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Live blog: Sagan’s new jersey unveiled, Valverde plans to race at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games before retiring, behind the scenes look at Brompton to feature on ITV4 tonight + more
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Tue, Oct 02, 2018 14:25
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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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polainm 30 minutes ago
@ymm In my view, lax sentencing of dangerous drivers, especially where cyclists are involved, makes the judge, jury and CPS complicit in UK driver culture. This driver is a sociopath.
slc 32 minutes ago
@Mr Blackbird i reckon the libido is a bit overrated. I'd let that go rather than a limb or a nice bike.
jaymack 36 minutes ago
There are a number of armchair prosecutors on this site who happily heap criticism on the CPS for the decisions they make, sometimes deservedly so. I note that none of them are have so far applauded the over worked, under paid specialist prosecutor at the regional Complex Casework Unit who successfully took this to trial. It would have been easy to accept guilty plea to a lesser charge, but she didn't - thank you.
belugabob 44 minutes ago
The force also noted that almost all of these serious collisions occurred in 30mph zones where, police claim, “drivers feel most comfortable and familiar in their local area”. Yes, my neighbourhood is a 30mph zone, and the residents have become so comfortable and familiar with it that they feel comfortable with exceeding the limit with regular aplomb, parking in the most ridiculous of places and overtaking parked cars into the path of oncoming vehicles (despite those vehicle having bright lights) 🙄
ktache 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris I'd like to see a lifetime driving ban. I may be disappointed...
thrawed 1 hour ago
Not when it's in this country. It's a muck fest. I'd rather avoid having to destroy my drivetrain every ride as it gets coated in peanut butter mud.
MoralHazard 1 hour ago
Hedley avoided a jail sentence “by the narrowest of margins”. Still the same outcome, and even more infuriating...
ChrisA 1 hour ago
When commenting on the length; a picture of the full leg, or at least to the knee, would be helpful.
MoralHazard 1 hour ago
@eburtthebike two lives ruined, but one by choice...
HoarseMann 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris yep, that would have looked interesting! I think we all know though that at the first downpour it would actually turn into a canal, given the usual standards of drainage on cycling infrastructure! It would also make it more difficult to cycle to destinations on Oxford Street, rather than just through it. I'm thinking a wide median, with planting, lighting, seating, maybe a few public toilets and of course plenty of Sheffield stands for bicycle parking. With one-way cycle lanes either side.
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Whould be great to see the
Whould be great to see the TOB down here in Cornwall.
However, either you run stage 1 round a car park – or you go propper cornish lanes, and you end up with a day so selective and hard that you essentially decide the race on day 1.
They should do it the other way round – and end the race in Cornwall.
As for the TDF – yes it would be great to see; but after seeing Yorkshire, I don’t think we have the space. You can fit the race into Cornwall, or you can fit the crouds into Cornwall – but both together??? Would the TDF want a really hard day for stage 1?