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Live blog: Kittel back on the bike (and cake and beer) – but not shaving his legs; Giro rider asks how much beer he must drink to replenish calories after monster stage (answer – A LOT); James Hayden makes a splash – inadvertently (video) + more

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Live blog: Kittel back on the bike (and cake and beer) – but not shaving his legs; Giro rider asks how much beer he must drink to replenish calories after monster stage (answer – A LOT); James Hayden makes a splash – inadvertently (video) + moreMarcel Kittel Instagram.PNG
03 June 2019, 17:23
Jump bike (copyright Simon MacMichael)
Uber's Jump bikes are now out in the wild in London

They launched in the capital last week ... we spotted this one at Acton Central Overground on Friday evening. We also saw a couple being ridden past the Houses of Parliament yesterday ... it's difficult to miss them.

03 June 2019, 16:59
03 June 2019, 16:36
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Giro rider asks how many beers needed to replenish Calories after Saturday’s monster stage … a LOT is the answer

A Giro d’Italia rider asked on Twitter how any beers he needed to down to replace the Calories burnt in Saturday’s monster stage in the Dolomites … and the answer was one that would leave even the most hollow-legged of beer aficionados legless, never mind a cyclist at the end of a three-week Grand Tour.

“Today at the Giro I consumed 6,300 Calories,” wrote Groupama-FDJ rider, Jacopo Guarnieri.

“Can anyone tell me how many beers I need to drink to replenish?“

Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch suggested that Daniel Lloyd, who has been working for the channel during the race, might “know something about that.”

“14 x 330ml Duvels,” Lloyd shot back. “Then you’d have enough left over for a Bud Light, but I wouldn’t bother with that bit.”

“I’m gonna have a funny night, then,” replied Guarnieri.

Another response came from his former Astana team-mate Enrico Gasparotto, now riding for Dimension Data.

“More than you could manage, no doubt,” he said.

We’re not sure whether he took up Lloyd’s advice of downing a baker’s dozen plus one bottles of the 8.5 per cent ABV Belgian beer … but he finished 117th out of 142 riders in yesterday’s concluding individual time trial in Verona.

03 June 2019, 13:24
Marcel Kittel back on the bike (and beer and cake) - but not shaving his legs

Marcel Kittel, who recently announced he was taking an indefinite break from pro cycling, is back on his bike, plus the beer and cake ... but he's not shaving his legs. (As spotted on the German rider's Instagram account by road.cc reader Josh Owen Morris, though the pictures in question seem to have disappeared now).

03 June 2019, 13:12
Video: James Hayden takes an unplanned dip

The ultracyclist has been dipping his toe in the water with mountain biking, riding the Highland Trail 550 last week - and he made a splash, though not in the way he intended ...

03 June 2019, 13:05
"On your bike!" says Peter Sagan - for World Bicycle Day

Sound advice from the three-time world champ.

03 June 2019, 13:01
Elllen van Dijk's bike stolen - and she has suspicions about the culprit
03 June 2019, 11:42
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03 June 2019, 11:38
Giro 2019 - That's a Wrap

The final episode of Mitchelton Scott's Grio d'Italia.
The team missed their big goals with Simon Yates finishing 8th, 7'49" down on a very impressive Richard Carapaz of Movistar.
But it wasn't all bad news. The race saw fan-favourite Esteban Chavez returning close to the form of a few years ago. He took an emotional stage win late in the race.

03 June 2019, 10:53
Over on our socials

Make sure you follow us on all the social media platforms to see what we're reviewing and some general road .cc nonsense. As a little taster, his is a look at one of the latest review bikes.  

03 June 2019, 08:44
How to be vegan at the Giro

Lotto-Soudal's Adam Hansen explains ...

03 June 2019, 08:37
A very nasty injury at Paris-Rounbaix U23 due to a disc brake rotor ....

It happened to AG2R U23 rider Matteo Jorgenson during yeterday's race (which was won by the Team Wiggins-Le Col rider, Tom Pidcock).

03 June 2019, 08:30
... but this one from tthe US involving an axle lever is even more wince-inducing

Ouchee. Click through on the tweet for more pictures and the full story.

03 June 2019, 08:14
Richard Carapaz with the Giro d'Italia trophy in Verona (picture RCS Sport, LaPresse)
Some stories you may have missed at the weekend

Richard Carapaz wins the Giro d’Italia

He’s the first rider from Ecuador to win a Grand Tour – and a national hero now.

Giro d’Italia videos – Lopez slaps a spectator, Roglic penalised after push, mech sets Mollema swearing

It was all happening on Stage 20.

HSBC UK is cutting nine in ten of its staff car-parking spaces – it wants employees to cycle instead

Let’s hope other companies follow British Cycling’s sponsor’s lead.

David Millar and Martin Johnson ride Vélo North route

 “Breath-taking is the only way I can describe it,” says Millar

MP suffers broken hand after getting doored while cycling in Bournemouth

And Chris Grayling was nowhere in sight.

"I've put 10kg on because I was severely underweight" says Wiggins

They didn't call him Twiggo for nothing.

Simon MacMichael

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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flat4 | 5 years ago
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I don't understand these disc injuries. Were they not on the wheel at the time? How can the edge of the disc come into contact with a leg this way? The rim and spokes will get in the way.

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brooksby replied to flat4 | 5 years ago
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flat4 wrote:

I don't understand these disc injuries. Were they not on the wheel at the time? How can the edge of the disc come into contact with a leg this way? The rim and spokes will get in the way.

That is a really nasty looking injury  - it looks like a special effect!

(Disclaimer: *my* bike has v-brakes...).

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fukawitribe replied to flat4 | 5 years ago
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flat4 wrote:

I don't understand these disc injuries. Were they not on the wheel at the time? How can the edge of the disc come into contact with a leg this way? The rim and spokes will get in the way.

It's possible, particularly if the disc has a sharp edge - e.g. if the wheel is effectively sliding it's spokes across the top of your leg, then you potentially cut the inside of your thigh, or you can knock your knee against them from a number of angles - but it's actually difficult to make big cuts with them. This, I think, has been the main point of those who didn't subscribe to the 'pro peloton to be instantly reduced into pile of quivering mince-meat' frame of mind, rather than it's impossible. This may well turn out to be caused by a disc - who knows - but as seen further up this news segment and elsewhere, you can get slashed by any number of parts of a bike.

That said, i've not actually seen a large gash caused by a rotor on the road yet - the two hyped cuts in recent memory turned out to be almost certainly caused by a chainring and protruding part of a barrier.

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Organon | 5 years ago
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At last we have definitive proof on one debate. No discs please. 

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BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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I wonder what the 'disc brakes don't cut through skin' brigade are going to say about this incident?

Pretty shitty for van Dijk, if she has her suspicions then surely the team would be getting the police involved and checking all the other teams for the bike no given her accusation?

As for the 14 beers, I would think post race a couple of shandies would put many pro cyclists on the floor, 14 bottles would be enough for the whole team to get pissed yes

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