Since the turn of the decade, London has now witnessed the Olympic test event – a forerunner to the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, the Olympic road race and time trial, two RideLondon weekends, a stage of the Tour de France and several Tour of Britain stages amongst other events.

So the locals could be forgiven for beginning to tire of the cycling events being thrown at them left, right and centre.

However, while significantly down in number on the previous year, the crowds still came to show their support and line the route – buoyed by the return of Sir Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky).

Dorking, Putney Bridge and, of course, The Mall were among the hot spots on the route, with plenty of Union Jacks and hand-made signs in support of the Brits.

A British one-two will doubtless have helped maintain interest too but organisers should heed the small warning of the lower crowds.

Elite racing in the capital is a great spectacle – but less, or at least the same as at present, can certainly be more.

British cycling seems to have the right formula at the moment, with the Tour of Yorkshire to be added to the calendar for next year – let’s hope the winning combination of races continues to draw the crowds.