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11 things we've learnt this week

Fascinating facts and figures from the past seven days on road.cc

1. Last Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix was the fastest ever, race winner Greg van Avermaet covering the 257km (159.7 mile) course at an average speed of 45.2km/h (28.1mph).
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London cyclists at Hyde Park Corner (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpg
2. There was a 133 per cent rise in the number of trips made by bicycle in London from 2000-15, according to Transport for London.
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3. The 100-mile route of the Devil Ride in mid-Wales features over 3,000m of climbing.
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Tom Boonen on disc brakes (source Quick Step Floors Cycling Team on Facebook).jpg

4. Every rider in the peloton will be using disc brakes within two years, according to Specialized CEO Mike Sinyard.
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Towcester cycle lane.JPG5. Northamptonshire boasts a cycle lane that’s just 4.2 metres long.
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Brian Musson in ITV Tour de Yorkshsire 2017 advert (source Twitter video still).PNG
6. The star of the new ITV ad to publicise its coverage of the Tour de Yorkshire is 85 years old. 
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Plumtree pothole (source PlumtreePeople on Twitter).jpg
7. Residents of a village in Nottinghamshire have held a birthday party for a pothole that has gone unrepaired for two years.
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Festka bike for Nespresso.jpg

8. A bicycle built by Czech bike producer Festka from recycled Nespresso coffee capsules has been sold at a charity auction for just over £5,000.
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9. Cuban cyclist Felix Guirola is aiming to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by riding a 7.5-metre high bike.
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10. Hackney is launching a cycle taxi service for older people.
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Climbing Box Hill (CC-BY-2.0 Sizbut:Flickr)
11. Box Hill’s Zig Zag Road, the UK's most popular cycling climb according to Strava, will be one-way only this Easter weekend.
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Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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