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Live blog: Friends of Richmond Park rethink cyclist/deer comment; "We broke his f**king hour record didn't we?" Victor Campenaerts puzzled by Wiggo suggestion; Memo to Clarkson: London cycleway will actually result in MORE trees; Polite notice +more

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23 May 2019, 15:50
Giro d'Italia trophy with flags (picture Fabio Ferrari - LaPresse - RCS Sport)
Giro d'Italia Stage 12: Hail, Cesare!

Benedetti takes win for Bora-Hansgrohe.

Stage report here.

23 May 2019, 15:50
23 May 2019, 15:41
Friends of Richmond Park rewrite ‘cyclist learns the hard way’ link to story about Stuart Hayes’ collision with a deer

On yesterday’s live blog, we reported how Olympian Stuart Hayes had been hit by a deer in Richmond Park.

Further down this page, we revealed that the triathlete suffered a broken pelvis in the collision.

Friends of Richmond Park initially reported the incident as, “cyclist learns the hard way that deer are wild animals and therefore unpredictable.”

They’ve since had a rethink and edited that.

23 May 2019, 15:29
Jesse Norman no longer a cycling minister

Norman has just been appointed Financial Secretary and Paymaster General for the Treasury. He also said: I have to admit I’m also really sad to be leaving @transportgovuk. So many good people, and so much good work done and to come on road safety, cycling and walking, decarbonisation/Road to Zero, electric vehicles/Future of Mobility, e-cargo bikes, light rail... thank you all."

23 May 2019, 15:26
TDL courier on strike (Simon MacMichael)
Couriers who deliver blood and pathology samples striking over stagnant wages and previous pay cuts

They've accused executives and investors of ‘getting fat off NHS contracts’ at their expense.

Full story here.

23 May 2019, 14:26
New Ritchey Swiss Cross arrives for testing

We've taken to revealing our latest test bikes to land in the office over on Instagram, and the latest bike to be shared is this beauty. 

It's the latest Ritchey Swiss Cross, a classic steel cyclocross race bike which celebrates its 25th birthday and has a number of modernising changes, namely bigger 40mm tyre clearance, flat mount disc brakes and a more relaxed geometry.

23 May 2019, 14:04
A few sprinters dropped out of the Giro today
23 May 2019, 13:35
The Climb
Video: Trailer for cycling-themed black comedy The Climb + the original short film

The film has been getting positive reviews at Cannes Film Festival.

You can watch the trailer and find out more about it here.

23 May 2019, 12:23
Campenaerts unimpressed by Wiggins' suggestions that a move to Team Ineos would be beneficial, saying "well we broke his f**king hour record didn't we?"
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On Wiggins' latest podcast, he claimed that Victor Campenaerts would be better off moving to a team like Ineos from Lotto Soudal to get the best out of himself. Wiggins said: "He's in a Belgian team, the biggest Belgian team (Lotto Soudal, although we'd argue Deceuninck-Quick Step might dispute that) that's still acting like it's 1974.  

"If he went to Sky (meaning Team Ineos), he'd see the difference. What will happen is that they will offer him loads of money, he'll sign for three years and he'll stay there. It's like you could be so much more, Victor!"

In an interview with Sporza yesterday, Campenaerts admitted he was puzzled by Wiggins' comments, particularly as he's yet to sign anything for next season with Lotto Soudal:

"I don’t know anything about this, I’ll have to discuss that with John (Lelangue, the team manager)."

"Well, I’ve obviously just read and seen it, what can I say. He doesn’t seem to understand the workings of our team. We’ve fucking broke his hour record haven't we?

"They (Lotto Soudal) might appear to be more like a traditional team, however there’s a lot of progress been made when it comes to time trials. Since I’ve arrived and with Kevin de Weert we’ve made big advances. Not only for me but for the whole team and the hour record is proof of this.

The interviewer then asked Campenaerts specifically what he thought of Wiggins' belief that he has more success in him: "I hope that this is effectively true and I’ll try to get more out of myself. But I think that what I’ve shown thus far has been very promising. If you compare this to the other riders, with the exception of Roglič, it’s been good. And performing like this I can see myself winning against him."

Campenaerts added that there would be time for contract talks later in the year, and for now he's simply focussed on the upcoming Giro d'Italia time trial in Verona. 

*A huge thanks to Dutch-speaking road.cc readers Jeroen Geut and Elmar Becker for translating the Sporza interview for us!

23 May 2019, 12:49
Polite notice ...

 

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23 May 2019, 12:45
... and a somewhat less polite one

 

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23 May 2019, 12:58
Fausto Coppi at the 1952 Tour de France (public domain)
Giro d'Italia marks 70th anniversary of perhaps its greatest ever stage

Today's Stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia starts in Cuneo and finishes in Pinerolo .... as did, 70 years ago, the most famous one in the race's history, whenn Fausto Coppi rode away to take the stage and, ultimately, the overall.

This piece on Eurosport by Felix Lowe - aka the TV channel's cyling blogger, Blazing Saddles - is well worth a read.

23 May 2019, 10:53
London 2012 Anti-Doping Laboratory (picture credit LOCOG)
All Tramadol tests negative since painkiller was banned in March

Painkiller had been blamed for crashes in the peloton.

Full story here.

23 May 2019, 10:13
Ted King on racing Belgian Waffle Ride

Here's a pretty interesting and entertaining video by ex-pro Ted King, now gravel racer and brand ambassador, in preparing for and racing in the recent Belgian Waffle Ride, a 217km race over dirt, gravel, single-track, steep bergs, long climbs, creek crossings, and unrelenting head-winds according to the organisers.

23 May 2019, 10:00
Good enough for Peter Sagan...

...but good enough for our David? He's been getting to grips with Sportful's new Bomber 111 Suit, an aero one-piece garment that helped Peter Sagan to win Paris-Roubaix last year. But will it make David faster? Find out here.

23 May 2019, 09:59
New shorts for indoor cycling

File this one under what will they think of next, as Primal Europe has launched “turbo trainer optimised shorts” with its new eSport Bib Short. Check them out in detail here

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23 May 2019, 09:11
Today's Giro d'Italia stage is slightly more interesting
23 May 2019, 08:47
Stu Hayes deer crash in Richmond Park - broken pelvis

We reported on yesterday's live blog that the triathlete, who competed in the 2012 Olympics, had an unfortunate collision with a deer on Tuesday evening (we've already done all the deer puns) and unfortunately it's resulted in a broken pelvis for Hayes. We're not sure on the condition of the bike or the deer, but we're wishing Stuart a speedy recovery. 

23 May 2019, 07:51
Dutch rush hour, part 59
23 May 2019, 07:51
Ultracyclist problems
23 May 2019, 07:48
Holland Park Avenue cycleway will result in MORE trees in the area, not fewer

Yesterday, Jeremy Clarkson was among those suggesting that a planned cycleway on Holland Park Avenue in London would see a number of trees chopped down.

A lot of people think this. There’s a ‘save the trees’ petition on change.org.

London’s cycling commissioner, Will Norman, concedes that two big trees will be chopped down – “neither in good condition” – but says that more trees will be planted than will be taken out.

Then there’s the whole ‘making the area a bit safer’ aspect on top of that.

Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.

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Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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Mungey,You've made my night.I'm still chuckling.Cheers

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brooksby | 4 years ago
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Jesse Norman no longer a cycling minister

Well, gosh, I bet the Govt's going to be in a real hurry to appoint someone else in his place...

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Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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I'm going to climb down from my high horse.I've been wandering around trying to think of the last really stupid thing I did on a bike.I'd completely forgotten about it.

Three years ago I was steaming downhill through long grass on my new hardtail when the front wheel dropped into an axle deep hole.I was thrown through the air and landed on my head, knocking me unconscious,tearing some neck muscles in the process.As close to becoming a paraplegic as I'd like to come.If a 60 something rider with a lifetime of experience (albeit very little on a MTB)can make such an  obvious mistake-you know the rest.I wish the young rider concerned a complete recovery,and apologise for being judgemental.

I've NEVER again ridden fast when unable to see the ground.

So-Please,people-be extra careful when riding through long grass!

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Mungecrundle replied to Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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Argus Tuft wrote:

I'm going to climb down from my high horse.I've been wandering around trying to think of the last really stupid thing I did on a bike.I'd completely forgotten about it.

...

 

Please, people. Be careful when climbing down from a high horse.

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NPlus1Bikelights | 4 years ago
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So FoRP  edited, did Fb tell them off for hate speech? I flagged it for that. 

Don't read their Fb comments it's all speed limits, road tax, the usual stuff from Chelsea tractor drivers walking their Fentons, scaring the deer into the roads.

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Gus T | 4 years ago
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Has anyone read the FoRP feed, full of the usual anti-cyclist bile from NIMBY's. According to the posters all cyclists exceed the 20mph limit but no mention of cars. Hmmmm!

Whoops - double post

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Gus T | 4 years ago
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Has anyone read the FoRP feed, full of the usual anti-cyclist bile from NIMBY's. According to the posters all cyclists exceed the 20mph limit but no mention of cars. Hmmmm!

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NPlus1Bikelights replied to Gus T | 4 years ago
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Gus T wrote:

Has anyone read the FoRP feed, full of the usual anti-cyclist bile from NIMBY's. According to the posters all cyclists exceed the 20mph limit but no mention of cars. Hmmmm!

 

Plenty of mentions of cars now. 

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puppet-head | 4 years ago
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The "Friends" of Richmond Park have always been utter scum. 

 

After the tamsin trail was built they decided they hated cyclists and wanted to ban them from it, until it was pointed out it was funded with cycling money and they would have to pay every penny back.  They shut their trap suddenly.

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Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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Please, people-if there's an unrestrained animal or child who could possibly cross your path under any circumstances,slow to a walking pace.Stop if necessary.It's not rocket science.

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brooksby replied to Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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Argus Tuft wrote:

Please, people-if there's an unrestrained animal or child who could possibly cross your path under any circumstances,slow to a walking pace.Stop if necessary.It's not rocket science.

OTOH...

HC Rule 56: Dogs.

Do not let a dog out on the road on its own. Keep it on a short lead when walking on the pavement, road or path shared with cyclists or horse riders.

(Admittedly, I don't think anyone's taught the HC to wild animals. Yet.)

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FluffyKittenofT... replied to Argus Tuft | 4 years ago
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Argus Tuft wrote:

Please, people-if there's an unrestrained animal or child who could possibly cross your path under any circumstances,slow to a walking pace.Stop if necessary.It's not rocket science.

 

Please, people, stop offering unasked-for advice to strangers.  Particularly don't do it based on one incident involving serious injury to someone who likely isn't even reading the thread anyway and where we don't know for sure to what degree he was aware of the deer and who quite likely just made a mistake as fallible humans can do occasionally.  Such unsolicited advice comes over as condescending and a form of self-praise on the part of the person giving it.

 

I don't see the point in after-the-event advice that boils down to 'in future, don't make mistakes'.  Like a family member's invariable comment whenever I mislay anything 'in future always remember where you put things'.

 

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Argus Tuft replied to FluffyKittenofTindalos | 4 years ago
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FluffyKittenofTindalos wrote:

Argus Tuft wrote:

Please, people-if there's an unrestrained animal or child who could possibly cross your path under any circumstances,slow to a walking pace.Stop if necessary.It's not rocket science.

 

Please, people, stop offering unasked-for advice to strangers.  Particularly don't do it based on one incident involving serious injury to someone who likely isn't even reading the thread anyway and where we don't know for sure to what degree he was aware of the deer and who quite likely just made a mistake as fallible humans can do occasionally.  Such unsolicited advice comes over as condescending and a form of self-praise on the part of the person giving it.

 

I don't see the point in after-the-event advice that boils down to 'in future, don't make mistakes'.  Like a family member's invariable comment whenever I mislay anything 'in future always remember where you put things'.

 

The chap in question doesn't need my advice.He learned the hard way!

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BehindTheBikesheds | 4 years ago
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We beat your fucking hour record ... only by doing it at altitude yah spikey prat, and even then you still couldn't manage to beat Boardman nor even Rominger's distance, oh and if you knew anything about BW's attempt you'd have noticed he wasn't all out, you don't claimb off the bike the way Wiggins did when you're totally spent, ask Chris Boardman about that when he did his.

 

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burtthebike | 4 years ago
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"Norman has just been appointed Financial Secretary and Paymaster General for the Treasury. He also said: I have to admit I’m also really sad to be leaving @transportgovuk. So many good people, and so much good work done and to come on road safety, cycling and walking, decarbonisation/Road to Zero, electric vehicles/Future of Mobility, e-cargo bikes, light rail... thank you all.""

While I'm sure there must be some tories who aren't self-deluded, offhand, I can't think of any.

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hawkinspeter replied to burtthebike | 4 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

"Norman has just been appointed Financial Secretary and Paymaster General for the Treasury. He also said: I have to admit I’m also really sad to be leaving @transportgovuk. So many good people, and so much good work done and to come on road safety, cycling and walking, decarbonisation/Road to Zero, electric vehicles/Future of Mobility, e-cargo bikes, light rail... thank you all.""

While I'm sure there must be some tories who aren't self-deluded, offhand, I can't think of any.

I'm just glad that he completed the traffic offences review that was sorely needed.

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alansmurphy | 4 years ago
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Brad is being paid (presumably a lot) to talk a lot, some will be good and some bollocks.

 

However, the hour record isn't particularly a race, it's not a team thing!

 

On the other hand, moving to Ineos isn't neccessarily going to help him either, the rider needs to know the team ambitions align to their own...

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jasecd replied to alansmurphy | 4 years ago
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alansmurphy wrote:

Brad is being paid (presumably a lot) to talk a lot, some will be good and some bollocks.

 

However, the hour record isn't particularly a race, it's not a team thing!

 

On the other hand, moving to Ineos isn't neccessarily going to help him either, the rider needs to know the team ambitions align to their own...

 

I listened to the podcast earlier and Wiggins was talking in terms of the attention to detail that Sky showed when he was racing with them - he said that VC's road bike being in 53x11 and the lack of help from the mechanic cost him the time trial stage, this wouldn't have happened at a better organised team.

Seemed like a pretty valid point.

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burtthebike | 4 years ago
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And in other news, Clarkson can't see the wood for the trees.

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