Cyclists in London are being urged to complete an online survey compiled by a senior police collision investigator that seeks to explore risk-taking behaviour by bike riders on the capital’s streets.

It is hoped that responses to the survey will help lead to a greater understanding of the complex and often fatal relationship between cyclists and lorries on the capital’s streets.

Members of the team of celebrities that earlier this month cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End to raise more than £1 million for charity were yesterday honoured at a reception at Number Ten Downing Street by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Vuelta winner Alejandro Valverde is facing a worldwide ban from cycling after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) threw out his appeal against a decision of the Italian Olympic Committee, CONI, to ban him from racing in Italy for two years from May 2009.

That ban came about after a sample taken from Valverde during the Tour de France’s 2008 excursion into Italy was found to be a DNA match for a codenamed blood sample seized as part of the Spanish Operacion Puerto investigation.

A cyclist from Oxfordshire who planned to use his redundancy settlement to spend two months riding much of the route from London to Sydney, Australia has finally returned home after three years in the saddle and 37,000 miles.

Former IT worker John Harwood, who combined intercontinental flights with spells on his bike to get down under, enjoyed the experience of cycling across continents so much that he carried on pedalling in a trip that took him to countries such as New Zealand, Japan and the United States.

Today the full list of teams invited to compete in this year's Halford's Tour Series is announced, among them is Kuota - road.cc.  Ten teams will battle it out in town and city centres across the country during May and June.

A pedal-powered submarine formulated at the University of Bath is to feature on a Channel 5 programme tonight (Monday).

The Gadget Show is to feature the handiwork of BURST (Bath Uni Racing Submarine Team) who, over a two year period, have designed, built, funded and raced pedal-powered subs.