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Denmark’s older cyclists urged to wear helmets in new campaign; 12,500-space bike parking facility opens in Utrecht; a day of big-name transfers; Kiwi rider beaten by a “bee’s dick” + much more on the live blog
All today’s news from the site and beyond…
Mon, Aug 19, 2019 19:42
SUMMARY
19 August 2019, 19:42
The Weekend Roundup
How fast?!? Scottish singer spotted delivering food by bike, Surrey cyclist helped out of canal after toppling in… all the best news from the weekend on road.cc:
Hundreds of drawing pins spread on Bridgend cycle track
Passer-by rescues Surrey cyclist from river after she slipped while riding on towpath
19 August 2019, 19:42
Dumoulin Leaves Sunweb After 8 Years
A transfer that was a long time coming. The rumour is that he’s headed to Jumbo Visma, meaning that we could have the majority of GC talent locked into just two teams. Watch out for the Ineos vs Jumbo battle to heat up even more next year!
After an incredible eight-year journey filled with countless successes, Team Sunweb and @tom_dumoulin are set to go their separate ways after 2019.
“My heart is here and together we have achieved great things that I’m very proud of.”
https://t.co/jC7sBpVqEf pic.twitter.com/jQz4RJeeRw
— Team Sunweb (@TeamSunweb) August 19, 2019
19 August 2019, 19:42
Beaten by a bee's dick....
It’s been a tough week for New Zealander Hayden McCormick. On stage 4 of the Tour of Utah, he celebrated a brilliant win, only to realise that he still had a lap to go…
…and then, clear of the breakaway on stage 5 of the Tour of Utah and there wasn’t much between him and Lachlan Morton at the line.
As McCormick puts it, there was just a ‘bee’s dick between us today’!
19 August 2019, 19:42
Fancy a ride in Richmond Park? Time to buy that gravel bike
A hotspot for London’s cyclists, Richmond Park is usually rather busy on a Sunday morning, but you’ll need to steer clear on Sunday 8th September as the London Duathlon is on.
The Tamsin trail will still be open, but that’s not much use for roadies. Best think of somewhere else for the Sunday spin that weekend…
19 August 2019, 19:42
Monday morning on Mont Ventoux
19 August 2019, 19:42
Well, that confirms that.
We have a dream. So from now on we don’t fight against each other, but with each other. Together. For the same dream. #samenwinnen pic.twitter.com/anA4OwTgjT
— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) August 19, 2019
Only about half an hour after Team Sunweb announced that Dumoulin would be leaving, Jumbo Visma has announced his signing.
It’s almost like they planned it…
19 August 2019, 19:42
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Install latex inner tubes. Read why here.
19 August 2019, 19:42
Hoy's still got it
May as well join in with the boys! #keirinschool #squats pic.twitter.com/IeiCwpdPW3
— Chris Hoy (@chrishoy) August 19, 2019
The last time that we went to the gym, the bar alone was a struggle, people laughed and we came away with a knee injury.
19 August 2019, 19:42
What bike for Paris-Brest-Paris?
As 1,200km randonnée gets underway, we look at the bikes being ridden. View them all here and let us know which one you would ride.
The bikes of PBP.
19 August 2019, 19:42
Who wants to give this a try?
BEST TRICK JAM CLIP.
– I’ll take it.
First one ever for me. The energy of the crowd was unforgettable.
Thank you @vansbmx66 for the incredible weekend. #VansBMXProCup pic.twitter.com/NwmXXKUxs7— Kevin Peraza (@KevinPerazaBmx) August 19, 2019
19 August 2019, 19:42
From the forum - What's the best commuter rainwear?
Over on the road.cc forum, user steevedee has a 10-mile commute and would prefer to stay dry.
Got a favourite bit of rain-wear? Head this way to let them know.
19 August 2019, 19:42
World Hour Record holder to Team NTT
Victor Campenaerts, the current holder of the World Hour Record is leaving Lotto Soudal for Team NTT, currently known as Dimension Data.
Announcement@VCampenaerts will join our team in 2020, as we rebrand to Team NTT. Welcome Victor!
“I’m really looking forward to this new challenge. I’m sure that this is a step forward in my career.”
Details: https://t.co/4CMyK4CSuz pic.twitter.com/dwD9W3djUt
— Team Dimension Data (@TeamDiData) August 19, 2019
The TT specialist may well have been looking for faster equipment with the BMC bikes of Team NTT surely a huge pull.
Speaking on the team’s website, Campenaerts said:
“I’m really looking forward to my new adventure with Team NTT next year. The contact that I had with the team earlier on (in the year) was immediately really positive – with riders at first, then with some of the staff and later on directly with Doug Ryder. The common interests were very positive for both parties, and we didn’t need talk too much in order for us to agree on working together.
“I had two super good years with Lotto Soudal, it was a really positive experience and it was really difficult to leave the team but I’m really looking forward to this new challenge. I’m sure that this is a step forward in my career and I’m really looking forward to it.”
19 August 2019, 19:42
Nice bike!
Top work Canyon, that’s a crracking paint job for British national women’s time trial champion Alice Barnes.
@canyon_bikes pic.twitter.com/FS8eHCwK5e
— Alice Barnes (@BarnesAlice) August 19, 2019
19 August 2019, 19:42
A busy day for big-name transfers - Philippe Gilbert heads back to Lotto-Soudal
Team news!
We are proud to announce that @PhilippeGilbert will return to @Lotto_Soudal next year.
"I want to try to lift the team to a higher level, by performing in races myself but also by making other riders better."
More: https://t.co/ztUfQwKBuL pic.twitter.com/893eNFKCtR
— Lotto Soudal (@Lotto_Soudal) August 19, 2019
19 August 2019, 19:42
12,500 spaces ... world's biggest bike parking facility opens in Utrecht
It’s been a while coming, but the world’s biggest bike parking facility has officially opened today in the Dutch city of Utrecht, with space for 12,500 bicycles.
Spanning three floors, it’s located next to Utrecht’s main railway station.
The Dutch government’s junior infrastructure minister, Stientje van Veldhoven, saidL “We are striving to make it a cyclists’ paradise and there’s still much to be done.
“I’d like us to make better use of what I call this secret weapon against congestion, poor air quality in cities and climate change that is also good for your health and your wallet.
“If you want to get people out of their cars and into public transport, you need to make sure using public transport is easy and comfortable.
“It needs to be very easy to park your bike as close to the train as possible – and you don’t want to be looking for half an hour for a space,” she added.
More here on Guardian.com.
19 August 2019, 19:42
Wear helmets, older cyclists in Denmark told
A road safety campaign in Denmark is urging older cyclists to wear helmets and ride bikes that are easier to climb on and dismount from, reports the Copenhagen Post.
Launched by road safety agency Rådet for Sikker Trafik and TrygFonden, the campaign points out that half of Denmark’s cyclist fatalities involve people aged 65+.
Some 37 per cent of survey respondents aged 65 and above said that losing balance while trying to get on or off a bike was the most common cause of their sustaining a cycling-related injury.
“When you’re elderly, a fall off a bicycle can have very serious consequences, because the body is more fragile. They can easily break a bone and decide their cycling days are over,” said Tina Valter Olsen from Rådet for Sikker Trafik.
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Son of a Marathon runner, Nephew of a National 24hr Champion, the racing genetics have completely passed him by. After joining the road.cc staff in 2016 as a reviewer, Liam quickly started writing feature articles and news pieces. After a little time living in Canada, where he spent most of his time eating poutine, Liam returned with the launch of DealClincher, taking over the Editor role at the start of 2018. At the weekend, Liam can be found racing on the road both in the UK and abroad, though he prefers the muddy fields of cyclocross. To date, his biggest race win is to the front of the cafe queue.
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mdavidford 11 minutes ago
Interesting counterpoint to the 'hire bike menace' narrative (obviously with the caveat that the report authors have a vested interest in selling the benefits, but...) Appears hire bike schemes go some way to addressing the cycling gender imbalance and, given the point about parking immediately outside the destination, dockless schemes particularly so. https://micromobilitybiz.com/forest-report-finds-shared-e-bikes-are-helping-close-london-cycling-gender-gap/
60somethingcyclist 16 hours ago
@chrisonabike True, things went back to normal once the pandemic was over. In this case, however the problems are still ongoing, and aren't likely to be resolved in the near future. If anything, they're going to get worse. Food shortages are predicted because of the effect that the heatwave has had on crops. This is bound to push prices up. The Straits of Hormuz aren't likely to reopen anytime soon and the strategic oil reserves are running low. Russia is having to import petrol because its own refineries have been badly hit, so that's even more competition for an even more scarce resource. I think that more and more people are going to see cycling as a way of cutting household bills.
chrisonabike 17 hours ago
I think if "grown up" cyclists * are quibbling about ASLs we've very much missed the road safety point anyway. (Not to mention the wider "better transport choices" picture). ASLs are poor-to-useless "cycling infra", even for their design intent. If the idea is "for less confident cyclists" then a design that requires that you re-position in front of the motor traffic - waiting to accelerate - seems unhelpful. Of course they're only designed to help when traffic is stopped, and you can reach the front in time and if vehicles aren't already occupying them. As we're noting here drivers frequently ignore them - whether that be deliberate, a lack of road craft, because they were concentrating on following the vehicle in front, or because the paint has rubbed off. * Aside: shouldn't cycling also be safe and accessible for kids? Or should they only be allowed to do this when accompanied by sufficient qualified adults? Or be limited to parks and otherwise being driven around by their carers? Perhaps there is another way...?
Ben Graham 19 hours ago
Hi Bungle, I saw you follow-up comment. I can't imaging there's a tolerance of 4 seconds on camera enforced lights, seems an odd decision - an offence is committed if a vehicle starts crossing on a red, any tolerance is discretionary. There does seem to be some odd thinking about 'advanced stop lines' where the rules relating to them are identical to a regular stop line, as explained correctly elsewhere in the Highway Code. It does seem a regular offence. Where I live it doesn't help that some of them are very faint and disappear in rain.
Rendel Harris 19 hours ago
@ktache Not sure he's totally ruled out of the worlds yet (though I think it would be best if he doesn't), normal recovery time is about eight weeks but surgery can halve that...depending on the nature of the break he could be just about fit to ride by the time of the elite men's race, but he'll have missed a lot of training. Hopefully his managers and team will persuade him to wait until Lombardia, if not just to knock it off for the rest of the year.
Rendel Harris 20 hours ago
@Bungle_52 The Met told me a couple of years ago when rejecting a submission that they needed a clear three seconds of red visible before they would consider it for an RLJ prosecution. I pointed out to them that this meant that at 30 mph a driver could see a light change to red from 40 metres away and still get through without sanction, or 55 m if they accelerated to 40 as most do. They just replied "them's our rules..."
Bungle_52 20 hours ago
@Ben Graham I have just checked the footage from my report. The driver crosses the 1st stop line 4 seconds after the light turns red. All on camera from behind the vehicle. No further action. So I assume the margin is at least 4 seconds.
chrisonabike 21 hours ago
Oh, and active travel funding per head (in England at least) is laughable compared to other places. Plus it is delivered intermittently. It's more like a Blue Peter contest...
chrisonabike 21 hours ago
Yup, I see those opportunities being missed all the time in Edinburgh. When it gets really bad, dig it all up and put it back down again how it was. Contrast with what seems to happen in NL - when things are dug up the whole thing seems to get a "let's redo this according to the current standards" treatment. They even coordinate with the utilities, so that after a refurb the street isn't immediately dug up again because of leaking pipes / we suddenly realised the new estate being planned for round the corner will want broadband etc. Pros and cons of course - you may wait longer there for changes as smaller changes may be deferred until a major redo is due. (Though in the UK case you likely wouldn't get them at all...) It seems we "can't have nice things" in the UK in part because a) we have greater motor traffic speeds/volumes spead across "streets" / within urban areas b) the funding and organisational responsibility differs. Are we in the "Sam Vimes boots" territory (being too poor to afford better products which not only save money over time but actually work)? There is long term money pressure on LAs and it seems that due to poor construction and maintenance we have to regularly pour money into (pot-)holes in the road. And it seems there's no budget to check up on or enforce adequate standards from utilities work or even private building.
ktache 22 hours ago
Shame about the world champs defence. Speedy recovery. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/30/tadej-pogacar-vuelta-a-espana-cycling-crash-hospital-stage-nine
4 thoughts on “Denmark’s older cyclists urged to wear helmets in new campaign; 12,500-space bike parking facility opens in Utrecht; a day of big-name transfers; Kiwi rider beaten by a “bee’s dick” + much more on the live blog”
Kevin Peraza – Skillz
Kevin Peraza – Skillz
I cannot imagine the pain and frustrations that he must have endured to get that good.
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“Launched by road safety
“Launched by road safety agency Rådet for Sikker Trafik and TrygFonden, the campaign points out that half of Denmark’s cyclist fatalities involve people aged 65+.
Some 37 per cent of survey respondents aged 65 and above said that losing balance while trying to get on or off a bike was the most common cause of their sustaining a cycling-related injury.”
Just the normal conflating of two seperate phenomena as used by helmet zealots everywhere. Like saying that most dead cyclists had a head injury, even if that injury was superficial and they died from massive organ failure by their torso being run over.
…the campaign points out
...the campaign points out that half of Denmark’s cyclist fatalities involve people aged 65+
But over 70% of fatalities in general involve people over 65. So cycling seems pretty safe in that respect and shouldn’t be discourage by making it seem dangerous.