Tour of Britain Stage 1: Cannondale’s Elia Viviani takes win and race lead

Seriously.... Yes of course my data is robust. That's what science is all about. If you don't want to believe the data, then I don't know what to say.

Local governments excel at making really annoying a preferable option.

Nice try, but I don’t even seem to be able to reply to your post ktache has encountered the Reply Level Limit, and I'm not convinced that the new system of reply under the 'index comment' is at all as effective as the previous 'replying to ...' marker

London connection would seem reasonable because there are so many female heroes that they're spoiled for choice, but let's not miss an opportunity to laud the name of Beryl Burton, or another great: Nicole Cooke. They, especially Burton, came before the tidal wave of worthy names in British female cycling, and can be described as harbingers.

They're all Londoners or have significant connections with London, I don't know if that was part of the judging criteria?

Really quite disappointed that Beryl Burton's name isn't on that list of inspirational female cyclists.

Does Kate Hoey also think that drivers with webcams are 'nasty'?

Nice try, but I don't even seem to be able to reply to your post.

I think the idea is that you have to go round the barrier through an area that is more tightly packed with pedestrians. Honestly though, why would you choose to ride on a busy pedestrian street. They're really annoying.

It looks to me as if the bike was pushed over, gear side down, into a pool of mud. Or perhaps it was something like the horse trails we get in the new forest, where the track is very narrow and worn into the ground, which is also very soft on either side. You have to get off and push because it's too narrow to ride on but then the derailleur has scraped along the side of the bank and picked up a clump of mud and grass.