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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.  
MSR 2020 finish

Milan-Sanremo: Wout van Aert takes the somewhat belated first Monument of the season

A new date, a new route – but still the same finish
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Noel Gallagher (CC licensed by Drew de F Fawkes via Flickr)

Noel Gallagher says the only downside of cycling is “the f***ing helmet”

High Flying Birds frontman rides four times a week
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Fabio Jakobsen out of coma as team mulls legal action against Dylan Groenewegen

Former UCI president among those to take issue with downhill sprint finishes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97_ZdSDCXeI

Near Miss of the Day 451: Driver flirts with head-on collision to get to red light slightly sooner

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country – today it's the West Midlands

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Canadian woman who boasted of drunk driving before killing cyclist is again jailed for drunk driving

Motorist who celebrated dangerous driving on social media was on parole
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Bike thief

Thief who targeted high value bikes banned from town centre

Man who took seven bikes mustn’t “enter or loiter near” bike racks anywhere in the country
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Anti-cycling bingo cards ready? @JeremyVineOn5’s “nightmare” phone-in; road.cc hack’s partner surprised at sudden tattoo conversion; Dutch hackers hijack traffic lights via cycling app; More fallout on Jakobsen crash + more on live blog

Today's live blog with Alex Bowden (daytime) and Simon MacMichael (evening)
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Two abreast

Cycling club chairman complains of being held up by cyclists riding two abreast

A proposed revision to the Highway Code would tell cyclists to “ride in single file when drivers wish to overtake”
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Cyclist in road

Derbyshire cyclist chanced M1 as a ‘shortcut’

Rider knew he wasn’t allowed to cycle on the road
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Annemiek Van Vleuten wins Strade Bianche (LaPresse – D’Alberto – Ferrari

Stolen bikes, positive coronavirus tests, victories for vans Vleuten and Aert – World Tour racing returns with Strade Bianche

World Tour gets back underway in Italy
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