Live blog: Kill Bill stuntwoman in shocking distracted driving video, More Dafne Fixed ski madness, Jason Kenny's early celebration, GB CX Worlds squad, Jens Voigt prods ‘Snowflake’ generation + more

You may not know the name Zoë Bell, but you may well have seen her on screen – among other things, she was Uma Thurman’s stunt double in the Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill, and is also an actress in her own right.

She’s just popped back to her native New Zealand from Hollywood, and posted to Facebook a video of herself cruising around her old neighbourhood in a car in what is possibly the worst case of distracted driving we have ever seen.

Flying the flag for @wolves with my new cycling jersey. Great to be part of the #wolfpack on the road as well as at Molineux. #ONEPACK pic.twitter.com/fvEKVnt5jw

— Andy Tennant (@tennanto) January 28, 2019

Definitely not drawing attention to this because one road.cc staffer happens to follow the gold and black army... but anyway check out Canyon  Eisberg rider Andy Tennant's custom Wolves cycling jersey! 

 

 

 

 

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OMG @kappa.1985 #velocityedit #dafnefixed #bikeporn #bicicletta #extreme #gopro #snow #snowboard #snowboarding #skiing #skii

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The famous Italian bike shop sent this fella out in a skinsuit to try out a new bit of tech. It all looked to be working pretty well on the short Instagram vids we saw last week but this longer clip documents a bit more of a struggle! Below we see they've now worked out a slightly better solution for riding through the ice and snow...

 

 

 

 

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Test new TIRES . #snow #dafnefixed #bikeporn #bicicletta #extreme #fixedgear #cycling #rimini #gopro

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British Cycling's 18-strong squad for the Cyclocross World Championships has just been announced. Three senior elite females (Nikki Brammeier​, Beth Crumpton​ and Helen Wyman) and just one elite male (Ian Field) have been selected, and Tom Pidcock will stay at U-23 level to go for a rainbow jersey. According to our CX expert Liam, Anna Kay is a strong tip to medal in the women's U-23 category. All races will take place over this weekend (2-3 February) in Bogense, Denmark. Here's the squad in full: 

Elite women

Nikki Brammeier​
Beth Crumpton​
Helen Wyman

Elite men
Ian Field

Under-23 women

Anna Flynn
Harriet Harnden​
Anna Kay
Maddie Wadsworth

Under-23 men

Cameron Mason
Thomas Mein​
Tom Pidcock​
Dan Tulett​
Ben Turner

Junior men

Lewis Askey​
Oliver Draffan​
Rory McGuire
Ben Tulett​
Simon Wylie

The Dutch invest €595 million—or €35 per resident—annually on cycling (15 times that of nearby England). Seem expensive?

Those 17 million people collectively cycle 15.5 billion km.—or 912 km. per resident—annually, saving their healthcare system €19 billion (3% of their GDP). pic.twitter.com/x2S1UApvVj

— Modacity (@modacitylife) January 27, 2019

Ex-professional cyclist Jens Voigt says today’s ‘Snowflake’ generation want instant riches without putting the hard work in.

Speaking to India’s Economic Times during a trip to Mumbai, the 47-year-old, who began his career with a four-year stint in a specialist sports unit of the German army, contrasted his experience with that of young people coming into the sport now.

“Millennials or snowflakes, or whatever you want to call them, struggle with the idea of having to work hard to be up there,” he said.

“They want to be a millionaire in two weeks. It doesn’t work like that. You have got to be realistic about yourself, work hard and when you get results, you get a reward. You cannot start a career asking for rewards and maybe 10 years later you deliver.

"That’s the lesson I’m teaching my kids — work hard first and then everything else will come.” 

In the interview, the father-of-six also talks about family life and how wanting to get home to his kids “in one piece” after races led to younger riders teasing him, “Hey Jens, you’re descending like a grandmother!”

London-based cargo bike taxi and delivery service Pedal Me made their much-anticipated Dragons’ Den appearance last night.

Tonight’s first nail-biter – will Ben, Robert, Chris AND their bike get in the lift? #dragonsden pic.twitter.com/cYVaxZFwuM

— BBC Dragons' Den (@BBCDragonsDen) January 27, 2019

We already knew they’d got a bit of a savaging from Touker Souleyman, who called them “delusional” – so how did they get on? Well, you can watch them on Dragons’ Den on BBC iPlayer here (they’fre the first pitch), otherwise click through to the show’s Twitter feed and scroll upwards from the tweet above to find out.

A number of road.cc readers at the weekend contrasted the punishment handed to the Iain Plumb for hitting a horse during the cycling leg of the Royal Windsor Triathlon with the community order handed to a 19-year-old driver convicted of causing the death through careless driving of cyclist Jason Ingle in Lincolnshire last year.

Hadley Fisher was given 300 hours of community work and was been banned from driving for two years after admitting the offence. He had been overtaking Mr Ingle at 60mph on a narrow road when the fatal crash happened.

Click through on the headlines to catch up on some of the other stories you may have missed over the weekend.

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Rapha founder and CEO Sinon Mottram says the Walton brothers, who bought the business in 2017, are in for the long haul

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Meet Iain O’Brien, the former international cricketer who’s one of the people behind the Hedkayse multi-impact cycle helmet

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