11 things we’ve learnt this week

1. Mark Cavendish has reportedly earned a place in the Team GB cycling squad for the Rio Olympic games, although it has yet to be announced.
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2. Team Sky uses up to 35,000 drinks bottles per year. 
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3. You can sometimes have a stolen bike returned to you even if you don’t report it stolen.
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4. Alejandro Valverde’s Fleche Wallonne victory this week came a decade after he first won the race.
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5. Very sophisticated hidden motors inside race bikes could be triggered by a rider’s heart rate exceeding a certain level.
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6. You can buy Dani King’s Colnago V1-r race bike for $6,500.
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7. Half of London’t bikes aren’t roadworthy, according to a mobile bike repair firm.
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8. Strava doesn’t sanction cyclists who have been caught doping.
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9. Hidden motors were used by top riders at the 2015 Tour de France, according to a Franco-Italian investigation.
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10. You can buy a Grand Tour colouring in book. 
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11. You can’t now use a disc-equipped bike in many French sportives, including L’Etape du Tour.
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