That stalled the chase just enough for Vakoc to remain ahead, although the final climb from Colne Water past the railway station and up Albert Road – with the finish line hidden tantalisingly round a left-hand bend – clearly stretched him to t
Instead, Marco offers him a shop-bought bottle of mineral water. Stannard, phlegmatic to ... With 100m to go, we reach the deviation, and find ourselves suddenly in the distinctly unexciting environs of a municipal car park in Colne. It