Britain's most pointless cycling 'infrastructure'? Team car driver rear-ends Giro d'Italia rider; Danny MacAskill is human after all; Wrecked £250k Ferrari smashes into cycle lane; Police appeal; Tom Dumoulin is back; Bidon bins + more on the live blog

Very careless from Bike Exchange driver. Not paying attention. Inexcusable at this level https://t.co/cSiw2Uxolv

— Auribus Teneo Lupum (@AirbusLupum) May 13, 2021

This will be one to keep an eye on as we hear more from the rider involved and the two teams... there has been plenty of sympathy for Pieter Serry rolling in. In the live blog comments, OnYerBike was not convinced by Alex Howes' thoughts on it being the UCI's fault.

He wrote: "I know the UCI isn't always the most popular organisation amongst pro cyclists, but this is stretching it. The crash was a product of the driver not watching where they were going."

dubwise suggested a strong punishment for BikeExchange: "Personally, I would throw Bike Exchange out the race. Rider safety doesn't seem paramount to them. If the UCI can throw the likes of Schär out because he threw a bottle away in the wrong place, then..."

DS's shouldn't be driving EVER. Eject 1 team car and the driver from the race. #Giro2021 https://t.co/SxPC4dmo2l

— Dustin White (@dustinwht) May 13, 2021

Over on Facebook, we enjoyed the irony of an ad under the blog that one reader spotted...

Get on the phone, Pieter...

💗 Giro d'Italia 2021 - Stage 6⃣
📌 Grotte di Frasassi - Ascoli Piceno (San Giacomo)

🥇 @maedergino 🇨🇭
🥈 @Eganbernal 🇨🇴
🥉 @DanMartin86 🇮🇪#Giro pic.twitter.com/JOKFmLcrGb

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 13, 2021

No repeat of the Paris-Nice heartbreak for Gino Mäder today as the Swiss rider went some way to restoring Bahrain Victorious' pride after the loss of their leader Mikel Landa yesterday. Part of the day's breakaway, Mäder left Dario Cataldo and Bauke Mollema on the final climb to win the first summit finish of the race.

Behind, Egan Bernal showed his hand for the first time this Grand Tour, attacking close to the finish along with Remco Evenepoel and Dan Martin to force a small advantage over the rest of the GC favourites. Alessandro De Marchi would have been resigned to losing the maglia rosa having been distanced on a descent earlier in the day.

FDJ's Hungarian climber, Attila Valter, is the surprise new wearer of the leader's jersey and has an 11 second advantage over Remco Evenepoel. Egan Bernal moves up to third overall.

Cycling to work is a good start to the day. As an MP, I often cycled to work, weather permitting. Today was the first time cycling to the office since I became Prime Minister in January 2021. Hopefully I can #biketowork more frequently in the summer. pic.twitter.com/iJyb4It6I0

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) May 13, 2021

Wout van Aert will head straight to the Tour de France after the Belgian national championships and has opted to skip the Critérium du Dauphiné, Wielerflits reports. The Belgian underwent appendicitis surgery last week and is expected to channel all his efforts into getting in top shape for helping Primož Roglič win the yellow jersey at the Tour.

Van Aert won the opening stage of the Dauphiné last year before taking two stages of the Tour but will not be at the traditional warm up race this year. Instead, he has added a defence of his national time trial championship and the road race to his programme. In the meantime, the 26-year-old will meet up with his Jumbo-Visma teammates at altitude in the Sierra Nevada next week.

The team's strategy has raised a few eyebrows. Primož Roglič decided to prepare his challenge solely at altitude and will not compete between Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the start of the Tour on June 26.

Any time Danny MacAskill does anything on a bike it is usually worth a shout on the live blog. His latest video, 'This and That' features some pretty impressive gate-hopping that could finally find a use for the ridiculous 'infrastructure' from earlier...

In between the super-human bike handling clips we even get a reminder he is human as MacAskill goes flying over the handlebars into a bush, cheers for making us all feel better about our skills, Danny. There is also a behind the scenes...

Northumbria Police appealed for witnesses to a collision between a driver of a Ford Fiesta and a cyclist on the A19 this morning to come forward. The incident happened at around 1:35am on the northbound stretch between A183 Offerton and A1231 North Hylton in Sunderland. Sadly the cyclist, a man in his 20s, died from his injuries and his next of kin have been informed.

The force wants to hear from anyone travelling in the area at the time who may have dash cam footage or saw anything. They are particularly interested in tracing the driver of a heavy goods vehicle who may have witnessed the collision. You can contact Northumbria Police on their website or by phoning 101 and quoting the log 47 130521.

Back in the peloton ➡️ @tom_dumoulin

His first race will be the Tour de Suisse🇨🇭

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) May 13, 2021

Tom Dumoulin will make his return to the peloton at the Tour de Suisse, six months after taking a break from the sport. Speaking to his team, the 30-year-old said he had rediscovered his love of cycling and was ready to make a comeback. Beyond the Tour de Suisse in June, Dumoulin will target the Dutch time trial and road national championships before heading to the Olympics in Tokyo.

Jumbo-Visma recently announced Dumoulin's place on the Tour de France team would be taken by Jonas Vingegaard who impressed during the spring, winning a stage in UAE before finishing second on GC behind Primož Roglič in the Basque Country. Back in January, Dumoulin stepped away from the sport, saying he needed to "get things clear in my head about what i want and how I want it." 

"It feels really good to take this step and I feel very supported by my friends and family and the team to take this step. Taking the decision immediately felt like a big weight of my shoulders. I’m going to do a lot of thinking and talking to a lot of people and I’m very confident that I will find the answers the coming period," he said at the time.

Back in October we got hold of this video of a Ferrari driver in London filming himself speeding over Lambeth Bridge before losing control and narrowly missing a cyclist riding in the opposite direction. Well, another Ferrari driver has made the blog this morning...and it is another shocker...

Greater Manchester Police appealed for information and dash cam footage after this major city centre crash on Wednesday morning. Pictures released by the force show the wrecked Ferrari 488, worth £250k, badly damaged and now sat half on the pavement, half in the cycle lane where most of its front end looks to be scattered.

The other driver involved was in a Peugeot 308 and police confirmed one person suffered a "minor injury". GMP Traffic tweeted: "Two vehicle RTC on Chester Road attended by #XT14 & #ME51 this morning involving minor injury. "We are aware of potential CCTV that may assist our investigation into the circumstances and would ask anyone with footage to email 15246 [at] gmp.police.uk."

We can confirm at this stage no CCTV / Dash Cam has been recovered or passed to police. We are aware of comments to suggest the investigating officers have established the speed of the vehicles involved - this is not the case. Any witnesses/dash cam are asked to make contact.

— GMP Traffic (@gmptraffic) May 12, 2021