{"id":759262,"date":"2026-09-04T03:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759262\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T03:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T03:08:15","slug":"spitfire-and-tour-de-france-winner-among-tour-of-britain-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759262\/","title":{"rendered":"Spitfire and Tour de France winner among Tour of Britain highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The race began with a neutralised start at the Market Place at about 10:30 BST, where riders travelled through the opening section at a controlled speed before the official racing got under way on Boston Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The town hosted a day-long festival of cycling and family entertainment, and also screened live race coverage in the Market Place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dale Broughton, leader of Boston Borough Council, said it was a landmark day for the town and for East Lindsey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We always do things big in Boston. Hosting the start of the stage&#8230; racing through the Wolds and finishing on Skegness seafront will be a day that residents, visitors and businesses will remember.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cycling enthusiasts Jo Hartley and Pat O&#8217;Connell travelled from York to watch the beginning of the race, and were also hoping to catch a glimpse of the end. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jo said: &#8220;I like to pick somewhere I&#8217;ve not been before. So I look at the race and go, &#8216;I don&#8217;t know that town, lets go and visit it&#8217;. I wanted to know what Boston was like, so I chose here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Stood among the spectators was former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Yesterday was really good. It was super exciting to watch,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So yes, we will see what today brings.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The race began with a neutralised start at the Market Place at about 10:30 BST, where riders travelled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}