UK registration numbers - I think I can see two 'OJ' - Birmingham, a WE - Sheffield, and an HE - Sheffield/Barnsley.
Rather a lot of national symbols about though - Union Jack badge on the coat pocket of the bloke standing behind no. 82 and a Union Jack flag under the handlebars of no. 86, just behind him. No. 96 has a flag with a shamrock on his handlebars, and is that another shamrock showing on the guy by the telegraph pole, just above the plate for no. 92? Also no. 88 clearly doesn't have a UK reg plate - someone will know where that style of number comes from.
No. 84 looks to have a small headlight, right behind the front reg plate. He's also got some serious boxes (inner tubes?) strapped to the back mudguard. From his expression I'd reckon he's much too competitive to have overlooked a broken stand spring, more like he's just dragged the bike forward off the stand from a sitting position and now he's concentrating hard on his route to the first checkpoint...
Excellent picture - just waiting for Roger or Vincent to tell us exactly when and where it was!
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