{"id":762908,"date":"2026-09-07T13:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762908\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:40:10","slug":"cyclists-take-starring-role-on-roads-round-earlston-and-peebles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762908\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists take starring role on roads round Earlston and Peebles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Neil Dalgleish of Tour O The Borders organisers Hillside Outside said it had been a &#8220;great weekend despite some challenging weather on the high roads on Sunday&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Touro riders are a positive and hardy bunch \u2013 we had 2,000 of them out there facing the elements in distinctly un-summer like conditions at times &#8211; but they battled through it and returned to Peebles in sunshine and full of smiles,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said it had also been great to see nearly 300 riders take part in the Wee Touro on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Peebles was buzzing all weekend \u2013 the area was packed with visitors and cyclists,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know the road closures cause some inconvenience but we absolutely believe it&#8217;s worth it for local businesses and the long-term reputation of the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Next year it&#8217;s the Tour de France \u2013 roll on next summer!&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neil Dalgleish of Tour O The Borders organisers Hillside Outside said it had been a &#8220;great weekend despite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-762908","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\/762908","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=762908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}