Tour Of The Dengie Marshes: Nice One Sam!

Its easy to get blase' when ya look at all the great cycling pics on the net. There's been some great ones, I don't think too many will argue against Nicole Cooke's Olympic win in the Beijing rain. However on the British Road Racing scene this year there was just one standout picture for me - a shot of Sam Humpheson, a 1st cat Rider from London Dynamo. It was taken at the "The Tour Of The Dengie Marshes" (Hell of the East) They say a picture is worth a few sides of A4 copy and I think you can see why. According to the organisers "The Tour Of the Dengie Marshes" or Hell of The East is a race [held mainly] on unclassified single track farm roads. Not unlike Northern Flanders – narrow / twisting / little used and not regularly maintained. The steepest climb is over a railway bridge Vast open stretches , just above sea level , provide little shelter and should encourage "full on" racing. By all accounts it was a classic race - thankfully I wasn't there to testify to this. Muddy racing is definitely not my thing