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The Norfolk crowds of an estimated 70,000 people were apparently the biggest of any stage, and the race may return to Norfolk next year. My former colleague Mike Douglass is a keen cyclist and took his group down to the Tuesday Market Place in King's Lynn to watch the roll-out.
Tour of Britain Chief Executive Hugh Roberts said:
"We thought this was one of the best parts of the whole of Britain to cycle, and I thought that King's Lynn was a perfect place to start the race. It's very historic and could almost be the definitive starting place. We thought that bringing it here would help emphasise the activity of cycling because of the lovely lanes and roads in this part of the world. It showed the Norfolk countryside in the best possible light..."
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