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12 August 2019, 18:38
Great Britain in tthe men's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships (picture Britishcycling.org_.uk)
Great Britain to be two riders down in road race at World Championships in Yorkshire

Great Britain is set to be two riders short in the men’s road race at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships next month – despite the event taking place on home roads in Yorkshire.

Sportsmail reports that with Denmark’s Michael Morkov finishing fifth in the road race at the European Championships yesterday in Alkmaar, that country has moved into 10th place in the UCI World Rankings.

As a result Great Britain, whose highest-placed rider was Chris Lawless in 13th, will be pushed down into 11th place, pushing Great Britain into 11th (although the website has yet to be updated).

The top 10 countries in the standings – calculated by adding together points accumulated by the eight highest-scoring riders – will each have eight men on the starting line in Leeds on 29 September, while those ranked 11-20 will have just six.

Simon Yates, helped by his Vuelta victory and last month’s two Tour de France stage wins, has been the country’s top point scorer over the past 12 months, followed by his twin brother Adam then Geraint Thomas.

Neither Chris Froome nor Mark Cavendish feature among the top eight British riders, having amassed 50 and 44 points respectively in the past year.

Tao Geoghegan Hart is currently the country’s eighth-ranked rider, on 325 points.

12 August 2019, 17:56
12 August 2019, 17:54
The most bizarre road rage video ever ... ?

Neither the taxi driver nor the cyclist come out of this with any credit to be honest  ... and the taxi driver doesn't emerge with much dignity either as his shorts fall down and reveal he isn't wearing underwear (but don't reveal much else, thankfully). Truly bizarre.

12 August 2019, 16:53
Fair point
12 August 2019, 16:39
Cyclist's tweet graphically illustrates scale of theft problem at Cambridge's massive Cycle Point bike parking facility

Costing the best part of £3 million and with space for around 3,000 bikes, Cambridge's Cycle Point, next to the city's railway station, was supposed tp provide a secure place to park your pride and joy - after all, it's covered by more than 100 CCTV cameras.

Unfortunately, that's not how it's turned out, with one theft even making it into the Guardian last year. Now, another cyclist who has fallen victim to the thieves has toured the building taking photos of the broken locks he found - more than 30 in all. It would certainly make you think twice about leaving your bike there ...

12 August 2019, 16:36
British Cycling confirms meeting with council leader regarding Velolife cafe
12 August 2019, 14:42
CTT confirm Joe Skipper HASN'T broken the 12 hour time trial record due to wrong turn
Joe Skipper (via Facebook)

This morning, professional triathlete Skipper told us he was awaiting news on whether a new potential new 12 hour time trial record of 325 miles he recorded at the national championships yesterday would stand - and unfortunately it's bad news for the 31-year-old. 

On their report just published this afternoon, CTT say that Skipper clocked a provisional 309.52 miles, which was still enough to take the national title by a margin of around six miles, but is way short of what he uploaded to his Strava account

Skipper said: “I wanted to try and break the competition record so I was paying attention to that after five or six hours as it looked like it was on, but the finishing circuit was slow so I wasn’t sure I had done enough. 

“I had mapped out the course and was following that rather than the signs, and turned too early before one of the roundabouts. I just wasn’t paying attention which was annoying, as if I had been following the marshals I would’ve been OK."

This all means that the record of 321.44 miles set by Adam Duggleby in 2018 still stands. 

In the women's race, the winner was Vicky Gill with a distance of 278.38 miles, around 10 miles more than second-placed Christina Murray.  

12 August 2019, 14:38
One signed by the current champ Egan Bernal, perhaps?

No disrespect to Tour legend Mr Froome, but we couldn't resist!

12 August 2019, 14:36
Review: Bristol Bicycles E-Touring
Bristol Bicycles e-Touring-1

How did this Bristol-born city slicker get on over our test period? Find out in the full review over on eBikeTips... 

12 August 2019, 13:29
road.cc reader visits Velolife

The Velolife cycling cafe near Henley-on-Thames had a busy weekend due to all the publicity surrounding Windsor & Maidenhead council saying cyclists are not allowed to meet there - and among those showing their solidarity with the business was road.cc reader Andy Gray, who sent us these snaps.

Velolife 1 (picture credit Andy Gray)
Velolife 2 (picture credit Andy Gray)

 

12 August 2019, 12:50
Video: Elia Viviani wins European championship

12 August 2019, 12:40
A bicycle traffic jam in Utrecht

As one of the commenters says, just imagine if all these people were in cars?

Bicycle Traffic Jam in Utrecht from r/bicycling

12 August 2019, 12:31
Lance Armstrong drops Mike Pence while cycling - and Donald Trump Jr isn't impressed
12 August 2019, 11:36
The inaugural Harlech Hell Climb took place on the newly-crowned world's steepest street yesterday
Ffordd Pen Llech wikimedia commons

Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech was finally recognised as the world’s steepest street by Guinness Book of Records last month, so of course the right thing to do was to hold a hill climb event up the hellish road with a peak gradient of 37.45%, dubbed the Harlech Hell Climb. 

It took place yesterday, with Calum Brown winning in a time of 50 seconds on the 0.33km course. Andrew Nichols and 2017 national hill climb champ Dan Evans were second and third respectively in the men's race, while the women's top three were Rebecca Richardson, Jessica Evans and Lucy Lee. 

12 August 2019, 11:23
You can now get a Fausto Coppi 5 euro coin

The special edition coin includes a profile portrait of Coppi, and the image is "surrounded by the text REPUBBLICA ITALIANA, and symbolically, a bicycle chain that is placed along the edge", according to coinupdate.com

It will be available from 2nd September, bookmark the website here if you fancy it or if you think it will make a perfect gift for the biggest Fausto fan in your life. 

12 August 2019, 11:12
Jeremy Clarkson: tweet round-up

We won't spend too much more time on this (read our full rebuttal of his daft comments here) but here are some of our favourite tweets in response to Mr Clarkson's rant...

12 August 2019, 10:57
Special edition S-Works Roubaix with Romance X Parra custom paint now bidding at slightly more than non-custom S-Works Roubaix
specialized romance parra bike

It's perhaps not going quite as swimmingly as the auctioneers might have expected, but this special edition Roubaix being auctioned off in aid of World Bicycle Relief is now bidding at £10,100 - a 'standard' 2020 model Specialized S-Works Roubaix with SRAM Red eTap AXS groupset will set you back £9,500. 

There's four days left to go before bidding closes, if you have plenty of dosh and want to help a great charity head over to the eBay auction here

12 August 2019, 10:21
Crafty: Dundee e-bike scheme made to relocate planned charging point away from BrewDog beer garden
Brewdog-hardcore-ipa

Before everyone piles in on the hipster craft ale giants, Brewdog said they were very happy to see the new e-bike scheme open in Dundee, but just wanted this particular charging point located away from their Panmure Street beer garden out front of the pub so it didn't encroach on the space. Full story on eBikeTips

12 August 2019, 08:14
Triathlete Joe Skipper believed to have broken 12 hour time trial record yesterday... but is waiting for verification after making a wrong turn

The national 12 hour time trial championships took place yesterday in Norfolk, and pro triathlete Joe Skipper blitzed the field riding a whopping 325.31 miles at an average speed of 27.1mph according to his monstrous Strava upload (yes we're sticking to miles as is British TT tradition thanks, multiply by 1.609 for how fast and how far in kilometres). 

According to the Cycling Time Trials database the current record is 321.44 miles set by Adam Duggleby in 2018; which means pending verification, Skipper has smashed the record by nearly four miles. A potential hurdle is that Skipper took a wrong turn on the course, so he's still waiting to see if the distance can be ratified. He told road.cc this morning: "I'm not 100% sure as I accidentally took a wrong turn, so at the moment they have docked me some miles but apparently they might try to work out exactly how far I've gone."

The 12 hour time trial record went into the history books back in 1967 when Beryl Burton rode 277.25 miles, at the time the farthest ridden in 12 hours by any man or women. The women's record was eventually broken more than 50 years later by Alice Lethbridge, who covered 285.65 miles. 

Skipper is currently recovering from a running injury so cannot compete in triathlon events, and it appears his switch to time trialling in the meantime has been pretty successful. We'll update as and when we find out if the distance will be officially recognised by CTT...

12 August 2019, 08:13
And what?

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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ChrisB200SX | 4 years ago
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Georgie wrote:

He cycled the wrong way up the bus lane then looked for a fight. After circling the taxi in traffic and hurling abuse at the driver and us, he punched the window by my Mum and kicked the taxi. Quick scrap and no one badly injured

Hmm, cyclists randomly picks on a taxi to attack... calling BS on that!

Cabbie is such a big hard man to attack a vulnerable road user and then, with his victim on the floor, rapidly retreat to his big protective metal box.

If I'd have been in that cab I'd have just got out and said "no thanks, I don't support hate or violence, enjoy the traffic!".

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Simon E | 4 years ago
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Is there no limit to how low Clarkson will go for attention?

It would be better if road.cc didn't actually link/embed the video, it only gives him more clicks (which will only encourage him).

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Bmblbzzz | 4 years ago
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The twitter feed says the cyclist had been riding the wrong way up a bus lane and then started circling the taxi in traffic, punching the window and kicking the door. Presumably, though it isn't mentioned, there was some altercation in the bus lane, even if only the taxi driver shouting at the cyclist, to make him turn around and give chase. Both seem a bit nuts and I wouldn't have felt comfortable riding in that taxi or just being around.

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brooksby | 4 years ago
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I wonder what had been going on just before the taxi passenger started filming the delivery cyclist kicking the taxi.  I mean, I just can't bring myself to believe that the taxi driver was anything other than a completely innocent party who hadn't done anything stupid to annoy another road user...

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FluffyKittenofT... replied to brooksby | 4 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

I wonder what had been going on just before the taxi passenger started filming the delivery cyclist kicking the taxi.  I mean, I just can't bring myself to believe that the taxi driver was anything other than a completely innocent party who hadn't done anything stupid to annoy another road user...

 

Either the taxi driver did something to provoke it, or the cyclist is just nuts.  Given the behaviour of both in the video, either could be the case.

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dassie | 4 years ago
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Railway stations must be the delicatessens of the bike theiving world.  I would never leave a bike I value locked and unattended for any length of time at a station.  Sad that it has come to this, but apparently the police just aren't interested...

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brooksby replied to dassie | 4 years ago
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dassie wrote:

Railway stations must be the delicatessens of the bike theiving world.  I would never leave a bike I value locked and unattended for any length of time at a station.  Sad that it has come to this, but apparently the police just aren't interested...

I presume that parking outside a train station is the same as parking outside a cinema - any thief knows the odds are in their favour that they're going to have a long time before the owner returns.

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kil0ran | 4 years ago
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I love the CTT website, it's so, well, retro - and entirely in keeping with the slightly weirdy-beardy view of TTing I have. I mean, even Audax UK have gone all responsive and modern these days...

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exilegareth | 4 years ago
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I can't see how miles covered by going off course can be included in a  record - in CTT events STrava doesn't count and his distance will be whatever he acieved on the course....

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Jack Sexty replied to exilegareth | 4 years ago
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exilegareth wrote:

I can't see how miles covered by going off course can be included in a  record - in CTT events STrava doesn't count and his distance will be whatever he acieved on the course....

Unfortunately for Joe that may well be the case - we've asked CTT for an update.

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exilegareth replied to Jack Sexty | 4 years ago
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Jack Sexty wrote:
exilegareth wrote:

I can't see how miles covered by going off course can be included in a  record - in CTT events STrava doesn't count and his distance will be whatever he acieved on the course....

Unfortunately for Joe that may well be the case - we've asked CTT for an update.

 

According to club rumour I hold the record for unfortunate wrong turns this season - but none of them would have seen me at the head of the race anyway. It's a seriously strong performance on his part.

 

Just on a simple point, can we drop the distinction between tri athletes and testers? We've a few tri fans in our club, but if they pin on a number and ride in a TT, then they're a tester....

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Jack Sexty replied to exilegareth | 4 years ago
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exilegareth wrote:

Jack Sexty wrote:
exilegareth wrote:

I can't see how miles covered by going off course can be included in a  record - in CTT events STrava doesn't count and his distance will be whatever he acieved on the course....

Unfortunately for Joe that may well be the case - we've asked CTT for an update.

 

According to club rumour I hold the record for unfortunate wrong turns this season - but none of them would have seen me at the head of the race anyway. It's a seriously strong performance on his part.

 

Just on a simple point, can we drop the distinction between tri athletes and testers? We've a few tri fans in our club, but if they pin on a number and ride in a TT, then they're a tester....

Usually I'd agree 100% and wouldn't describe someone who competes in both sports as a triathlete, but in Joe's case it's literally true - his job title is professional triathlete.

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ChrisB200SX replied to exilegareth | 4 years ago
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exilegareth wrote:

Just on a simple point, can we drop the distinction between tri athletes and testers? We've a few tri fans in our club, but if they pin on a number and ride in a TT, then they're a tester....

Are they also a cyclist?

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exilegareth replied to Jack Sexty | 4 years ago
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Jack Sexty wrote:
exilegareth wrote:

I can't see how miles covered by going off course can be included in a  record - in CTT events STrava doesn't count and his distance will be whatever he acieved on the course....

Unfortunately for Joe that may well be the case - we've asked CTT for an update.

 

Race report is here now - https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-report/18908#anchor - looks like the record is out of the window but that's one hell of a missed turning...

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CygnusX1 | 4 years ago
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