......the Tour of Spain swept into Olvera this afternoon in a blaze of colourful jerseys, car horns blaring, whistle blowing and applause and cheers from the large crowd of onlookers.
A procession of competitors support cars and dozens of Guardia Civil vehicles and motorcycles preceded the cyclists into Olvera. The Policia Local, ably assisted by the volunteer members of the Protección Civil safely managed the crowd and traffic.
We arrived at the Plaza de la Concordia just over an hour before the cyclists were due to arrive in order to gain a good viewing point. It wasn't long before crowds of people began to appear with probably the same idea.
I love the spanish people. If you've a camera, they are always happy to pose for a picture, as this group of lads were.
There were also a few helicopters overhead.
The leaders appeared right on time at about 3.30pm, on the 174km (108 mile) stage of the race, finishing eventually in Marbella. Olvera is at the 82km mark so still quite a way to go.
Within minutes, the competitors had passed by followed by even more support cars.
This chap was the last in the field, a fair way behind the others, but probably received the biggest cheer of encouragement and applause from the onlookers.
And then they were gone, on their way to Torre Alháquime, Setenil and ultimately Marbella.
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