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Cycling over 1,100 kilometres and climbing more than 18,000 metres are just two of the individual feats accomplished in the first 15 days of Guernsey's own 'Tour de France'.
The overall race leader and yellow jersey holder is still the main man from Group 2, Lee Hubert, who is showing great form going into the final phase, clocking up some 1,170 kilometres inside the first 15 days of the race.
The other group leaders in yellow are Sara James, who closed the gap despite giving away the 10% handicap to the G2 overall race leader, and Chris Queripel, who has now claimed the yellow for G3 having accumulated more than 250 kilometres in the saddle in the past five days.
The polkadot or “King of the Mountain”prize looks unlikely to be prised off Yorkshireman Stacy Bramley, who has now climbed a staggering 18,496 metres.
Pictured: A group of cyclists at Les Varendes.
Mr Bramley is now just 5,000 metres short of the climb that the charity cyclists will take on in the 2021 Tour De Sez - one of the main reasons behind the local challenge is preparation for that.
Meanwhile, Pedro Bishop looks to have outgunned the field for the green and white jerseys, dominating across the board in his bid to amass the most time in the saddle and number of rides.
The organisers have thanked the public for their ongoing support for the challenge and the Sarah Groves Foundation, saying the race itself has proved incredibly informative.
"A great deal of useful information has been gathered on how groups and individuals perform and the race organisers have benefited from the conclusions which can be drawn from the vast data collated throughout the race.
"G1 are now race leaders even with their 20% overall handicap, G2 currently sit in last place despite having the overall race leader in the ranks, and G3 are just slightly off the pace of G1 albeit still far too close to call at this time."
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