Tour de France at Blackley - tail end Charlie

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Tour de France at Blackley - tail end Charlie

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 6 Jul 2014

He doesn't look happy about being last on the road, probably due to mechanical problems rather than lack of fitness. He gets just as much encouragement from the crowd as the front-runners. Looking at the exif data, he was only a minute behind the peloton.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.673938
Longitude
-1.842839