Live blog: Bar wars! Energy bar brawl; Hammersmith Bridge closed 'indefinitely' to motorists... which is great for cyclists; Wahoo Elemnt Bolt in ltd edition colours; Phew! Extra loos for Yorkshire Worlds after 2014 Grand Départ 'mix-up' + more

There’s an energy bar brawl brewing.

On March 6, Clif took out a full-page ad in the New York Times challenging rival firm Kind to go organic, offering help and 10 tons of free organic ingredients

In a tweet, Kind replied: “It’s deceptive to try to pass off organic brown rice syrup as healthy. We’d be happy to meet with you and share why we focus on making snacks that always lead with nutrient-dense ingredients like whole nuts, whole grains & whole fruit – instead of sugar.”

Forbes reports that Kind is now setting up a pop-up where visitors will be able to use a mobile device to see the sugar content of common nutrition and energy bars and also explore the different types of sweeteners used in these and other processed foods.

Come say at our pop up. April 10th & 11th. 579 Broadway, NYC. 10AM – 6PM. pic.twitter.com/Xx2IAh96nv

— KIND Snacks (@KINDSnacks) April 9, 2019

Watch the footage here.

ABANDONS

Étape 3 @ehitzulia

Jonathan Castroviejo »Team Sky
Patrick Bevin »CCC Team
Steve Cummings »Team Dimension Data
Adam Hansen »Lotto Soudal
Ángel Madrazo & José Fernandes »Burgos-BH
Steff Cras »Team Katusha - Alpecin#Itzulia #lesrp pic.twitter.com/bpRUO1azA1

— WSFR Cyclisme (@WSFR_Cyclisme) April 10, 2019

Cummings of Dimension Data suffered a broken clavicle on stage three yesterday, according to this update on the team's website from Dr Samuel Fisser: “Steve crashed around 25km into today’s stage 3 of Itzulia Basque Country and had to stop the race. After further examinations, scans revealed that Steve has a fracture of the left clavicle. Fortunately, at this stage surgery will not be required as part of his recovery process. We will continue to monitor Steve until he has made a full recovery."

Sky's Castroviejo has suffered a broken right clavicle which requires surgery according to their team doctor, and also some smaller fractures including a rib and his left wrist. He should be heading home from hospital today.   

You might have seen on yesterday's live blog that we teased a teaser from Wahoo who said 'something new' was coming today... forgive us for being a little underwhelmed but it turns out the surprise was the very good Elemnt Bolt but just in blue or pink limited edition colourways. They're the same price as the standard edition at £199.99, click here if you want to buy one. 

#ParisRoubaix

It's that time of the year again
Recon of 'the Hell of the North' pic.twitter.com/K4g6PrhSsX

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) April 11, 2019

Just three days to go before the brutality begins...

The new bike provides 20mm front and 11mm rear suspension travel and is claimed to be able to “absorb in average 42% of the vibration coming from the ground that directly means an increase in comfort and bike stability,” and can be automatically or manually controlled. Full story here. 

Factor's new online 3D Prisma Studio offers 2,688 different possible colour combinations and finishes. You can create the custom frames on their O2 Equipe and Classic models, in either disc or rim brake versions. You can choose everything from the base frame, panels and logo, choosing from nine different colourways across gloss and matte finishes, with seven metallic equivalents. New colours will also be added over the next few months.

Head over to the Prisma Studio on Factor's website to start making your own cool colour combos...

The Northern Echo reports that North Yorkshire is keen to avoid mistakes made for the 2014 Grand Départ of the Tour de France.

These include a failure to provide toilets on the categorised climbs of Buttertubs Pass and Grinton Moor.

Richmondshire District Council leader, Yvonne Peacock, said: “There wasn’t much that went wrong with the Tour de France, but there was a bit of a mix-up with who was providing the toilets and they didn’t turn up. That’s a situation that we will ensure is not repeated for the World Championships.

“We know that people will be heading to Grinton Moor and Buttertubs as it is absolutely spectacular seeing the bikes going up the climbs.”

In 2014, about 30,000 spectators turned up on Buttertubs alone, so you can see why they’re keen to address this.