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Live blog: Wout van Aert’s joy at debut Tour de France stage win; Kiwi Tour de France star’s Cricket World Cup Final frustration; Extinction Rebellion protester cycles onto military airshow runway; Sagan the magician + more

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15 July 2019, 21:01
Wout van Aert's joy at stage win in debut Tour de France

It was a dramatic day at the Tour de France, what with the crosswinds blowing the race apart and dashing the GC hopes of some big names - but at the end of it, there was a bunch sprint yo be had, and Wout van Aert, whose debut at the race is one of the most anticipated in recent years, revailed.

It's an understatement to say that it meant a lot to him and his Jumbo-Visma team ...

15 July 2019, 20:26
15 July 2019, 16:05
Canaries cool down with some cycling

It is that time of the year again where footballers start cycling as part of their pre-season training and Norwich City are no different. Not sure it bodes well for their campaign though if they have to ask what happens if they fall off...

15 July 2019, 15:01
Tour latest - some big GC names are getting dropped with 25km to go

Will they get back on? Pinot is the biggest surprise in the group of dropped GC contenders after looking so strong on Saturday, at the moment they're leaving it open for Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal to capitalise.  

15 July 2019, 14:59
Quite fast...
Marcin Bialoblocki Facebook

Marcin Bialoblocki broke the British competition time trial record over 100 miles yesterday, recording a blistering time of 3:13:37 - full story here

15 July 2019, 13:03
Kiwi Tour de France star's Cricket World Cup agony

Jumbo-Visma's George Bennett, currently lying fourth overall at the Tour de France, is from New Zealand - and there was no way he was going to miss the climax of yesterday's Cricket World Cup final, watching it on a laptop while getting a massage.

His frustration as England edged out the Kiwis in a dramatic Super Over finale - the cricketing equivalent of a penalty shootout - was clear to see as he slammed the laptop shut afterwards.

Before the start of today's Stage 10 to Albi, he revealed to ITV 4's Daniel Friebe that he'd managed to keep up to date with what was happening at Lord's during yesterday's stage with a bit of help from Mitchelton-Scott sports director Matt White.

15 July 2019, 12:02
Extinction Rebellion to hook up with Stop Killing Cyclists for national protest on 7th September
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The action isn't set to stop at the road closures this week, with Extinction Rebellion teaming up with Stop Killing Cyclists to jointly stage a 'massive dramatic National Cycle Protest' on Tuesday 7th September. The procession will begin at Lincoln Inn Fields with a 'die-in', using horse-drawn carriages carrying coffins to create a metaphorical funeral representing the claimed 280,000 children and adults who died prematurely from diseases related to air pollution in the last decade.   

SKC's co-founder Donnachadh McCarthy, who is very active on Twitter, says: “For too long the UK Treasury has promoted the lethal motor and fossil fuel industries. The 2019 budget must be a Climate/Ecological Emergency Budget that includes £6 billion a year for the creation of a national cycling network and the reversal of the toxic fuel duty cuts.”
Our kids deserve safe streets to cycle & play on and they deserve a safe climate to protect their futures. We really welcome this important collaboration with Extinction Rebellion on this national cycle protest. Cycle action is climate action.”  

15 July 2019, 11:49
Team Ineos will get through a f**k load of Muc-Off over the next couple of weeks
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It's the question that no one was asking, but is quite interesting to find out anyway... just how much bike cleaner, gels and caffeine do Team Ineos get through over the Tour de France? A lot actually, with the team revealing that their four mechanics, all working full-time each day, will spray 40 litres of general purpose cleaner and 4 litres of drivetrain cleaner over the three weeks. The riders also drink about 960 coffees, have their drinks bottles filled 3500 times and slurp through 2,200 gels.  

15 July 2019, 10:22
Extinction Rebellion Bristol: cyclists welcome
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The atmosphere is pretty cordial on Bristol Bridge, with a large pink boat appearing and families chilling out in the road while it's void of cars. 

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The activists have made it clear bikes are free to go past, designating a path for cyclists with a temporary road sign illustrated with chalk. 

15 July 2019, 08:07
Extinction Rebellion protests close streets in London, Bristol, Glasgow and more as action kicks off with cyclist disrupting military airshow

A bizarre 20 minute-long chase ensued at a Navy airshow in Yeovilton, Somerset yesterday as Extinction Rebellion protester Christopher Maunder cycled onto the runway and was chased by members of the military and firefighters. It's been reported that Maunder has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass for the stunt, which he claims was in protest at the "immoral display on military might."

Meanwhile, the group are promising prolonged action all over the country as numerous city streets were blocked off with large colourful boats this morning. Is your city affected, and if so is it for the better without the motor traffic? We're about to go see for ourselves on Bristol Bridge, where protesters are promising to be for the whole week...

15 July 2019, 07:36
Daryl Impey "lost for words" after his first individual Tour de France stage victory

The 34-year-old South African broke away from the breakaway to win his first stage at the Tour de France, and couldn't contain his emotions after he crossed the line. Impey also shared some of the juicy details of his ride on Strava, and he'll be even more thrilled that he's bagging three KOMs along the way...

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15 July 2019, 07:33
Is there anything this man can't do...

First we see Sagan deploy God mode, as he calmly stops a bus in its tracks so he can cross the road... 

...and here he is casually solving a Rubik's cube in 26 seconds. 

Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.  

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Rick_Rude | 4 years ago
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ER are bellends just playing at doing something because they live in a country which allows them to be bellends and not get beaten to a pulp.

Take.their shtick to China or India, you know, those countries which produce about 50% of Earth's green problems and they'd get beaten into a coma with a stick by the police. But hey protest what must one of the cleanest , most regulated countries in the world and ignore the real source of warming and pollution.

Notice any normal people among them? As usual it's the unemployable and fringe dwellers, telling the people who pay for their subsidized existence what to do.

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burtthebike replied to Rick_Rude | 4 years ago
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Rick_Rude wrote:

ER are bellends just playing at doing something because they live in a country which allows them to be bellends and not get beaten to a pulp. Take.their shtick to China or India, you know, those countries which produce about 50% of Earth's green problems and they'd get beaten into a coma with a stick by the police. But hey protest what must one of the cleanest , most regulated countries in the world and ignore the real source of warming and pollution. Notice any normal people among them? As usual it's the unemployable and fringe dwellers, telling the people who pay for their subsidized existence what to do.

May I refer you to my previous post "Thank you.  I always appreciate well thought out, intelligent, considered, well argued criticism."

Let me know when you manage to establish any kind of reasoned case, rather than just ranting on about people with different values to you, assuming you have any that is.

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hawkinspeter replied to Rick_Rude | 4 years ago
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Rick_Rude wrote:

ER are bellends just playing at doing something because they live in a country which allows them to be bellends and not get beaten to a pulp. Take.their shtick to China or India, you know, those countries which produce about 50% of Earth's green problems and they'd get beaten into a coma with a stick by the police. But hey protest what must one of the cleanest , most regulated countries in the world and ignore the real source of warming and pollution. Notice any normal people among them? As usual it's the unemployable and fringe dwellers, telling the people who pay for their subsidized existence what to do.

So your problem with them is that they would be beaten in other countries so they shouldn't protest here?

Also, if we're living in one of the cleanest, most regulated countries in the world and we're still having thousands of people die from air pollution each year, then how bad is the rest of the world?

As to the demographics of protesters, well it's kind of obvious that people with more spare time are more likely to be protesting. Whether they are 'normal' people is up for debate as I don't know what a 'normal' person is.

Unfortunately, we rely on people like these protesters to improve matters as politicians are firmly in the pockets of big business (and have been since forever). I bet you'd have the same complaints about the Suffragette movement or Civil Rights Movement or anti-slavery etc. etc.

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ktache | 4 years ago
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It might (just might) be that the NYPD could (?) actually be getting it.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2019/07/14/nypd-we-will-no-longer-target-on-...

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burtthebike | 4 years ago
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Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

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keirik replied to burtthebike | 4 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

The guy's a moron, pity he didn't break his neck.

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hawkinspeter replied to keirik | 4 years ago
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keirik wrote:
burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

The guy's a moron, pity he didn't break his neck.

Is his intelligence the main issue you have with him or is it his intent to cause disruption or the general Extinction Rebellion movement that you don't agree with?

You post seemed to be somewhat dismissive and aggressive but not particularly clear.

Personally, I think it's a shame that these kinds of acts are necessary because our "democratically" (for some values of democracy) elected representatives only seem to represent themselves and big business.

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burtthebike replied to keirik | 4 years ago
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keirik wrote:
burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

The guy's a moron, pity he didn't break his neck.

Thank you.  I always appreciate well thought out, intelligent, considered, well argued criticism.

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brooksby replied to burtthebike | 4 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

Got to be honest, ER closing Bristol Bridge IMO won't affect that many people (a lot, but not as many as it could).  They ought to have aimed higher, closed the Centre , but I suspect if they had then the powers that be would have probably sent in the army...

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Bmblbzzz replied to brooksby | 4 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

Got to be honest, ER closing Bristol Bridge IMO won't affect that many people (a lot, but not as many as it could).  They ought to have aimed higher, closed the Centre , but I suspect if they had then the powers that be would have probably sent in the army...

I think they did close the Centre - right by the Hippodrome - a couple of months ago. I'm not sure how long for. 

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brooksby replied to Bmblbzzz | 4 years ago
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Bmblbzzz wrote:

brooksby wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Great that Extinction Rebellion are taking the direct action that we need, as all the rhetoric of the past thirty years has made very little difference.  In the area we are interested in, cycling, the potential is massive, with a change from mass car travel to mass cycling.  Sure the government, national and local make nice noises and say how important it is to shift people out of their cars, but they still spend all the money on roads and a pittance on cycling.

So well done ER, and keep up the good work.

Got to be honest, ER closing Bristol Bridge IMO won't affect that many people (a lot, but not as many as it could).  They ought to have aimed higher, closed the Centre , but I suspect if they had then the powers that be would have probably sent in the army...

I think they did close the Centre - right by the Hippodrome - a couple of months ago. I'm not sure how long for. 

Really?  OK, I think I missed that... 

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