After almost being cancelled due to a typhoon the Saitama Criterium went ahead as planned last weekend. Our good friend Hiroshi braved the elements and sent us a few of his photos from the day...
As expected there was a huge turnout of spectators, it's not often the Tour De France comes to Asia, let alone sleepy Saitama...
The "race" was won, somewhat unsurprisingly by Team Sky's TDF winner Chris Froome...
...Who also managed to try out a few more traditional Japanese sports while he was here...
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There is talk of the actual Tour De France one day having a start in Asia, if that ever happens we highly recommend they hold a time trial around Nara Koen! There are more photos of the event over on Enomoto Yasutake's Flickr page.
As expected there was a huge turnout of spectators, it's not often the Tour De France comes to Asia, let alone sleepy Saitama...
The "race" was won, somewhat unsurprisingly by Team Sky's TDF winner Chris Froome...
...Who also managed to try out a few more traditional Japanese sports while he was here...
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There is talk of the actual Tour De France one day having a start in Asia, if that ever happens we highly recommend they hold a time trial around Nara Koen! There are more photos of the event over on Enomoto Yasutake's Flickr page.