Christine Majerus wins stage one of the Women's Tour
Ninety one riders left Southwold at 10:00
Organisers hail "phenomenal" support
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
I hope these spectators realise the Women's Tour riders have to go round that sharp left hand bend in Bungay.
Thank goodness it hasn't started raining yet.
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
I've arrived in Bungay, where the town's chicken mascot is preparing to welcome the Women's Tour.
The cyclists are due to arrive here at about 11:55, but the race seems to be slightly ahead of schedule.
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Doreen Guy's daughter Susan says she takes her mum out in her wheelchair to see something every day.
I think she made a wise choice taking the 88-year-old to see the Women's Tour in Lowestoft today, don't you?
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Listeners to BBC Radio Suffolk will have heard the noise being made by these school pupils in Lowestoft... but in case you missed it:
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Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
The Women's Tour as it happened along the Wellington Esplanade in Lowestoft.
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Thanks to Colin Huggins for these photos from Blythburgh, where the tour passed through shortly after starting in Southwold.
Image source, Colin Huggins
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Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk
Amazing noise and cheers from school children as the cyclists come through Lowestoft.
They're now on their way to Beccles.
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Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk
Let's keep our fingers crossed for residents of the Shaftesbury Court Residential Home, Lowestoft, with manager Lesley Pyner (centre back), that thunderstorms hold off for a bit longer:
Andrew Turner
BBC Radio Norfolk
St Mary's RC Primary School children practice waving their flags, under the watchful eye of head teacher Alex Savage.
They're cheering the name of Lizzie Armitstead.
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Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Here in Lowestoft, where the Women's Tour is due to arrive in about 15 minutes, three generations of the same family have come to watch the event.
Linda Barrett (right) said: "We've been into town, thought we would stop and have a look.
"We're hoping it's not going to go too fast for us to get a really good look."
Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Alison Condie, owner of Hunny Bee vintage in Lowestoft, said: "We are all wearing yellow t-shirts to celebrate the Tour coming through Kirkley.
"It's a big day for us, we can't wait to see it - it's very exciting."
Andrew Woodger
BBC News
Ilona Hoeksma won the Queen of the Mountain in Halesworth.
Guy Campbell
BBC Radio Suffolk
There was applause for the Women's Tour as it came through Halesworth.
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Kate Williams
BBC Local Live
Do you think the Women's Tour riders will use this cycle lane on the Wellington Esplanade in Lowestoft?
