"Make your current car your last car", says Green Party Cllr; Man has bike nicked outside Wetherspoons after finishing 400km charity ride; Ineos "not quite on it this year" says Wiggins; Cycling not popular on Tinder + more on the live blog

Liam Owens had just completed the challenging route that stretches from Holyhead to Cardiff with friends from university, when the group decided to have a celebratory drink in a Cardiff Bay Wetherspoons pub. 

Rory Fish told In Your Area: "We finally reached Cardiff at about 4.30pm and decided to go to the Wetherspoons there.

"We left our bikes outside and thought they would be safe because there were CCTV cameras around, but when came back we realised Liam's had gone. To make it worse, he had his car keys in the back."

Mr Fish says he doesn't expect his friend will get his grey Avanti Giro bike back, but has urged anyone with information to contact South Wales Police on 101. Mr Fish noted on the group's JustGiving page that they had faced much adversity on route as well as the disappointing ending, writing: "Well we made it through Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons... but not without their ups and downs.

"1x broken arm (James), 1x broken derailleur (Ross), 1x rear wheel buckled but on James’ bike (Ross) 1x bent disc brake (Rory) 1x bike stolen (as we had our celebratory meal in Cardiff - Liam).

"All in all quite the ordeal, but we’d do it all again in a heartbeat to raise more money for these great charities."

If you can, just make your current car your last car, use cars less, don’t buy an SUV and if you have to buy a car make it a small electric one. We need to tackle forced car use and ownership, make streets healthier and safer for walking and cycling and get more public transport. https://t.co/SbJkFfc5dz

— Caroline Russell (@CarolineRussell) September 2, 2020

The Green Party London Assembly Member and Councillor for the Highbury East ward in Islington was replying to a comment about the environmental problems posed by electric cars; and said that a better idea would be to promote more walking and cycling and reduce car use overall, rather than replace petrol cars with electric ones. 

"Forced car use" "more public transport"
She is literally highlighting the same issues you are. She realises that people in rural areas has no other option and that is why it's called "Forced" it's someone's decision not to provide public transport and that's what needs changing

— Cameron Taylor (@cmtlr) September 2, 2020

Not everyone was in agreement, but it appears some misunderstood Russell's point. She added: "That’s why I said we have to make streets healthier and safer and tackle forced car use - many people live in places without public transport and where roads are so hostile you have to be brave to walk or get on a bike."

Another commented that since they had stopped driving due to ill health, their shopping bill had increased; presumably due to more expensive local shops and high costs of public transport. Russell replied: "It illustrates all that is wrong with our transport system that without a car you are paying more for food and essentials. The health and societal dis-benefits of driving are not born by car users which is why these inequalities persist."

Russell is well known for her activism on cycling and walking, and penned a blog for road.cc back in 2018 in which she question if the Met Police were doing enough to bring down the number of cyclists and pedestrians injured or killed on London's roads. 

Are we 'forced' into car ownership in the UK? Let us know your thoughts in the comments as always. 

L'étape résumée en une photo 🥱 😂#AllezTotalDirectEnergie⚡ #TdF2020 pic.twitter.com/4xl4PnZkmp

— Team Total Direct Energie (@TDE_ProCycling) September 2, 2020

Boring af, if we're being honest. 

🇮🇪 ☘️ @Sammmy_Be wins the Intermediate Sprint and the 20 points that go with it. He is now the virtual holder of the green jersey.

🇮🇪 @Sammmy_Be remporte le sprint intermédiaire et les 20 points qui l’accompagnent. Il est donc virtuellement le nouveau Maillot Vert du #TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/yvLcHMhyhS

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 2, 2020

Sam Bennett has just won the Intermediate Sprint to net himself 20 points, and is currently in virtual green... is this the year Sagan loses his grip on the jersey he has won a record seven times?

In his latest podcast, Wiggins said that Primoz Roglic "looked invincible" yesterday, but hasn't been encouraged by the performance of the newly-named Ineos Grenadiers over the first four days of racing. Wiggins said the departure of coach Rod Ellingworth and the tragic death of directeur sportif Nicolas Portal could have had a big impact. 

"There were two big losses there, two major players in the organisation of that Tour de France team", he said.  

"Rod wasn't at the Tour de France last year because he'd already left before then, and last year was the first sign even with Geraint Thomas in the team where they didn't look (like) the old Sky train.

"I wonder if they have to start trying to win the Tour in a different way; but two major players, it clearly has an impact on that team."

According to Gazzetta Dello Sport, Imola was the clear favourite to host because the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari race track will be ideal for ensuring crowds can comply with social distancing rules. 

It's also confirmed that there will be no U23 races, with just men's and women's elite time trials and road races taking place - full story to follow. 

According to Tuttobici a decision has been taken and Imola will host the UCI road World Championships 2020.

Official announcement at 13.00 CEST.

— La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) September 2, 2020

The announcement from the UCI is expect to be made officially at 12pm BST; but according to Tuttobici, it's already decided that the Road World Championships will now be held in the Italian city of Imola. If true, it will be just over 52 years since Imola hosted the championships in September 1968. 

The schedule would see the time trials take place on Thursday 24th September, and the road races on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September. It comes after Aigle-Martigny in Switzerland was forcec to cancel because the scale of the event and impossibility of ensuring social distancing would have made it impossible to comply with latest Swiss government measures, according to the organisers. 

⚠ So that the #TDF2020 goes smoothly, adopt good behaviours and respect the guidelines and rules throughout the entire race.

2️⃣m from the riders ⭕
0️⃣ autograph ✍
2️⃣ key actions: use hand sanitiser and wear a mask throughout the entire race. 😷
0️⃣ selfie 🤳 pic.twitter.com/Gqd6OVzJ5D

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 2, 2020

No selfies, no autographs, keep 2 metres from the riders and wear masks at all times, say the organisers. Although today's 183km stage finishes in Privas in France's Ardèche department, the least populated of the nation's 95 prefectures, it begins in the bustling commune of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department, which has been a regular hosting town for Le Tour over the years; so it's likely there will be plenty of locals and tourists trying to catch a glimpse of the action along the way. 

So surprisingly, wearing your favourite cycling jersey isn't going to get many right swipes compared to sports like rugby and football? You'd have thunk it! 

To conduct the study, Golf Support set up 12 identical Tinder profiles apart from the sports kit the person (we assume a male) was wearing, and then made 300 right swipes on the app. They determined which was the most popular by how many matches each kit received... and it wasn't so good for cycling, just pipping rowing and cricket but coming 10th out of 12 with just 70 right swipes. At the top, rugby came first with 208 swipes, football was second with 195 and golf (???) was third with 168. 

They also found that listing your favourite sports team in your bio is a big no-no, with 68% saying this was a turn-off... so it's probably best to wait for the date to reveal your love for Jumbo–Visma. 

Maybe back it up by saying you have a vintage Colnago with Campagnolo Record on it and spend every night polishing her up lovingly or something? That'll surely win 'em over...