“Pity she didn’t drown”: Daily Mail readers have meltdown after “entitled” cyclist pushed into canal by angry dog walker in viral clip – as drivers claim “she could have killed that dog”; GB cyclists target three records in one day + more on the live blog

Giulio Ciccone’s had an eventful few days, hasn’t he?

After soloing to a brilliant win at San Sebastián on Saturday, the Lidl-Trek rider was battling it out for another victory on the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos yesterday afternoon.

Etapa 1 | 👣 Camino de Santiago

🏁 Último km coronando el Alto del Castillo (#Burgos) 💜💪

🥇 @rogeradria_ – @RBH_ProCycling
🥈 @LabrosseJordan – @decathlonAG2RLM
🥉 Afonso Eulálio – @BHRVictorious #UCIProSeries #VueltaBurgos pic.twitter.com/H8W1vofSZH

— Vuelta a Burgos (@VueltaBurgos) August 5, 2025

Until, that is, the outstretched arm of Isaac Del Toro, mid-crash, brought him down on the final corner, forcing him to settle for 83rd, as Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Roger Adrià won.

And Ciccone may love to throw glasses (unless the UCI intervenes, of course), but he’s certainly not one to hold grudges. The Italian even took to Instagram last night to apologise to Del Toro for failing to avoid the UAE Team Emirates star as he slid across the road, and for hitting his arm in the process.

Aw, that’s nice.

Charlie Tanfield and William Bjergfelt aren’t the only British riders aiming to smash a world record in Turkey next week.

Sprint supremo Matthew Richardson is also joining in on the fun, with the aim of becoming the first rider in history to break the nine-second barrier for the flying 200m time trial.

The Maidstone-born sprinter controversially switched his national allegiance back to Great Britain last year, after securing two silver medals and a bronze while representing Australia, where he lived from the age of nine, at last year’s Paris Olympics.

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In Paris, Richardson briefly set a new world record for the flying 200, before his Dutch rival Harrie Lavreysen broke it again minutes later, covering the distance in 9.088 seconds.

On his debut in British colours at the Nations Cup in March, Richardson went agonisingly close to beating Lavreysen’s benchmark on his way to winning two golds – on the same velodrome where he’ll be aiming to make history next week.

“It has a nice ring to it, being the fastest track discipline,” the 26-year-old told the BBC.

“There are no extra caveats to it afterwards, it’s in a flat 200 [metres], you reached the highest peak speed possible on the track. It’d be cool, if I do it, to call myself the fastest of all time.

“I’m pretty confident that I’m in a really good place to get the job done. It’s a bit of a race between Harrie and I to be the first person to do it [break nine seconds]. It’s been on my radar for the last couple of years as the world’s got a bit closer and closer to going below nine.”

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In a statement, Richardson continued: “Breaking the nine-second barrier would etch my name into the history of the sport. It’s a milestone I’ve been chasing for years, so having the opportunity to go after it now is something truly special.

“I’m also seeking redemption – coming so close earlier this year on this very track left unfinished business. 

“Regardless of the outcome, I know I’ve done everything in my power to prepare. I’m proud of the work I’ve put in, and I’m grateful to be surrounded by an incredible support team who’ve made this pursuit possible.”

Next Thursday will be fun…

Stopwatches and aero calculations at the ready, because it’s Hour Record season again…

It’s been fairly quiet on the men’s Hour front these past few years, ever since Filippo Ganna blew cycling’s most prestigious record to bits back in October 2022, with a sensational 56.792km ride in Switzerland.

And while Italian veteran Vittoria Bussi has spent the intervening period steadily increasing the women’s benchmark for riding in circles for 60 minutes, no man has even attempted to better Ganna’s staggering Hour.

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Until now. Last night, GB team pursuiter Charlie Tanfield threw his hat into the velodrome, announcing that he will attempt to break the Hour Record next Thursday at the Konya velodrome in Turkey.

The former Saint Piran and Canyon rider is aiming to become the third British rider, after Alex Dowsett, Bradley Wiggins, and his old team pursuit colleague Dan Bigham, to claim the Hour Record in its modern format, after the UCI revamped the rules to allow for the use of modern track bikes in 2014.

Tanfield is also continuing Britain’s long-established relationship with the Hour Record, dating back to Chris Boardman and Graeme Obree’s epic battle for 60-minute supremacy in the 1990s, a technological and aero war that prompted the UCI’s original decision to step in and rejig the equipment rules.

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In a statement, the 28-year-old, who won a world title in the team pursuit in 2018 and took silver in the same discipline at last year’s Paris Olympics, said he’s been dreaming of riding the Hour his whole career, capitalising on this post-Olympic year as the perfect opportunity to target Ganna’s record.

“I’ve been keen to attempt the Hour Record for my whole career, I remember joining the GB programme when Sir Bradley Wiggins held the record and thought ‘wow I’d like to give this a go at some point’,” Tanfield said.

“I identified this year after the Games as time when I’d have the freedom to give it a go and that’s exactly what I’ll be doing.

“I’ve been preparing for this since I started training again after the Games, so there’s been months of training and learning to get to this point. On the day my goal is to execute the perfect ride for my ability, if I can do that and put it all together I’ll be happy.”

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Tanfield won’t be the only British rider aiming to break the Hour Record next Thursday, however. Para-cycling star William Bjergfelt will also be heading to the Konya Velodrome to have a crack at the CT sport class record, which currently stands at 47.569km, set by Italian Andrea Tarlao in 2014.

An aerospace logistics manager and former elite mountain biker, 46-year-old Bjergfelt won the C5 road race at the 2023 world championships in Glasgow and became the first para-cyclist to compete in the Tour of Britain in 2021.

“The Hour Record is iconic within cycling and something I have wanted to target for years to become truly engrained within cycling’s history,” he said on Tuesday. “I have been preparing since March for this opportunity and with the full support of the team at British Cycling and GKN Aerospace where I have worked for the past 25 years, this attempt is going to be ultra special for me.”

A man who tracked down his bike to a back garden piled high with hundreds of stolen bicycles was struck on the head with a wheel by the prolific thief, who has now avoided jail despite a judge describing the assault as “serious” and condemning the failure of police to intervene.

Read more: > Cyclist hit with wheel after spotting his stolen bike in prolific thief’s back garden – but attacker avoids jail

F$cking Garmin routing….road cycling, it said🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

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— PC (@pcorfe.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM

The slow drip-drip of details for this year’s Tour of Britain Men is finally over, with British Cycling this afternoon confirming the stage routes for September’s six-day race, which will take the riders from the East Suffolk coastline to Cardiff, where Geraint Thomas will ride off into the retirement sunset (and into the Ineos team car) after a final blast in his home city.

The six stages, from 2 to 7 September, will cover 886km and also take in Mid Suffolk, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire, Warwickshire, Torfaen and Monmouthshire, and Newport, along with classic ToB climbs such as the Tumble, Burton Dassett Hills, and Caerphilly Mountain, which will be tackled 10km from the finish of the final stage.

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Nine WorldTour teams are set to take part in this year’s race, including Bahrain Victorious, Decathlon AG2R, Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Soudal Quick-Step, Groupama FDJ, Picnic PostNL, and Visma-Lease a Bike, while UAE Team Emirates, fresh from winning their fourth Tour de France courtesy of Tadej Pogačar, are making their Tour of Britain debut next month.

Other big-name teams, such as Tom Pidcock’s Q36.5 Pro Cycling, Tudor, Uno-X, and Israel-Premier Tech will also be on the start line in Woodbridge.

Commenting on the announcement of the route details, British Cycling Events’ managing director Jonathan Day said: “This is the news that fans have been looking forward to, and with a month to go until the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men gets underway, we are delighted to be sharing the exciting detail of all six routes.

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“Following the announcement of the fantastic line-up of teams for the race, fans can now start planning exactly where they will be watching their heroes and cheering them on in September.

“We have worked hard with our stakeholders across all six stages to create this great route that will build to a real climax as we reach Wales, with the racing for the green jersey sure to go all the way down to the finish line on North Road in Cardiff.”

Alright, it’s time to get your notepads and maps apps out, here are the routes for next month’s race:

Stage one, Tuesday 2 September: Woodbridge to Southwold

Stage two, Wednesday 3 September: Stowmarket to Stowmarket

Stage three, Thursday 4 September: Milton Keynes to Ampthill

Stage four, Friday 5 September: Atherstone to Burton Dassett Hills Country Park

Stage five, Saturday 6 September: Pontypool to The Tumble

Stage six, Sunday 7 September: Newport to Cardiff

Judging by the number of Mikel Landa posts over the past few days, either the Soudal Quick-Step social media manager is really, really happy the Spaniard’s back in action at the Vuelta a Burgos following his nasty crash at the Giro…

The man. The myth. The legend. Mikel Landa ☀️

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— Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstep.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM

… Or this is all a form of social media passive aggression to get back at Remco Evenepoel for jumping ship to Red Bull.

‘See, Remco, the team’s not all about you, you know. We’ve got Landismo…’

> Is Vinted the new home of cycling bargains? App now lets users buy and sell bikes, e-bikes and parts with door-to-door shipping

Dan here, filling in ever so briefly while Ryan records the next episode of the podcast. Keep your eyes (and more importantly ears) out for that one when it lands, I’m sure he’ll tell you all about it.

Anyway, the good people at Strava have been in touch with the final QOM stats from the Tour de France Femmes. The ride-sharing app reckons 595 new QOM records were set during this year’s race, an 11 per cent increase from the 537 last year. Providing some context, that’s one every 2km of the route, Strava says.

Sarah Gigante’s haul of 96 was the most taken by one rider, although the Aussie rider was probably slightly helped by maillot jaune Pauline Ferrand-Prévot scandalously deciding not to upload her rides to Strava. If it ain’t on Strava… you might have won the Tour de France?! 

> The real prize? Tadej Pogačar took 362 Strava KOMs during the Tour de France

The second most QOMs went to Chloé Dygert and double stage-winning hero Maëva Squiban, both taking 35 apiece. Half a million kudos were dished out on Tour de France Femmes riders’ activities and Demi Vollering’s opening-stage upload was the most kudos-d activity of the week.

While today’s Tour of Poland stage was overshadowed by a serious, race-neutralising crash, over in Burgos we were treated to a white knuckle, helter skelter finale and a three-rider photo finish.

Q36.5’s Matteo Moschetti held his nerve to take the win at the end of a lightning-fast, downhill sprint in Buniel, edging out his almost namesake Matteo Malucelli (bet that was confusing for the photo finish referees) and Juan Sebastián Molano by the faintest of margins:

Etapa 2 | 😉 Arlánzate

🏁 Último km llegando al sprint en Buniel 💜💪

🥇 @moschettiteo – @Q36_5ProCycling
🥈 @malumatteo1 – @XDSAstanaTeam
🥉 @sebasmolano_ – @TeamEmiratesUAE

😍 Vuelta a #Burgos, toda una provincia por descubrir 💜#UCIProSeries #VueltaBurgos pic.twitter.com/M99tXOZgVM

— Vuelta a Burgos (@VueltaBurgos) August 6, 2025

There was no racing going on in Poland for a short while, a crash involving riders including race leader Paul Lapeira and Rafał Majka seeing the stage neutralised with just under 15km to go. It appeared from the limited footage that some riders ended up in a roadside ditch, the peloton and commissaries stopping to discuss what should happen next.

The decision was made that the GC times should be paused, all time gaps neutralised and the remainder of the stage raced just for the victory. Once things got back underway, it was the Ineos Grenadiers who got said win, Ben Turner impressively outsprinting all who wanted a piece of the action.

Led out by home favourite Michał Kwiatkowski, Turner kicked powerfully and comfortably beat Pello Bilbao and Andrea Bagioli. 

Ben Turner earns the biggest win of his career as the Ineos Grenadiers rider sprints to victory in Stage 3 of the Tour of Poland! 👏 pic.twitter.com/TGEkPJcJJL

— Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) August 6, 2025

In honour of mountain biker Max’s collision with a cow on the trails, we decided to spend our lunch gathered the fire in the road.cc office sharing our own harrowing (or bizarre) animal-related cycling tales.

For starters I reminisced about the time, when I was about 16, my friend’s dog walked out on the road in front of me while I was descending at over 30mph. That was fun, sliding along the road for days.

And that time, when climbing the other side of the same hill, a sheep jumped over the fence and ran beside me for far too long, like an inebriated Tour de France spectator (thankfully, unlike some Tour fans, he didn’t make contact).

Here are some more road.cc animal tales:

Simon Withers: My wife was hit on the back of helmet by an Aussie magpie, which are notorious for such things and pack quite a punch. At the wrong time and place this really could cause a nasty accident. But as it swooped from behind and she never saw it, I think part of her still thinks it was me slapping the back of her lid.

> “It was terrifying”: Remco Evenepoel and World Championships pros suffer magpie attacks

I was stung by a wasp that got trapped between the top of my ear and the helmet, so right on the top of the ear. Very painful considering how small a wasp is.

Elaine Curtin: I had a buzzard almost knock me off my bike in Italy – he was flying up the mountain side as I was riding fast down, but that was more amazing than a problem. Just felt this shadow over me as I wobbled a bit.

Alright Elaine, how’s things?

VecchioJo: I can’t think of any incidents, but I’ve had to test the stiffness of carbon soled cycling shoes by dispatching quite a few squirrels and rabbits that had been half run over by bikes in the past.

Mat Brett: I had a buzzard, top of Sally In The Wood, on the way into the office once. Came down all talons blazing. Think it had its eye on some roadkill and didn’t spot me. Either that or it fancied a big breakfast that day. Also had a bat in the face once. Quite leathery to the taste.

> Bats to be given twice as much space as cyclists and pedestrians on “incredibly popular” shared path, as campaigners say new layout will be “too narrow” and “create safety issues”

Matthew Page: Badger knocked a rider in front of me off in the night once, he hit the ground really hard. Then a sheep just a few weeks ago put me in A&E. Red Kites are now also attacking around here, trying to steal food and I had one swoop at me. Squished a squirrel.

Jack Sexty: I had a pretty scary moment with a cow on my paper round, a few of them had got through a broken fence and were just munching on the lawns of the people I was supposed to be delivering papers to.

Tony Farrelly: I’ve had deer jump out on me a couple of times, funnily enough in more or less the same place and a roe deer just round the corner from my house. I’ve had badgers cross my path twice, both at night – last time going down Widcombe Hill, it was huge too, first time on the A39 at about 2am.  Also had one run alongside me up Forefield rise in Bath.

Closest to knocking me off though were two hedgehogs that managed to run between my wheels as I was coming down Winsley Hill.

What’s your best animal cycling story? Let us know in the comments…

Is this biggest bike-bovine confrontation since cyclocross riders Toon Aerts and Shari Bossuyt both claimed that local dairy products in Flamanville were to blame for their positive drug tests? Probably…

[The video can be found on Max’s Instagram here.]

Ouch.

Apparently, the cow was fine following the collision, though mountain biker Max did, unsurprisingly, require a trip to the hospital. Must have been a Mail-reading cow…

Former Ineos Grenadiers pro Leo Hayter has announced that he is planning a comeback to the peloton in 2026, a year after stepping away from the sport following a five-year struggle with depression and anxiety.

The 23-year-old, the brother of Soudal Quick-Step rider Ethan Hayter, also revealed this week that he’s targeting a good result at the prestigious Chrono des Nations time trial in October, launching a public call for professional teams to enable him the opportunity to compete in the race in their colours.

Hayter was widely tipped as one of the sport’s future stars after winning the U23 versions of the Giro d’Italia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège before joining the Ineos Grenadiers in the autumn of 2022.

However, last August, midway through his second season with the British squad, Hayter admitted in a candid, emotional blog post that he was diagnosed with depression in May 2023, after suffering crippling bouts of high anxiety, panic attacks, and binge eating.

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Hayter also revealed that, due to his mental health struggles, he has rarely been able to train consistently for a “few months” throughout his career, and that he had to be coaxed by his agent into travelling to Australia for the 2022 world road championships – where, “convinced I would fail”, he then won a bronze medal in the U23 time trial.

After hitting an “all-time low” in 2023, which saw the Londoner unable to leave his house and led to him missing four months of his debut professional season with Ineos, the 23-year-old revealed that he again reached “breaking point” at last May’s Tour de Hongrie, leaving him unable to race or train, and prompting his decision to step away from the sport until he recovered.

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But on Tuesday evening, almost 15 months since his last professional race, Hayter announced that he is “looking to rejoin the peloton in 2026” and could even return earlier, at the Chrono des Nations in France, if a team is willing to take him on.

“I’m confident that I am in a place mentally that will allow that to be successful. Is everything perfect? No. But part of this process has been being at peace with the fact that it probably never will be. Learning ways to overcome those hard days, rather than beating myself up that they happen in the first place,” the London-born rider said.

“Physically I’m still pretty unfit, I have a lot of weight to lose and to do that in the right way takes a lot of time.

“I still wanted a goal to motivate me this year, so I decided to focus on the Chrono des Nations in October. I neglected the TT discipline in the last few years, but it’s something I enjoy the process of, and I’m actually quite good at!

“To perform in a road race after hours of racing, without any miles in my legs just wouldn’t be realistic this year, so this is a goal which is definitely optimistic, but also possible. I’d like to arrive on the podium, but to be honest I’d be quite happy to just arrive and do my best performance on a time trial bike.

 

 

 

 

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“There’s one hitch; since it’s a UCI 1.1 category race, I must be riding for a Continental team or above to compete.

“I’m looking for a team to give me a home for the race. I don’t need any external support, or funding, I just need a jersey and an opportunity.

“Ideally, I would like to be able to use my own bike/equipment. I can cover all the branding. In the end to perform at a TT of this level, if all the details aren’t right you don’t really have a chance. I bought my Pinarello last year and have put quite some hours into it, so to change everything so late in the year just wouldn’t work.

“It’s a big ask, but if any teams are interested in being a part of my story, please contact me at leohayter@outlook.com. I’m sure I can score you a few UCI points too.”

> Cyclist goes viral for celebrating ‘win’ before finish line… only to lose balance and crash

Classic.

Look who bumped into each other on the roads around Monaco this morning:

 

 

 

 

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 I wonder who was fangirling the most? Maybe PFP was giving Pog some tips for how to pivot to mountain biking when he finally gets fed up with winning the Tour…

There’s been quite the reaction to Manchester’s shocking canal story (and not just from the Daily Mail’s readership).

Over on BlueSky, cycling advocate Cargo Bike Ben argued that incidents like this don’t materialise out of thin air – and are instead the result of the kind of anti-cycling rhetoric you see all the time in the Mail. And crap active travel infrastructure.

“A mum was pushed into a canal by a man walking his dog as she cycled to work. This didn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s the result of years of anti-cyclist messaging that treats people on bikes as fair game,” Ben posted.

“We say we want more people to cycle, but ignore what it’s like for the people already doing it.

“If I was to guess, she was riding on a canal towpath (not a footpath – it was built for horses to pull boats before motors) likely because the roads didn’t feel safe. Councils keep counting towpaths as ‘active travel infrastructure’ – but they’re narrow, unlit, and shared with dogs and walkers.

“I’ve long said canals are not appropriate to be used as active travel infrastructure. Even the ones in Runcorn, where I spent my teenage years riding around the town, still suffer many of the same issues, despite having wide solid surfaces alongside the towpath. Lack of lighting, isolated etc.

“After this, she may choose not to commute by bike again; not because of any mistake she made, but because we’ve given her no safe option.

“All active travel infrastructure should be alongside roads. That’s not to say that people on bikes shouldn’t use canal towpaths; they absolutely should. But they should be used for recreational rides; not as a way for the council to avoid spending money providing safe and direct routes for people to get to work by bike.

“Just to be clear, the only person in the wrong here was the individual who ignored the Highway Code’s rule that pedestrians must not obstruct other users on shared paths like this towpath. It’s about ensuring everyone can travel safely and respectfully. And yes, the Highway Code applies to paths too.”

I’m sure most of you have seen the clip that was doing the rounds on all the big tabloid sites on Tuesday, showing a cyclist being shoved into a canal by an angry dog walker for “slowing down”.

Well, in case you missed it, here’s a quick recap.

Manchester-based cyclist Klaudia Mitura was riding her bike to work on 19 July when she approached a couple walking with their dog along a narrow towpath. The 34-year-old can then be seen in the clip, captured on her bike camera, braking and coming to a halt, as one of the walkers shouts at her to “slow down”.

Mitura then pointed out to the couple, who were stood across the width of the path, that their dog was off its lead, prompting the man to angrily retort: “Yeah, but you’re on a f***ing bike.”

He then calls the cyclist a “f***ing idiot” before pushing her into the canal and walking off.

“As you can see in the video I was trying to pass the couple. He did not want to move out of the way,” Mitura said, reflecting on the “traumatising” encounter.

“When he passed me, he just pushed me in the water. They were gone, and didn’t turn their heads to see if I’m alive or not.

“I was strapped to the pedals of the bike, so it was really hard to get out. I was thinking of how to get out. No-one was there so I was in the water for about five minutes before someone took me out.”

The mum-of-two, who said she can’t swim and was worried she was going to drown, managed to stand on a rock before a passer-by helped her out of the water and called the police.

“I don’t know what I would do if no-one had walked past me. They didn’t look back to see if I’m okay or if I’m drowning,” she said. “He refused to move out of the way, I didn’t do anything, I just wanted to pass him and go my way.

“I need help with my mental health. I’m on my own with that, I’m traumatised. It’s the first time anything like this has happened. Cycling was my main means of transport. I’m physically okay but mentally it’s really bad.”

> “This is my path”: Drunk who claimed right of way on towpath and hurled racist abuse at cyclist avoids jail

The incident was picked up this year by a variety of news sites, including LadBible, the Mirror, the Manchester Evening News, and the Daily Mail.

And, scrolling down to the comments section, it’s fair to say the Mail’s readers are having a very normal one about the whole thing.

“Charge at me like that and you’re lucky the canal is all you get. These cyclists are entitled everywhere,” wrote US-based lexiematz.

“Pity she didn’t drown as she would be one less moronic cyclist on the path – good for you dog owners!” added the positively delightful TheTotalTruth99.

“Typical cyclist,” chipped in John. “Thinks everyone should give way for her. She should have stopped in time to get off her bike to allow the pedestrian to pass.”

But she did, John…

> 20 of the most hysterical Daily Mail anti-cycling headlines

Meanwhile, MadJ said: “She wouldn’t be strapped to her bike like a trussed turkey or she would have been unable to get off and stand on a rock!”

“Her feet would simply be clipped in so she could get off bike easily. She was obviously a very keen cyclist with no manners. If you see the pathway busy or blocked by people and dogs YOU GET OFF YOUR BIKE for safety. You don’t plough through regardless.”

“It’s a path not a cycling lane,” pointed out Snugthejoiner. “If you are going to cycle do so mindful of walkers, just as you expect motorists to patiently be mindful of your wobblings and riding two abreast.”

And how’s that going Snug, with all those patient motorists?

“She was going way too fast, she could have easily killed that dog and seriously injured the innocent pedestrians,” argued LRH on Twitter.

> Female cyclist repeatedly punched during canal towpath assault

Thankfully, over on the Manchester Evening News’ page, things were a little more balanced.

“Common courtesy to go single file when someone is coming in the opposite direction, whether on a bike or not. Would he have done the same to a walker?” asked Shaw.

“Bet he wouldn’t have the same reaction if it was a bloke,” noted Jason, while Kerry wrote: “Why couldn’t the walkers go single file? Cycling is allowed here.”

“I walk the canal with my kids 3-4 times a week,” added Peter. “As soon as we see a cyclist or hear one we move to the side, no whinging, no who has right of way. It’s safe for my kids and it’s safe for the cyclist. He moved into her path just to be arsey, he was already aggressive in his manner.”

“Cyclist was approaching way to fast. And don’t know what cyclist said to dog walkers first,” said Collette. “But no excuse to push her in. All of them seemed ignorant and inconsiderate.”

And Heather wrote: “Honestly what’s wrong with people? The world would be a much lovelier place if everyone was a bit more considerate. The dog walkers should have moved to one side, the cyclist should have slowed down. How nice would it be if everyone didn’t just think about themselves all the time.”

But then what would Daily Mail readers have to complain about in the comments?