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

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.

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?“

Oggi al #giro ho consumato 6300kcal. Chi mi sa dire quante birre devo bere per una corretta reintegrazione?

— Jacopo Guarnieri (@jacopoguarnieri) June 1, 2019

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.”

14 x 330ml Duvels.

Then you'd have enough left over for a Bud Light, but I wouldn't bother with that bit.

— Daniel Lloyd (@daniellloyd1) June 1, 2019

“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.

Più che riesci senza dubbi!

— Enrico Gasparotto (@enrigasparotto) June 1, 2019

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.

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 ...

When you've only been riding a mountain bike for an hour, but you're one to always jump in at the deep end... I saw Dustin nail the river crossing and thought I'd have a go! #ht550 @HT_550 #mycanyon pic.twitter.com/pQ8wW81csq

— James Hayden (@JamesMarkHayden) June 1, 2019

Are you kidding me?! Woke up this morning to find out my @TrekBikes Madone is stolen! It was in the team bike room @LottoLadiesTour in the middle of a row of bikes from @knwu. Please RT or let me know when you saw anything pic.twitter.com/MSU7Ga7jQY

— Ellen van Dijk (@ellenvdijk) June 2, 2019

Thanks for all the retweets about my stolen @TrekBikes Madone. Most likely somebody from another team in the hotel stole it, as only these people had access to the room. Somebody surely knew what he/she was looking for. Cheers to all the sympathy on twitter! pic.twitter.com/H15i4uZ1hz

— Ellen van Dijk (@ellenvdijk) June 2, 2019

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.

Lotto-Soudal's Adam Hansen explains ...

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

so i know we were all worried about disc brakes being unsafe, but can we talk about sharp thru axle levers? pic.twitter.com/Qa8QIZ5cM7

— Colin Reuter (@resultsboy) June 3, 2019