Shocking moment dangerous driver hits cyclists at speed after drifting onto white line; Jeremy Clarkson hates cycle lanes shocker; Trenching is the new Everesting: 91 ascents of Box Hill in 450km epic ride; Sagan in space? + more on the live blog

If this is Peter Sagan's plan for beating Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in the Spring Classics next year then the UCI may have something to say. The three-time world champion took to the sky in a fighter jet and tweeted French astronaut Thomas Pesquet: "I pulled 7.9g in my recent flight in a fighter jet. It was a bumpy ride at times but I'm definitely getting better and I'll keep training. Please call me when there is a spot in a SpaceX rocket to the Space Station. You can put me in the cargo bay if needed."

Death, taxes and... Jeremy Clarkson slagging off anything to do with cycling are just facts of life, as we all know. Speaking at the press launch of the new series of The Grand Tour (not the cycling type), he bemoaned London's new pop-up cycling infrastructure.

"It took me three hours to get to where I am this morning, because the Mayor of London is an imbecile. He's just turned the whole damn city into a cycle lane. I don't mind one or two cycle lanes where it's convenient but he's put one in the Euston underpass. I mean, the man's a maniac and must be stopped," Clarkson said.

A spokesperson for Mayor Sadiq Khan responded to Clarkson: "London is facing an air quality crisis which is causing thousands of deaths per year and exacerbating the physical effects of Covid-19. Half of toxic emissions in the city are caused by road transport.

"These policies are about saving lives and Sadiq makes no apologies for the temporary emergency measures he has put in place to encourage the huge increase in cycling we've seen since the pandemic began which is also enabling social distancing on public transport. We mustn't get through one public health crisis only to face another caused by congestion and toxic air pollution."  

Clarkson has a long and consistent history of taking issue with cycling. In the past he has said that "bikes can f*@% off" and that cyclists are "idiots waging war on normality."

However, it isn't all bike hating on The Grand Tour - James May loves cycling and urged Boris Johnson to "bomb us with bicycles", and even Clarkson himself lost 2st through the power of two wheels.

Designed to regulate your body temperature and keep you comfortable in all weather conditions, Velobici's new winter cycling collection aims 'to take you through the cooler months, with a style inspired by the gemstone in Campagnolo's legendary Cobalto brakeset.'

This morning we shared Chris Hall's staggering achievement. Over 25 hours of riding he covered 450km with 91 ascents of Box Hill to rack up the same descending elevation as the Mariana Trench. Chris did 91 reps of the famous climb smashing his 11,034m goal and hit 11,870m by Sunday lunchtime. Cycling YouTuber Francis Cade joined Chris for the last stretch of the ride and has made the video above, documenting the challenge.

It was so great to ride with @CalebEwan @Tim_Wellens and my twoo kids #Alan #Alexandre pic.twitter.com/aqVMaCBcu4

— PHILIPPE GILBERT (@PhilippeGilbert) November 29, 2020

The Richard Freeman medical tribunal has been adjourned again. It was meant to conclude on Thursday but will now resume on January 22 when both parties will give their closing submissions before a 'facts decision' is expected to be published on March 2. The tribunal began in November 2019.

Last week the hearing heard that Shane Sutton was accused of 'absolutely lying' by a former team-mate over his denial of knowledge of doping. The fitness-to-practice case is centred around the former Team Sky doctor ordering banned testosterone patches while working for British Cycling. Freeman admits he ordered the banned patches but claims they were to treat Sutton's erectile dysfunction and not for a rider. Sutton denies this.

Cycled up and down Box Hill 91 times this weekend to help raise awareness for the alarming statistic that 91 men take their own lives each week and to fundraise for @MovemberUK.

If you’re able to support their work head here: https://t.co/OecpYwGwku pic.twitter.com/T7QPLHjftT

— Chris Hall (@chrishallrides) November 30, 2020

Get out on your bike this weekend? Chris Hall did. Trenching is like Everesting, but harder. Rather than ascending the 8,848m height of Mount Everest you descend the altitude of the deepest oceanic trench on earth. The Mariana Trench reaches a depth of 10,994m and to descend that amount of altitude, Chris knew he'd have to do a lot of reps of Box Hill. The challenge was made harder by Box's shallow 5% average gradient which made altitude gain slower than on a steeper climb.

All for the good cause of raising money for Movember he set off just before 7am on Saturday morning, rode for 25 hours and finished the challenge on Sunday afternoon. The Strava data from the ride shows he covered 451.5km and climbed 11,870m. Chris kept his average speed for the attempt comfortably above 15km/h and he burned over 13,000 calories. Chapeau.