They take their cycling very seriously in the Netherlands – except when they don't, as this video from the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships shows.

It's a refreshingly mad idea: wait until the weather forecast is for Force 9 gales and then run a time trial along a windswept sea wall. To make it even more entertaining, make the riders use upright, one-speed bikes, even if they're legendary mountain bike racer Bart Brentjens.

The weather-dependence meant the race had to be organised at the last minute, but even with just two days to get the word out, it attracted 200 lunatics, er, competitors.

Brentjens eventually finished ninth. Winner Wouter Mesker took 18 minutes and six seconds to cover the 8.5km course

We're particularly impressed with the TV presenter here. How many British presenters could hop on a bike and do a piece to camera while riding and holding a microphone?