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looking down from my first vantage point to see the runners gathering on the start line . .

and at 11 o'clock the race is under way . . and as the runners charge away from the start line, a runner from Bishops Stortford takes an early lead . .

but by the time they've reached the foot of the first climb, the eventual winner has already overhauled him and is on his way to victory . .