Frustrated breakaway contenders miss out on Giro d'Italia stage win after bizarre finale; Stop Killing Cyclists co-founder slams "entitlement" of complaining drivers; "Bycles" is no more; Your stupid cycling moments; Hi-vis + more on the live blog

I get Schmid's frustration, but come on. Has he never seen a criterium? You can't complain about a rider not holding their line in a sprint when there's tight lefthand turn in the final 100m. It's a fight for the inside line. Bouwman won that fight. #Giro pic.twitter.com/Kuez3xa9ox

— Neal Rogers 🇺🇦 (@nealrogers) May 27, 2022

 

 

 

 

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All shall be revealed next week! 

This is a nuts final kilometre 🥴 pic.twitter.com/ptWVmkEc3u

— Tilda (@matildaprice_) May 27, 2022

Local knowledge suggests there's a pretty testing 8 per cent gradient before the sharp bend, which might make things a little safer... 

🇦🇺 @richie_porte drops out of the Giro 🙁

🇦🇺 @richie_porte abbandona il Giro 🙁#Giro

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 27, 2022

Richie Porte's final Grand Tour has ended, with an illness seeing the Ineos Grenadiers pro dropping out the race with 80km to go on stage 19. Eurosport and GCN+ on-motorbike reporter Sir Bradley Wiggins said he had seen the Australian throwing up, and shouted "gastro" to him — suggesting a stomach problem.

When I was a kid I was flying down a hill in a mates cul de sac, and I pulled the back brake hard to skid it round in front of his house. Turned a bit too hard, ended up facing the opposite direction and going over the back wheel.

— Oli (@dudeoli) May 27, 2022

Kapelmuur nominated a friend with some extraordinary tales of cycling stupidity: "This reminds me of an accident prone chap I met on a ride a few years ago. One of his collisions with a parked car resulted in him crashing through the rear window and landing in the back seat.

"He also got his front wheel stuck in a cattle grid and was catapulted over the bars, I couldn't work out how that was possible. His best was setting up rollers in his living room,  riding off the end of them, sweeping a clock, ornaments and photos off the mantelpiece and wrecking the coffee table he landed on.

"He has survived though, I still see his name on Strava."

Cycling into a @WorldBollard I'm still blushing at the thought.

— Birdy (@BiddyBike) May 27, 2022

nosferatu1001: "Cycling along a new path I've not been down before, looked back for a second to shout about how good a path it was, look back to see a hidden collapsed bit of path down into the river right in front of me. About 3 feet across and too close to avoid. Just managed to hook the front wheel up and kept speed up so it made the other side. Bit of a bump but otherwise ok.... Timing was immense."

I lost a vital gear component off my bike, as I fixed a puncture, 40kms into a 4,000km ride

Found the component after an hour of frantic searching through long grass…still having flashbacks 😱

— Kris (@climb8b) May 27, 2022

PRSboy added another second-hand tale: "Back on the 'stupid things on bikes' theme, a friend was in a group in a sportive, when a bloke decided he'd remove his gilet, pro style, whilst pedalling along at 40kmh. All was apparently going well until he got the garment stuck on the left brake hood as he packed it up..."

😬

I have too many of these tales to tell 😵

— Mike Anton (@M1ke_A) May 27, 2022 

'Is it just a money-making ploy?'

Donnachadh McCarthy. co-founder of 'Stop Killing Cyclists' says it is entitled for drivers to go over 20mph in certain areas and safety has to come first. pic.twitter.com/kTeGS2ygis

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) May 27, 2022

Co-founder of Stop Killing Cyclists Donnachadh McCarthy was on Good Morning Britain this morning to take part in a debate about 20mph speed limits, which was framed as: "Are 20mph cameras a war on drivers?"

On the ITV morning show, McCarthy was making the case for the cameras, while broadcaster Edward Adoo argued there is "no logic" to 20mph cameras being live in the early hours of the morning when "there is no-one around". 

The 'debate' came after a 20mph camera in Plymouth detected more than 23,500 speeding drivers before it was officially switched on — including 1,100 in the first 24 hours alone.

McCarthy said Adoo's claim the cameras should be switched off during quieter times was "the voice of entitlement".

"We're listening to the voice of entitlement," he said. "He talks about families. What about the family of kids who are being killed? The idea that we put the idea of a £100 fine against saving lives is shocking to me. At night time there will be nurses coming home from the night shift. There'll be parents going to work on the Good Morning show."

At this point the host interrupts to make the point..."But they'll be in cars. They won't be at risk of being hit, one would imagine"...erm, right...okay...because nobody in a car has ever hit another vehicle...

Showing the patience of a saint, McCarthy corrects: "Sorry, they could crash into another driver. This is actually safety for everybody. The idea that we have not enforced 20mph zones is a disgrace. Five times more people will be killed at 30 (mph) than 20 (mph). Why have the police not enforced it up to now? This is good news for families, good news for kids."

'There's no logic.'

Motorists have reacted with fury to the appearance of 20mph speed cameras catching thousands out.

But are these cameras a 'cash cow' or much-needed to keep us safe? pic.twitter.com/qpENIoYPkO

— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) May 27, 2022

Live blog favourite Ryan is on his honeymoon so, naturally, has taken the lucky lady to watch the Giro d'Italia...no, really...

Here are some of his snaps from yesterday's stage finish in Treviso...

Cargo bike car valet in Hackney. Peak irony. Kudos pic.twitter.com/cyouoWzvvw

— Bob From Accounts 🚲 (@BobFromAccounts) May 27, 2022

> Yet more research shows benefits bike lanes bring local businesses with more footfall and higher spending

Most stupid moment youve ever had on a bike? Ill go first. mudguard rubbing against tyre around front fork. Thought “a good knock will probably line that back up” so thumped the front mudguard behind the fork whilst cruising along. A miracle im still alive. Your turn.

— Stephen (@NorthRoadSte) May 26, 2022

Let the floodgates open...

Not zipping up my back pocket with a buff in it… pic.twitter.com/GieQWwWZp0

— Phil B (@phil_b) May 26, 2022

Went to hold on to a bollard at a set of traffic lights to save unclipping. It was one of the flexi ones.
Need I say more?!

— Liz (@misslizmanning) May 27, 2022

Hmmm, the difficult thing for me is deciding which one counts as most stupid...

There was the busy commute unclipping fail, but that was more a result of stubbornly avoiding buying new cleats until the old ones couldn't...well, unclip...

Somehow getting a ball bearing in my frame is up there too...that's a rattle that's hard to get rid of...

Or how about as a very young kid, having just learnt how to ride a bike without stabilisers when I decided trying to cycle with my eyes closed would be a good idea...*narrator: "It was not a good idea"*...our neighbour's hedge never was the same again...

Riding home from lacrosse practice. My mate told me to watch out because I might get my lacrosse stick stuck in my spokes.
"Don't be daft" I said, "It'll never fit in between the spokes. And jammed it at the wheel to prove my point.

Lacrosses sticks will fit between the spokes.

— Jon (@Jontafkasi) May 26, 2022

Forgot I was wearing cleats. Forgot to unclip at a red light, on a main road under spaghetti junction in Birmingham. It was rush hour and I fell off to the side. I can still hear the lads in the white van behind me howling with laughter. 🤪

— Peter Bailey (@FWPeterBailey) May 26, 2022

Thought if I carried on towards the badger that was crossing the road it would scurry out the way before I got there, and save me swerving to avoid. It didn’t. Just stared at me as I ran over it, then chased me down the road. Scared the shite out of me.

— Marc Ruse (@marcruse) May 26, 2022

Come on, don't be shy... get your most stupid cycling moment in the comments...we promise not to laugh too much...