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Alex Bowden

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Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn’t especially like cake.  
Sir Dave Brailsford (BBC via iPlayer).jpg

Brailsford says elite teams need to guard against getting “too fluffy” and “too PC”

Says he is “all for athlete welfare” but doesn’t want to lose “the very essence of what it took to win in the first place”
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Irish police stop DIY enthusiast riding mountain bike fitted with petrol engine

It’s not just cyclists who have been making dangerous modifications to vehicles either
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British Cycling logo at Lee Valley, World Championships 2016 (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).JPG

British Cycling will retain public funding after approving governance changes

Many had predicted national council would vote against reforms
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Mixed reaction to plans to transform Scarborough’s Cinder Track into a “cyclists’ motorway”

Concern that cyclists’ speeds will increase considerably on shared-use path
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1upawGXbZM

Amstel to open ‘ice bath pub’ for Prudential Ride London so riders can enjoy two types of recovery simultaneously

Free beer!

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Alex Dowsett to launch ‘controversial’ Blackwater Valley cycle route

Shared-use route has had a bad press following traffic disruption during its construction
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Met Police launch close pass operation

No roadside education option for professional drivers – they’ll just be reported
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Police attempt to trace motorist after CCTV captures moment Leicester cyclist suffered horrific hit and run

Cyclist appears to have run red light
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Warren Barguil (via YouTube).jpg

KoMs and QoMs aplenty as the pros race up the Col d’Izoard

Plus what happens to a domestique when they drop off the front group?
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Sussex van driver filmed forcing cyclist off road denies dangerous driving

Driver is reported to have had his employment terminated by firm that owns van
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