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There's a new team on the block. The Vatican Cycling team was accepted as a member of the UCI in the autumn, with president David Lappartient travelling to Rome to give Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi a cycling jersey for Pope Francis.

Now, we're pretty sure Pope Francis himself won't be donning the Lycra for a bid at road race glory...so what is the team's goal?

The dream of the Vatican team is apparently to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but for now team officials say team spirit and spreading Pope Francis' love of cycling will be enough.

NCR reports Ravasi told attendees that although Leonardo da Vinci did not invent the bicycle, his 16th-century sketches helped intuit what would become today's bikes.

In June, Egan Bernal presented Pope Francis with a Pinarello Dogma F12 and Maglia Rosa from his Giro d'Italia win.

Today’s menu for the 6-hour endurance ride ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/VeGNSTvRog

— Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (@IntermarcheWG) January 20, 2022

Apparently the bonk doesn't exist when you're a pro rider...

L39ION of Los Angeles has revealed its 2022 kit that’s inspired by night racing and designed in collaboration with Rapha. It’s stunning, isn’t it? 

Warped traces of light and a fast paced graphic style fill the jersey. The design is intended to symbolise “Legion’s attitude towards warping people’s perceptions of them and the sport”, all in a colour palette that mirrors their natural habitat: nocturnal crit races.

The team kit will be available to buy on rapha.cc, with a portion of the profits being reinvested back into the team to help fund their development.

A Glasgow commuter (hopefully not behind the wheel at the time) snapped this shot of a cyclist riding along the ten-lane M8 road bridge on Tuesday morning. Glasgow Live speculated they must have crossed the Clyde by taking the slip road up from Waterloo Street in the city centre or Newton Street after being spotted heading towards the Tradeston exit.

The bridge is regarded as one of Europe's busiest, seeing more than 150,000 vehicles a day. It's not the first time a rider has taken the wrong turn. In 2017, a cyclist was "fearful and in tears" after ending up on the bridge.

“Guys, we have to hurry up a little bit” @jakob_fuglsang’s TT victory was stolen today 🤣 pic.twitter.com/uvKH1uuMVl

— Israel – Premier Tech / Israel Cycling Academy (@IsraelPremTech) January 17, 2022

We're so excited about the forthcoming changes to The Highway Code that we did this! (thread!) pic.twitter.com/sLzkKv8LXX

— Better Ealing Streets (@BetterEaling) January 19, 2022

People in Czech capital Prague will have free access to short-term bike-sharing after a pilot project was made permanent. The Lítačka public transport pass will now give users up to 15 minutes free use of hire bikes, four times a day.

Canadian Cycling Magazine reports the scheme was initially implemented to alleviate the city's congestion by offering an alternative to bus or car journeys.

Having begun in October the three-month pilot has now been made permanent. The stats from the pilot showed the majority of journeys lasted around five minutes, most likely as people commuted or popped to the shops.

Warning strong language. Swearing while you fear that you are about to be killed by a driver using a vehicle as a weapon against you is a public order offence according to the local Inspector. Long thread @SafeCyclingEire @IrishCycle @righttobikeit @CitizenW0lf @ciarancannon pic.twitter.com/49nPBzuNDy

— I Against I (@CyclingForMind) January 16, 2022

Here's a lesson you should apparently consider: don't swear if you're put in danger on the roads...

 @CyclingForMind found out the hard way after reporting this driver for a dangerous overtake ahead of a blind bend, only to receive a caution and see no action against the motorist. The manoeuvre came moments before this later footage and "out of fright at being overtaken so close to a blind bend I ended up swearing," the rider explained.

"I could see the look of anger on the driver's face as he overtook. Five minutes later I passed the same driver in a car park. He appeared to be checking his phone. I shook my head at the fact he had time to stop to check his phone but not to wait until it was safe to overtake."

That's where we join the footage...with the driver chasing after to have a few words...

"I was inches away from being forced onto the gravel," they continued. "If I crashed I could have hit the stone wall to my left or gone underneath the van."

In the following 'debate', "he came out with such gems as 'you're swearing in front of my fucking young lad'.

"At no point did I swear at the driver while he was out of the van or make threats against him. Not proud of myself for the language I used in front of the kid but I did not expect a kid to be in a work van when he first overtook.

"I think most people would react the same. When you fear that you are about to be killed you don't have time to consider your words. It was a primal reaction to the most primal fear."

When the incident was reported to the Garda, the inspector cautioned the cyclist for their language, and cautioned the driver for their language also, but "no action in regards to overtaking towards a blind bend".

Despite repeated requests for updates and an appeal the original decision stood. "What message are the Garda sending out here? If a driver causes you such fear that you swear don’t report them or you will end up in court."

Remember this? 

How could you forget...The brand got a fair bit of heat for it when it first dropped, and then got the official telling off from the Advertising Standards Authority, informing Mamnick’s owner Thom Barnett that the ad breached UK advertising code.

However, the company isn't ready to go down easily, and is still popping back at the critics...

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— Mamnick™ (@Mamnick) January 20, 2022