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The perfect pre-race

he start of a bike race is always an exciting, unique spectacle. It’s where, for a few hours of the day, a seemingly mundane car park is transformed into a hub of activity, with a sea of fans surrounding the neatly packed Tetris of team buses while awaiting the emergence of the riders, autograph books in hand.

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