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3 June 2019, 19:59
Some stories you may have missed at the weekend
Richard Carapaz wins the Giro d’Italia
He’s the first rider from Ecuador to win a Grand Tour – and a national hero now.
It was all happening on Stage 20.
HSBC UK is cutting nine in ten of its staff car-parking spaces – it wants employees to cycle instead
Let’s hope other companies follow British Cycling’s sponsor’s lead.
David Millar and Martin Johnson ride Vélo North route
“Breath-taking is the only way I can describe it,” says Millar
MP suffers broken hand after getting doored while cycling in Bournemouth
And Chris Grayling was nowhere in sight.
“I’ve put 10kg on because I was severely underweight” says Wiggins
They didn’t call him Twiggo for nothing.
3 June 2019, 19:59
... but this one from tthe US involving an axle lever is even more wince-inducing
Ouchee. Click through on the tweet for more pictures and the full story.
so i know we were all worried about disc brakes being unsafe, but can we talk about sharp thru axle levers? pic.twitter.com/Qa8QIZ5cM7
— Colin Reuter (@resultsboy) June 3, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
A very nasty injury at Paris-Rounbaix U23 due to a disc brake rotor ....
It happened to AG2R U23 rider Matteo Jorgenson during yeterday’s race (which was won by the Team Wiggins-Le Col rider, Tom Pidcock).
Roubaix Espoir for me You can be third wheel and still get crashed. Waiting for surgery due to someone disc rotor Didn’t believe they could do this until it happened to me. Thankful for my parents being here pic.twitter.com/K1kBxLwP6J
— Matteo Jorgenson (@matteojorg) June 2, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
How to be vegan at the Giro
Lotto-Soudal’s Adam Hansen explains …
3 June 2019, 19:59
Over on our socials
Make sure you follow us on all the social media platforms to see what we’re reviewing and some general road .cc nonsense. As a little taster, his is a look at one of the latest review bikes.
3 June 2019, 19:59
Giro 2019 - That's a Wrap
The final episode of Mitchelton Scott’s Grio d’Italia.
The team missed their big goals with Simon Yates finishing 8th, 7’49” down on a very impressive Richard Carapaz of Movistar.
But it wasn’t all bad news. The race saw fan-favourite Esteban Chavez returning close to the form of a few years ago. He took an emotional stage win late in the race.
3 June 2019, 19:59
DealClincher - Time for some new sunnies?
If you’re looking for a new pair of sunnies then we’d highly recommend Oakley’s Radar EV. They’re secure on the face and the lens offers great clarity.
3 June 2019, 19:59
Elllen van Dijk's bike stolen - and she has suspicions about the culprit
Are you kidding me?! Woke up this morning to find out my @TrekBikes Madone is stolen! It was in the team bike room @LottoLadiesTour in the middle of a row of bikes from @knwu. Please RT or let me know when you saw anything pic.twitter.com/MSU7Ga7jQY
— Ellen van Dijk (@ellenvdijk) June 2, 2019
Thanks for all the retweets about my stolen @TrekBikes Madone. Most likely somebody from another team in the hotel stole it, as only these people had access to the room. Somebody surely knew what he/she was looking for. Cheers to all the sympathy on twitter! pic.twitter.com/H15i4uZ1hz
— Ellen van Dijk (@ellenvdijk) June 2, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
"On your bike!" says Peter Sagan - for World Bicycle Day
Sound advice from the three-time world champ.
It's #WorldBicycleDay today! Go out for a ride, it's good for you and the planet! @UN @UNEnvironment @c40cities pic.twitter.com/ckUqzYEH4w
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) June 3, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
Video: James Hayden takes an unplanned dip
The ultracyclist has been dipping his toe in the water with mountain biking, riding the Highland Trail 550 last week – and he made a splash, though not in the way he intended …
When you've only been riding a mountain bike for an hour, but you're one to always jump in at the deep end… I saw Dustin nail the river crossing and thought I'd have a go! #ht550 @HT_550 #mycanyon pic.twitter.com/pQ8wW81csq
— James Hayden (@JamesMarkHayden) June 1, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
Marcel Kittel back on the bike (and beer and cake) - but not shaving his legs
Marcel Kittel, who recently announced he was taking an indefinite break from pro cycling, is back on his bike, plus the beer and cake … but he’s not shaving his legs. (As spotted on the German rider’s Instagram account by road.cc reader Josh Owen Morris, though the pictures in question seem to have disappeared now).
Marcel Kittel has come back to the surface over on Instagram. Clearly loving life, he's gone cycle touring on the old East/West German border, eaten cake and er grown his leg hair. pic.twitter.com/mSA76ugn3g
— Josh Owen Morris (@JoshOwenMorris) June 2, 2019
3 June 2019, 19:59
Giro rider asks how many beers needed to replenish Calories after Saturday’s monster stage … a LOT is the answer
A Giro d’Italia rider asked on Twitter how any beers he needed to down to replace the Calories burnt in Saturday’s monster stage in the Dolomites … and the answer was one that would leave even the most hollow-legged of beer aficionados legless, never mind a cyclist at the end of a three-week Grand Tour.
“Today at the Giro I consumed 6,300 Calories,” wrote Groupama-FDJ rider, Jacopo Guarnieri.
“Can anyone tell me how many beers I need to drink to replenish?“
Oggi al #giro ho consumato 6300kcal. Chi mi sa dire quante birre devo bere per una corretta reintegrazione?
— Jacopo Guarnieri (@jacopoguarnieri) June 1, 2019
Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch suggested that Daniel Lloyd, who has been working for the channel during the race, might “know something about that.”
“14 x 330ml Duvels,” Lloyd shot back. “Then you’d have enough left over for a Bud Light, but I wouldn’t bother with that bit.”
14 x 330ml Duvels.
Then you’d have enough left over for a Bud Light, but I wouldn’t bother with that bit.
— Daniel Lloyd (@daniellloyd1) June 1, 2019
“I’m gonna have a funny night, then,” replied Guarnieri.
Another response came from his former Astana team-mate Enrico Gasparotto, now riding for Dimension Data.
“More than you could manage, no doubt,” he said.
Più che riesci senza dubbi!
— Enrico Gasparotto (@enrigasparotto) June 1, 2019
We’re not sure whether he took up Lloyd’s advice of downing a baker’s dozen plus one bottles of the 8.5 per cent ABV Belgian beer … but he finished 117th out of 142 riders in yesterday’s concluding individual time trial in Verona.
3 June 2019, 19:59
Uber's Jump bikes are now out in the wild in London
They launched in the capital last week … we spotted this one at Acton Central Overground on Friday evening. We also saw a couple being ridden past the Houses of Parliament yesterday … it’s difficult to miss them.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Gm_Crop 5 hours ago
I'll counter that by saying the Bryton 750se I have drives me nuts at times. Inconsistantly picks up on routes created on Komoot and the app re-syncs every few seconds when trying to set up the device and sends me back to the home screen. The most infuriating one is that I turned live track on. Once. It now won't turn off and repeatedly flags up the live track is starting, and then disconnecting every few seconds whilst riding. I haven't timed it but it wouldn't suprise me if 10-20% of the time the the screen is covered with an error message. That's been about 6 weeks now. Other than that it's great :/
IanGlasgow 5 hours ago
RE: Police launch road safety operation... by clamping down on cyclists using footbridge Meanwhile in Glasgow, Police Scotland are riding their motorbikes over the pedestrian and cyclists only bridge. https://x.com/FietserGlasgow/status/2065106152917012523?s=20
Rendel Harris 7 hours ago
@Paul J Van Schip certainly seems a bit of a dick, but he's a European and multiple World Champion on the track, pretty sure you don't get there without having some talent in your legs.
Bill H 7 hours ago
Poor Vincent cannot get over the simple fact that given the choice people prefer dedicated cycling spaces, rather than pretending to be cars like vehicular cyclists.
pbunyon 7 hours ago
What is the point of the fancy air sensor if it can't account for changing weather conditions?? If all you care about is a delayed approximation of aerodynamic watts in steady conditions, you don't need any special sensors for that. Just your speed on a decently flat course is enough to approximate rolling resistance and drivetrain losses. And the rest must be aero. If you assume a less aero body position at the same watts, your speed will drop while rolling resistance also drops, which means approximated aero watts goes up. And that's enough to demonstrate what you've shown in your testing protocol ("I sat upright and the number went up a little while later").
chrisonabike 8 hours ago
Your correction is accurate - it's almost always been "the (lack of) thought that (doesn't) count". "Massive" - less than a billion a year spent on active travel (trying to catch up / building a network across the entire country) Not massive - 6 billion every year (2026-2030) spent on road *maintenance* of existing "already built, goes everywhere, very convenient" road network for inactive travel Ultimately the reason "cycle infra" is *needed* is those unbelievably colossal amounts spent every year (and for more than a century now) on making mass motoring not just viable but apparently the "best choice" for most journeys. As the Dutch and others have shown, the majority of people *are* prepared to cycle and even mix with very light, slow local motor traffic *if* cycling is also made safe and convenient for the whole of their journey (including secure parking at both ends). (The history of the financial drivers of the current situation are a complex topic but note that while people complain about "crumbling roads" and underfunded motor infra - with some reason - by us continuing the fuel duty escalator freeze (for example) we're actually helping motorists pay *even less* for that activity / subsidising more of the cost of driving than ever.)
belugabob 8 hours ago
yes, but people will still object - which was my point.
Astralstroll 10 hours ago
So ' Priority of Road Users' and 1.5 metre clearance at 30mph has been been reduced to 'sharing'? NCN route 2 here in South Hams is an absolute scream with white vans, tractors and total idiots who refuse,or are totally incapable,to reverse on high Devon banked lanes ...means you have to get off and pedal back to a passing place....could be at that all day...so I don't bother...
Mr Anderson 11 hours ago
@MaxiMinimalist Agreed. The big problem I see now is today's parents grew up being driven to their schools, and therefore, see private motor vehicles as the only viable form of transport. The vast majority of UK infant and primary schools have a catchment area that is within easy walking distance from home to school. Yet, the traffic caused by pupils being driven to/from school is astonishing. Banishing the "School Run" should be a priority for all schools.
MaxiMinimalist 12 hours ago
When I was a kid (that was during the previous millenium when phones were connected to a plug in the wall), I rode my bicycle to school, music academy, sport grounds, parties even during the winter. The government didn't have to spend, correct that, didn't have to think of spending massive amounts of money to build cycling specific infrastructures. Over the past 3 or 4 decades, cars have grown bigger, taller, safer (for their drivers) and faster. Meanwhile, motorists have become abusive, aggressive, hypersensitive to people moving on two wheels, aka cyclists. Spending billions upon billions on new infrastructure won't address the crux of the matter. Sadly.
5 thoughts on “Live blog: Kittel back on the bike (and cake and beer) – but not shaving his legs; Giro rider asks how much beer he must drink to replenish calories after monster stage (answer – A LOT); James Hayden makes a splash – inadvertently (video) + more”
I wonder what the ‘disc
I wonder what the ‘disc brakes don’t cut through skin’ brigade are going to say about this incident?
Pretty shitty for van Dijk, if she has her suspicions then surely the team would be getting the police involved and checking all the other teams for the bike no given her accusation?
As for the 14 beers, I would think post race a couple of shandies would put many pro cyclists on the floor, 14 bottles would be enough for the whole team to get pissed
At last we have definitive
At last we have definitive proof on one debate. No discs please.
I don’t understand these disc
I don’t understand these disc injuries. Were they not on the wheel at the time? How can the edge of the disc come into contact with a leg this way? The rim and spokes will get in the way.
flat4 wrote:
That is a really nasty looking injury
– it looks like a special effect!
(Disclaimer: *my* bike has v-brakes…).
flat4 wrote:
It’s possible, particularly if the disc has a sharp edge – e.g. if the wheel is effectively sliding it’s spokes across the top of your leg, then you potentially cut the inside of your thigh, or you can knock your knee against them from a number of angles – but it’s actually difficult to make big cuts with them. This, I think, has been the main point of those who didn’t subscribe to the ‘pro peloton to be instantly reduced into pile of quivering mince-meat’ frame of mind, rather than it’s impossible. This may well turn out to be caused by a disc – who knows – but as seen further up this news segment and elsewhere, you can get slashed by any number of parts of a bike.
That said, i’ve not actually seen a large gash caused by a rotor on the road yet – the two hyped cuts in recent memory turned out to be almost certainly caused by a chainring and protruding part of a barrier.