Matej Mohorič spotted using dropper post during Strade Bianche recon; Dan Walker hits back at Piers Morgan for accusing him of “milking” collision injuries; Fans divided over AG2R Citroën’s denim; Jeremy Vine vs Lamborghini + more on the live blog
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Cycling fans divided over AG2R Citroën's denim bib shorts
A crime against fashion? A crime against cycling? The best thing to come from pro cycling in 2023? An eye-harming denim disaster? The coolest bibs in the peloton? AG2R Citroën, the team fabled for splitting the room with their brown shorts, have done it again…
If you thought the brown bibs were controversial…https://t.co/aira3WivpB
[📷: Pauline Ballet]— road.cc (@roadcc) March 2, 2023
Don’t worry, the brown shorts will be back on Sunday, the team promises. In the meantime the cycling world was left to debate denim…
No the brown bits are awesome but denim, well… denim is in its own class! And don’t worry, the brown bits will be back on Sunday!
— David C B (@tzed250) March 2, 2023
On our story, lesterama suggested the team missed a trick and should have deployed brown denim for maximum piss-boiling effect, or worse, Jem PT added… corduroy… *shudders in French*…
Luke Orr: “I knew it, only taken 30 years for the Carrera ‘denim’ bibs to take off”
Piers Stanbury: “Well they’ve managed to get us all talking… sponsors must be happy…”
The replies section of Katy Madgwick’s tweet about the news was a superb summary of public opinion…
ITS A CRIME. BROWN OR BUST!!!!
— Penguin (@JoshuaRidgeon) March 2, 2023
…are very pleased? 😁
— Katy M (@writebikerepeat) March 2, 2023
Worse than the 💩 shorts
— Katie (@KatieeeSpencer) March 2, 2023
These are horrendous. Where can I buy some??
— Dan (@dfitzgerald90) March 2, 2023
I actually quite like these, a subtle denim version works
— Alex Woolley (@alexwoolley1976) March 2, 2023
Yes! Best thing in cycling 2023
— Tom Collier (@tomcdevon) March 2, 2023
Who wore denim the best?
Good reason to share again one of THE great cycling photos. Anyone asking who wore Denin lycra the best. Here is your answer. Pantani. Alpe d’Huez. pic.twitter.com/cZAf2yniay
— Simon Warren (@100Climbs) March 3, 2023
POLL: Denim bib shorts — hot or not?
Don’t act surprised, you knew this was coming…
Have Bahrain Victorious solved the mystery of Matej Mohorič's stolen Garmin?
In short. No. From the Garmin 830 box in shot and the fact Matej never uploaded his Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne file to Strava, we’re taking an educated guess this is a new device for the 2022 Milan-San Remo winner…
Anyway, well played…
Race used. Taking offers 😋 pic.twitter.com/gvUl4qKyow
— Fran Miholjević (@FranMiholjevic) March 3, 2023
Jeremy Vine "notorious" for cycling around London
Notorious: /nə(ʊ)ˈtɔːrɪəs/ (adjective) famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed…
Now imagine a news story that said “Jeremy Vine has been notorious for driving around London.” pic.twitter.com/5QELHYuwXP
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) March 2, 2023
It’s been some week for the BBC and Channel 5 presenter…
> “He has to wait, that’s all there is to it”: Jeremy Vine slams bus driver for near miss
> Jeremy Vine collision “caused by a cyclist going through a red light”
Dan Walker hits back at "bitter" Piers Morgan for accusing him of "milking" collision injuries like he had "survived a terror attack"
Piers Morgan attracting criticism with controversial comments? Who’d have thought it? At least he was right about Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United and Lionel Messi… oh, wait a second…
This playground spat was, I’m sure Piers would tell the teacher, started by Dan Walker who hosted the Royal Television Society’s awards night on Wednesday and apparently had a dig at the Talk TV ‘personality’ in his speech.
As with any good feud between adult males with a combined age of 102, word got back to Morgan who took to Twitter, saying Walker had been “kicked off Match of the Day and BBC Breakfast”, was “washed up on Channel 5” and had been “milking” his “grazes” from being knocked off his bike by a driver in Sheffield like he had “survived a terror attack” (particularly tasteful when you read the front page of your morning paper today).
🤣🤣If I were Dan Walker, and I’d been kicked off Match of the Day & BBC Breakfast, then washed up on Channel 5 daytime, and only got press these days by falling off a bike, getting a few grazes, and milking it like I’d survived a terror attack, I’d be this bitter too. https://t.co/Be5kPPSOCq
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 2, 2023
In reply, Walker said: “What a laugh. Interesting idea of taking a lesson on bitterness from a fella who has written article after article attacking a woman who had one drink with him & thought he was a numptie. We missed you last night. You should have come.”
At least we didn’t get to hear Morgan’s, I’m sure esteemed, contribution to the helmet debate…(“Siri, remind me to pitch ‘Piers Morgan: talking helmets’ to Talk TV”)…
> Why is Dan Walker’s claim that a bike helmet saved his life so controversial?
Fancy winning a £300 POC helmet?
Our friends at off road.cc have a survey up where you can win a POC helmet worth £300 for telling Rider Research Hub your thoughts on all things electric mountain bikes (if you have any)…
Admittedly if you’re a roadie the lid pictured might not be the POC model you have in mind — that’s not going to protect you from the sharp tongue of your group ride companions… anyway, have a go, if you want, you might just win something…
Jeremy Vine vs Lamborghini (with commentary from Jeremy Clarkson
It’s a Lamborghini though
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) March 3, 2023
No photo finish required there…
The sad news we've all been waiting for (+ is Matej Mohorič dusting off the dropper post?)
A moment of silence for Matej’s Garmin, gone forever. One 80km breakaway and a third-placed finish at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne never to see the light of Strava…
Nope, gone forever 🤣 https://t.co/OuhtIlR9UB
— Matej Mohoric (@matmohoric) March 3, 2023
On the plus side, as some eagle-eyed commenters have suggested… is that the dropper post back? The Slovenian is at Strade Bianche tomorrow and then Tirreno-Adriatico next week, but after those small commitments are out the way… it’s San Remo time…
Do I see a dropper post…?
Mohoric about to play downhill-gravel chicken 😬 https://t.co/3YL64WZEjU
— Dan Deakins (@DanDeakins) March 3, 2023
Should AG2R go double denim? (+ Poll results: are the shorts hot or not?)
Well… what’s not to like?@AG2RCITROENTEAM / ‘Double Denim’#StradeBianche #Ag2r #Denim pic.twitter.com/P7ZpgqN2SR
— Dirk van Gaal (@dirkvangaal) March 2, 2023
But what about the shorts? Well, here are the poll results…
Remove conflict between cyclists and pedestrians, urge campaigners in wake of manslaughter case
> Remove conflict between cyclists and pedestrians, urge campaigners in wake of manslaughter case
What is Shimano CUES?
Matej Mohorič spotted using dropper post during Strade Bianche recon
Here’s a bit more on that video doing the rounds of Matej Mohorič ahead of his pre-Strade Bianche ride sporting a dropper post on his Merida…
🤔 @matmohoric’s Garmin is back?#RideAsOne pic.twitter.com/SYn4xvlb6F
— Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) March 3, 2023
It’s hardly top secret info, to be fair, Bahrain Victorious posted it on their social media and then another video around an hour ago of the riders on the gravel, Mohorič appearing to be riding the same bike (front right rider) with the remote on his right drop.
😍 These gravel roads… @StradeBianche#RideAsOne pic.twitter.com/xkWuDlD7Oq
— Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) March 3, 2023
The Slovenian used the post to incredible effect at Milan-San Remo last year, as well as during the Tour de France, but are we about to see it on the Tuscan gravel? It certainly looks that way…
Dropper post back as well? 👀
— Ventagli (@ventolaterale) March 3, 2023
I see dropper post👀
Another heart attack incoming 😅— Janch (@janatvita) March 3, 2023
“It helped me to lower the centre of gravity to handle the bike, but still to remain seated on the saddle. I was looking forward to the race and experiencing the features in the race,” Mohorič told road.cc about the tech after last year’s big San Remo success.
“In training it seems to me that it made a huge impact, and then in the race it really confirmed it.
“Especially on the safety… I felt completely comfortable and in control [with a dropper post] whereas the other years I remember maybe going a little bit slower and I felt like I was on the limit.
“With a dropper post it gives you significantly more control of the bike. You just feel more relaxed and you can actually brake harder because you can get the weight down more effectively.”
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With so many people using and looking at mobie phones whilst driving and other distractions, may I suggest you always wear Hi viz and stay at home.
The design of the "car" has played a role in this. SUVs and what the Americans call "trucks" are exempt from the pedestrian safety regulations which apply to passenger cars. Had the victim been hit by a car designed in the past twenty years he would have been "scooped" onto the bonnet and either over the roof or off to one side. Still a serious injury risk and potentially fatal but they have the benefit of those passive safety systems to improve their chances. With vehicles with such a high bonnet line as this Volvo has what tends to happen is the person bounces off the bonnet and falls on the road in front of the vehicle where they're then run over. This has happened time and time again and is becoming more of an issue as the numbers of vehicles exempt from the safety standards grows.
@Accessibility for all Reducing the speeds wouldn't have helped in this case as the driver was reported doing 65 in a 40 zone on the approach to the junction, his driving described by the witnesses as erratic and evidently had no intention to stop to give way even though he had been warned by the passenger who apparently shouted "bike" three times just before the collision. He would have likely flown through that junction even if it was traffic light controlled with a red light for him at the time. In my own experience the entire area i.e. east of Lymm towards Warburton and along Dunham Road all the way up to Altrincham and past into Hale Barns, all those wealthy, posh settlements around Manchester Airport are best avoided by road cyclists. A disproportionally high number of psycho drivers must for some reason live in that area because every single time I went there on my road bike in the past, I either got harassed myself or witnessed proper dickhead driving - speeding, close passes, overtaking into oncoming traffic or round a blind bend, accelerating towards pedestrians already crossing the road, you name it. I gave up road cycling in that area years ago and only use the local TPT these days.
In respect of the murder charge: based on him hitting Mr Mullins and making no attempt to help him (this killing him), how would the case compare to a hit and run driver who seriously injures or kills a cyclist, knowingly, and flees the scene without helping? Would this make the cut for a murder charge? Or is there something very different going on here that I’m missing? Genuinely curious because I don’t recall there being a murder charge before for this kind of thing unless it was premeditated. In fact, in my experience most cases like this seem to go the opposite way - where the driver can merely say the sun was in their eyes and get away with a slap on the hands.
@Rendel Harris...and there was me dishing out the praise!
@polainm He must also be an already hardened criminal. It wasn't mentioned during the court proceedings to avoid influencing the jurors and ensuring he had a fair trial, but he had been released from prison shortly before this incident and was couch surfing at his cousin's house days before. Just look at his face, he's only 35, but looks older than his victim who was 56. Must have spent half his adult life in prison.
@jaymack They did offer him manslaughter though but he declined to plead guilty. Without wanting to seem curmudgeonly, yes great that they preferred the most serious charges but hard to see how they could have done differently considering that Richardson got out of the car, saw Mr Mullins was stuck underneath and then got back in and carried on. That clearly moved it above anything that falls under death by dangerous driving.
@thrawed Agree - the UK winters are utterly grim; grey, wet & windy. Not the type of weather you really want to go out and ride. Everything get covered in filth, and takes time to clean it after a ride. Oh for colder, drier & crisper days which can be enjoyable to be out in.
@ymm In my view, lax sentencing of dangerous drivers, especially where cyclists are involved, makes the judge, jury and CPS complicit in UK driver culture. This driver is a sociopath.
@Mr Blackbird i reckon the libido is a bit overrated. I'd let that go rather than a limb or a nice bike.
21 thoughts on “Matej Mohorič spotted using dropper post during Strade Bianche recon; Dan Walker hits back at Piers Morgan for accusing him of “milking” collision injuries; Fans divided over AG2R Citroën’s denim; Jeremy Vine vs Lamborghini + more on the live blog”
Ag2R have always had the best
Ag2R have always had the best kit in the peleton. From the waist up.
And the worst from the waist down.
Just the lack of originality
Just the lack of originality that gets me.
It’s a shame they didn’t
It’s a shame they didn’t really lean into it and go for the full double denim look.
I have never liked the brown shorts, I think these are OK, would always wear black myself.
Carrera pulled off double
Carrera pulled off double denim perfectly with panels on the team tops
Im less bothered by the look,
Im less bothered by the look, than the fact theyre made out of denim,and I appreciate cowboys used to wear them in saddles too, but cycling is going to make things alot more bio hazard unfriendly after a few hours racing a bicycle
Awavey wrote:
Talking of bio hazards… used to have what were called Touring shorts about 20 years ago. They had a cycling pad, and they were cotton or some similar material, with a reasonable pocket on each leg. Very practical, very comfy.
Until I got a pilonidal sinus, partly because of the big seam straight up the middle of the back of them. Never wore them again…
https://metro.co.uk/video
https://metro.co.uk/video/driver-caught-using-elbow-to-steer-car-transporter-on-motorway-2889721/
Notorious Police driving around in HGV’s and posting footage online…..
Denim (serge de Nîmes).
Denim (serge de Nîmes). French fabric for a french team.
On the JV thing:
On the JV thing:
There was a thread on Reddit a couple of days ago where someone posted a video from Jeremey. It wasn’t even a car/driving sub. A short summary of the clip:
Now what do we think the thread was called? “Van driver nearly hits cylist and pedestrian”? Of course not, it was: “Cyclist endangers pedestrian by distracting van driver”.
I’m no JV fan, but it’s insane how eager many are to excuse any level of dangerous driving and perform inhuman feats of mental gymnastics to shit on cyclists.
He posted it on twitter, so
He posted it on twitter, so just search his timeline if you want to watch it, I thought it was alot less marginal than the bus setup, driver totally at fault, and JVs brakes clearly work 😉
but still a couple of interesting points it raised I thought.
Like if I’m at a junction and I know I’ve got a less experienced rider directly behind me, do I ride this differently to provide better protection to them,am i responsible as lead out rider not to create problems for them or treat it like theyre adult enough to cope with whatever happens next just deal with it?
I saw that video; JV could
I saw that video; JV could have used the cycle lane to let the van driver get past but no, JV had to move over on the van because he wants content for his tweets and it was JV that started the verbal confrontation with the van driver, who wound down his window to reply.
With so many teams this year
With so many teams this year of all years having kit which looks the same and making them harder to spot in a bunch.. it’s pleasing to know that AG2R are once again doing things their own way.
Denim bibs… probably looks better on Benoît Cosnefroy than it would me.. but I’m down with it.
Ooooh cyclists would bring a
Ooooh cyclists would bring a new level to the ‘super skinny’ jeans (drain pipes gone mad for the readership) – think I’ll be a boot cut!
Jeremy Vine “notorious” for
Jeremy Vine “notorious” for cycling around London
Don’t read the twitter comments. No; don’t.
Really, don’t.
Has anyone noticed that he
Has anyone noticed that he really does seem to be able to spot approaching hazards, having experienced them seemingly often, and have an uncanny ability to slowdown and come to a relatively gentle stop and so avoid being hit by an incompetent and impatient motorist?
Piers Morgan – A difficult
Piers Morgan – A difficult man to ignore, but so worth the effort.*
*Copyright someone far wittier than I.
Mungecrundle wrote:
I believe it was Stephen Fry who said the definition of countryside was the murder of Piers Morgan.
that is phonetically foul
that is phonetically foul abuse of English by Fry but very funny..
road.cc wrote:
EDIT missed the quote marks:
“Journalists” have tiff shocker!
Imagine seeing Dan Walker’s
Imagine seeing Dan Walker’s crash video and choosing to publicly tweet that he only fell off a bike, got a few grazes, and is milking it.
ChrisB200SX wrote:
Imagine Piers Morgan letting facts get in the way of spewing bile, so morons give him clicks. No me neither.