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Few people enjoying the sunshine in London’s sprawling Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this afternoon would have been aware that they were close to a sporting first – as British Cycling held its first-ever eRacing National Championship in partnership with Zwift and Wahoo.

10 men and 10 women are fighting it out to be crowned the inaugural national champions today – the third and final races will be broadcast live tonight by BT Sport from 8pm from their studios in East London.

We’ve been lucky enough to be down there today, and BT Sport have pulled all the stops out – the riders are arrayed, horseshoe fashion, in a huge studio and it has been fascinating to watch the production process.

Of course, virtual cycling will never take the place of the real deal on the road, but with eSports attracting some huge audiences both online and in arenas, we may have just got a glimpse of a new discipline emerging.

It’s the first time in any country that virtual cycling has had this kind of platform. It’s also a bit bizarre, though to see riders you know from the UK elite racing scene battle it out on turbo trainers – and with an absolutely HUGE screen showing their Zwift avatars behind.

One thing’s for sure. Zwift will never look the same on a laptop again.

“Interactions with cars” mostly

A recent study administered the Cycling Anger Scale (CAS) to a sample of 636 active cyclists (who regularly ride on-road) in a bid to understand the situations that provoke the most anger in cyclists, and whether this anger differed according to how comfortable they were with cycling.

Researchers identified four different situations that provoke anger in cyclists.

1. Interactions with cars
2. Interactions with pedestrians
3. Interactions with other cyclists
4. Police presence

The least anger provoking situations involved interactions with police. The most anger provoking situations involved interactions with cars.

The study said: “This is likely to be due to the higher level of danger associated with collisions with motor vehicles for cyclists.”

Anger also differed according to levels of cycling confidence. Those with higher levels of confidence generally reported lower levels of anger – particularly when interacting with cars and other cyclists.

In contrast, a 2017 study of driver anger at cyclists found that it is often borne of ignorance of the law.

Classic fever.... SC #cycling #vittoria pic.twitter.com/mMJh1Ftk6b

— Sonny Colbrelli (@sonnycolbrelli) March 27, 2019

There's no real need to link to the article. The headline reads "If cyclists don't want to be 'dehumanised' they could start by behaving like decent human beings" and you can pretty much auto-complete the rest of the piece.

We've covered Street-Porter's views on cycling before. She believes that cyclists want all other forms of transport ‘eradicated’ and once said that “cyclists and their powerful backers are destroying London for the rest of us.”

Both the afternoon and evening sessions will be livestreamed on British Cycling’s Facebook page and website. The evening races will be live on BT Sport.

Full schedule and other info here.