribblehead.
Lordonabike on Cycling: Just Grand! How to top the Grand Depart.
