Vingegaard and Van Aert to ride Tour de France as Visma-Lease a Bike reveal super squad (+ special “Renaissance” jersey); Did we really need another blue kit in the peloton?; Police slammed for collision reporting; Candyman bike + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
Former French legislator arrested after speeding through cycle lane under the influence of cocaine to escape police
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A former member of France’s National Assembly on cocaine getting chased by the police on Paris bike lanes for speeding…
Just over a week to go for La Grand Boucle, here's your ultimate stage-by-stage guide, from Florence to Nice
A first-time Grand Départ in Italy, and an unprecedented finish outside Paris as the race concludes in Nice on the Côte d’Azur – whatever else happens on this year’s 111th edition of the Tour de France, those two aspects alone will make it a unique and, let’s hope, memorable one.
“There’s always a cyclist but never a driver”: Police force slammed for ignoring collision reporting guidelines and writing “collision with car” after cyclist’s death
In another unfortunate piece of news, Birmingham Police said that it was investigating after a “cyclist died in a collision with a car in Birmingham yesterday” — and cyclists are giving the force stick for ignoring mentioning the driver.
“There’s always a cyclist but never a driver. There’s always a car but never a bike,” wrote one cyclist in the replies.
Cyclist dies in a collision with a DRIVER. Fixed it for you @BrumPolice
My condolences to the family. https://t.co/7SB4Va7wkl
— 🚴🏻♂️Ralpha (aka Phil)🚴🏻♂️ (@2wheelsnot4) June 19, 2024
The force added: “The cyclist, a 48-year-old man, was sadly declared dead at the scene. His family has been informed and is being supported by officers.
“The driver of the black Ford Focus, a man aged 68, was not injured and remained at the scene. He is helping with our investigation.”
Det Sgt Paul Hughes, from our Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “We’re appealing for anyone who saw what happened, or who has dash cam or other footage, to do the right thing and get in touch.”
Meanwhile, Team GB triathlon athlete and cycling and walking campaigner from Birmingham, Sarah Chaundler said: “If you look on Crashmap’s website you’ll see in the last 10 years, there’ve been 100+ collisions within roughly a 50m radius of where he was killed. These streets just aren’t safe.”
Kaitlin Armstrong ordered to pay murdered cyclist Moriah Wilson’s family $15 million in civil lawsuit
A judge has ordered Kaitlin Armstrong, who was sentenced last November to 90 years in prison for the murder of Moriah Wilson, to pay the leading gravel cyclist’s family $15 million in damages.
The parents of Anna Moriah Wilson, known as Mo, filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against Armstrong in a bid to ensure that the convicted killer never stands to profit from any potential book or film deal based on the murder, which attracted widespread media attention around the world and left the United States’ close-knit cycling community in shock.
“It’s just a matter of time before one of us is killed”: Campaigners left bloodied and injured after getting hit by drivers while cycling to and from Chicago safer streets events
Another case of cyclists simply trying to make life a little safer for themselves and others, and even then getting injured and hit by motorists on the road.
This latest incident comes from Chicago, where three volunteers from Bike Lane Uprising, a campaign to make reporting vehicles obstructing the cycle lanes easier in the USA and Canada, were hit by drivers while riding to and from events to advocate for making streets safer for cyclists.
No less than 3 of our volunteers have been hit in the last couple of weeks – all while coming or going to advocate for making Chicago streets safer for bicyclists. I feel like it’s just a matter of time before one of us are killed biking. pic.twitter.com/aTPGhtAKkP
— Bike Lane Uprising® (@bikelaneuprise) June 19, 2024
“No less than 3 of our volunteers have been hit in the last couple of weeks – all while coming or going to advocate for making Chicago streets safer for bicyclists. I feel like it’s just a matter of time before one of us are killed biking,” the organisation wrote on Twitter.
They added that one volunteer was hit a few weeks ago, and a second volunteer knocked unconscious while cycling back from a town hall event for the campaign. They woke up in the hospital with a bloodied face, with the doctors having to cut their Bike Lane Uprising t-shirt from their body.
And finally, the third volunteer had just helped get the first volunteer (who got injured a few weeks ago) to a train station after a presentation event, and shortly after that they were clipped by a driver who never even stopped to see if they were okay.
The white shirt pictured above belongs to the third volunteer, while the one below, which had to be cut off after the crash, belong to the second.
Volunteer #2’s shirt after it was cut off them by medics. They were biking home after tabling a town hall event for us. They woke up in the hospital. No idea what happened. pic.twitter.com/oaSyhGLM6Z
— Bike Lane Uprising® (@bikelaneuprise) June 19, 2024
“It’s always the same. Fight for resources. Car lobby will always fight for it when cyclists demand their cycle lanes. It’s easy to use cars as weapons because laws have been made to favour car drivers even if they kill. Solution: Putting more cycling advocates in Public life,” wrote Jaswinder Singh in the replies.
If any product harmed and killed as many people as cars do, it would be pulled from the shelves.
— hojichasunrise (@hojichasunrise) June 19, 2024
And unfortunately, this sort of incident isn’t unheard of here in the UK. Last year, a recently elected councillor was riding on a designated “safe cycle path” to a road safety meeting in Oxfordshire, when a motorist cut across her and clipped her wheel. She ended up undergoing surgery after sustaining multiple injuries, including a nasty facial wound.
The councillor later noted that it was “ironic” that she was hit by a driver on her way to a meeting called to discuss the potential for road safety improvements in Oxfordshire.
Describing the alleged hit-and-run collision, which took place at the junction of Fern Hill Road, as the bike path briefly enters a residential area, the councillor said: “I wasn’t going fast because I am a cautious cyclist, and I was going downhill and had my hands on the brakes. I must have been going at about 10 miles per hour.
“He came right into my blind spot. I was just thinking ‘he’s not going to stop’, and within a second of thinking that, he hit my back wheel. I rolled over the wing of the car and hit the pavement with my head and my knees.
“You don’t expect it as a cyclist when you are on a safe cycle path for someone to come into the side of you.”
Candyman bike in Edinburgh? 🐝🚲
We dare you to say his name five times! You don’t have to believe… just beware. Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman… Don’t say again!
Somebody is going to get a nasty surprise when they come to pick up their bike in Lothian road #Edinburgh 😱🐝 pic.twitter.com/7afGuOjjGF
— Nichola Kane (@NicholaKane_) June 19, 2024
Katie Archibald set to miss Paris Olympics after tripping over garden step and breaking leg, ripping ligaments, and dislocating ankle in “cruel” fall
Double Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald is set to miss this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, after breaking two bones in her lower leg, ripping ligaments, and dislocating her ankle in a bizarre fall in her garden earlier this week.
In news that will leave a serious dent in the Great Britain track team’s medal hopes for Paris, Archibald – an Olympic champion in the team pursuit and Madison, and who won a rainbow jersey as part of GB’s team pursuit squad at last year’s world championships in Glasgow – confirmed in an Instagram post that she underwent surgery on Wednesday for a string of injuries, suffered after tripping over a garden step on Tuesday.
Umm, bus seats or pro peloton cycling kit?
Looks like Visma-Lease a Bike has taken a page out of Arsenal using the Piccadilly Line’s seat fabric as the design inspiration for its (training) kit… *this is a joke please don’t sue me Richard Plugge*
— #SiempreGino (@NairoInGreen) June 20, 2024
And since you asked for more kit pictures, here you go…
First training in TDF jersey 😍 #limitlessthinking https://t.co/9q52GFpZlN pic.twitter.com/QvItKs8zLj
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024
Faster than a speeding bullet: Ladies and gentlemen, Josh Tarling for y'all
Imagine going so quick that the driver almost launches the team car into the air trying to keep up with you… That’s Josh Tarling for you all, Ineos Grenadiers’ time trialling sensation who made it back-to-back wins at the British championships – and continued his fine preparation for the Olympics this summer – with another impressive ride on the 30km course around Catterick, North Yorkshire yesterday.
Josh Tarling going so quick the team car almost took off trying to keep up with him.@BritishCycling @INEOSGrenadiers pic.twitter.com/bDxVaEfCkq
— Luke Dixon (@luuuuuukey) June 20, 2024
“We are sorry if we have not always got it right”: Council waives penalties for cyclists fined by “cowboy” wardens for riding on pavements and town centre streets
Colchester City Council has apologised and agreed to waive all fines recently – and mistakenly – issued to cyclists for allegedly breaching the local authority’s rules on cycling in pedestrian areas and on pavements, after local campaigners complained that people on bikes were being unfairly targeted by third-party “cowboy” wardens “running amok”, discouraging people from cycling in the city.
In a statement issued in the wake of road.cc’s in-depth examination of the controversy and the backlash from Colchester’s cycling community, the council admitted that it understands the “frustrations” of the city’s “responsible” cyclists concerning the implementation of its Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) – ostensibly designed to prevent anti-social, nuisance, and dangerous behaviour in the Essex city, but which local cyclists have claimed is being used as a “money-making scheme” by a private organisation contracted to the council.
Part 2 of guess if it's a pro peloton kit or...?
I swear I’ve seen similar designs at a nearby Wetherspoons… Or as road.cc reader Paul J put it:
How to beat the traffic in Germany? A few tips from the Polish football team...
Right after we saw the English team (they just went 1-0 up against Denmark by the way) on electric mountain bikes, with priceless reactions from Jude Bellingham, Jarrod Bowen, Jordan Pickford, and more, here’s the Polish football team, who play Austria tomorrow, beating the rush hour traffic in Hannover.
The Polish national team beating traffic in Hannover. 💪🏼 👌🏼
Source: @emiliysh1r1n on TikTok#EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/63FfJvqoaG
— De Filmende Fietser (@FilmendeFietser) June 19, 2024
New Pinarello Dogma F: the secret’s out… so is it a secret you’d want to keep?
Pinarello says it has dropped 108g from the weight of its Dogma F road bike but that if you’re looking for those all-important marginal gains – and Pinarello-sponsored Ineos Grenadiers always is – the 0.2% reduction in drag makes more difference to your speed out on the road. In case you’ve forgotten, this is the bike that Ineos Grenadiers really, really didn’t want us to see at the Dauphiné earlier this month.
> New Pinarello Dogma F: the secret’s out… so is it a secret you’d want to keep?
Visma-Lease a Bike finally announce Tour de France squad and yes — Vingegaard and Van Aert will ride the Tour!
Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss, Matteo Jorgenson, Wilco Kelderman, Christophe Laporte, Tiesj Benoot, Wout van Aert, and Jan Tratnik.
Wow, that’s strong, strong team. You know what, I can’t wait for the next Saturday! Team Emirates vs Visma, Pogačar vs Vingegaard — let the fireworks go off!
The moment we have all been waiting for. We are very happy to announce our Tour de France line-up. ⚜️🔹#limitlessthinking pic.twitter.com/Qmj2H9JinE
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024
And that does prove that our tinfoil hat theory that Jorgenson’s picture in the French Alps was indeed a soft launch of the Visma team, with only Kelderman and Kuss missing from the team’s altitude training camp.
Jonas Vingegaard, the defending champion, who’ll be looking to add a third maillot jaune to his wardrobe, said: “I am excited to start the Tour. The last few months have not always been easy, but I thank my family and Team Visma | Lease a Bike for their unwavering support. We have worked together to get to this moment, and of course, I am very excited to see where I stand. I feel good and very motivated.”
Visma-Lease a Bike’s Sporting Director Merijn Zeeman said: “I am very proud of Jonas and the coaching team. He is coming back from a serious injury. In the last few weeks, he has shown what a champion he is, both mentally and physically. Of course, we don’t know how far he can go yet. We are being cautious because he has not been able to race, and his preparation has been less than ideal, to say the least. But he will be there, healthy and motivated.”
The news that Vingegaard will be riding the Tour de France would come as a massive relief for many fans, after several doubts lingering over the Danish rider’s ability to recover from the horror crash at the Itzulia Basque Tour and get fit in time.
And the cherry on the top is that Wout van Aert, the phenomenal puncheur and essentially a true all-rounder, who not only has the ability to win races himself but also crucially for the team, can determine the stage outcomes with his attacks, is also fit to race after his own crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen where he broke his collarbone and a couple of ribs.
Van Aert said: “I am really looking forward to the Tour de France. Of course, this was not the plan initially, but after my development in the last weeks, I really wanted it, and the team agreed. Our main goal is, of course, to ride a top classification with Jonas. I want to contribute to that with an excellent team.”
Zeeman added: “Just like Jonas, Wout has had to deal with a considerable physical and mental blow. But once again, Wout has shown himself to be a rock-solid champion. His class as an athlete and leadership qualities add value to our team. We are happy to have Jonas and Wout at the start, together with an excellent team. And also in this unique Renaissance jersey that was unveiled today.”
Alongside, Laporte, fresh off the back of winning Paris-Nice and the Dwars door Vlaanderen and finishing second at the Critérium du Dauphine, as well as Sepp Kuss who took the win at the Vuelta last year and is arguably the best domestique in the peloton, Jan Tratnik who won the Omloop het Nieuwsblad this year and Benoot who secured a podium position at the Amstel Gold Race — I repeat, that is one strong team.
Let's address the elephant in the room: Visma-Lease a Bike's "The Renaissance" jersey (yes, it is BLUE)
We knew about it, we were all expecting it, and now it’s finally here. After Wout van Aert was spotted riding a blue Cervélo two weeks ago, it was all but confirmed that Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France special kit was going to be, yes, you guessed it, blue. Because why not, as if there aren’t enough blue kits in the peloton anyway.
So now that the kit’s finally out of the bag (ha!), here it is in all of its glory, a special “Resnaissance” design takes over the bright honeybee yellow and black of the Dutch team to mark the Grand Boucle’s Grand Départ in Florence this year.
Discover our Tour de France jersey: https://t.co/Ouli38Exvw pic.twitter.com/R7HTctRgQm
— Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) June 20, 2024
> Wout van Aert spotted on BLUE Cervélo amid Visma-Lease a Bike “leaked” Tour kit rumours
The team’s website reads: “The 111th edition of the Tour de France makes its way from Florence to Nice, from the birthplace of the Renaissance to the land where it bloomed like never before. The Grand Départ takes place in the city of creative thinkers, revolutionary innovators, and versatile artists such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Donatello. These figures are emblematic of this unique period when the worldview shifted, placing humanity at the center and prioritising knowledge and progress.”
Richard Plugge, CEO of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, said: “With this beautiful cycling jersey, we not only honour this historic period and beautiful city and region, but it also symbolises our dedication to innovation and renewal. This commitment extends both within our team and in our collaboration with partners.
Now if you ask me, that is a magnificent jersey. I’m a sucker for intricate patterns and the hues of blue and gold woven together looks amazing, in your live blogger’s opinion. And it’s leagues better than the horrendous jersey that got leaked a couple of weeks ago anyway.
However, the question still stands, did the peloton really need another blue kit? I think Visma’s jersey parallels Bahrain Victorious’ jersey situation last time around — a great kit, but just happens to be blue when there are so many other shades to choose from.
So let’s put Visma’s jersey to the ultimate test: the road.cc live blog poll!
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@mitsky because the cycle symbols and the blue cycle route signs are just too subtle...
I took the rocker plate plunge a few years ago and must confess that I'm very pleased with the lack of 'nether region fatigue'. I have Turborocks 'mini' 'cos, outrageously, I have to share the garage. My one criticism was that the unit needed a pre-cut carry handle for those of us who can't leave a turbo trainer set up all the time; feedback was duly given and lo! one's been added. A good product from a business that listens to it's customers; all in all a fabulous investment.
Looks like what was a 2 mile drive is now minimum 15 miles, around half an hour. So no doubt "frustrating" - because it *used to be* just there. OTOH cycling that trip instead is now highly competitive! Even walking is not too far behind albeit a stretch for some at over 30 mins. For neighbouring places in the countryside the usual mantra is "don't bother making active travel provision, nobody walks / cycles". But that is self-fulfilling. If there is good provision - and particularly if that is more direct than the motor route, a significant fraction of people will. (IIRC there's some data about people's acceptance of journey times - 15 minutes or less is ideal, which is the case here). Maybe it could stay that way? 😉 Given "humans" I'm going to go with at best "wilful ignorance" when people say "but the diversion isn't clear..."
I think it's important to see this from both sides. According to one local resident (per Facebook): "A real shame that there are no proper diversion signs or any advised diversion routes. The locations of warning signs and the few diversion signs are appalling and misleading." So it sounds like drivers might genuinely not know where they are meant to be going and simply see the path alongside and assume that's the diversion. By the way, that photo in the article exemplifies why segregated shared use paths are an absolutely crap idea. Imagine I'm riding there, doing 20mph. Am I meant to use the path with people spewed haphazardly all over it? Or the road where drivers get upset by cyclists ignoring the expensive new infrastructure they've paid for? Lose lose. Sure it's nice for people to have a jolly with their kids at the weekend, but let's be honest it would make far more sense just to widen the existing road for pedestrians and cyclists as an integrated solution, and families can go to the upgraded local park with the money saved.
@Rome73 "He knows not what he is saying and he is a liar." Whilst I entirely agree with your sentiment, I'm not sure that you can both not know what you're saying and lie at the same time. I'm pretty sure he knows what he's saying, which is anything that he thinks will get him votes, but he knows that it isn't true.
@Malv173 the cynic might say there isn't a bollard because it *wouldn't* be a PITA for vulnerable road users, just for motor access. Meanwhile much narrower spots seem to be favourites for making completely inaccessible on dubious grounds ("keep out yoof on motorbikes" - only many clearly don't). The "gold standard" is not to have obstructions that people can crash into on cycle paths, but that can only happen when motoring has been reduced and people have been retrained.
@Fursty Ferret good, but that may not be good general advice. It's possible you're just dealing with dozy drivers, but them being there could be evidence they don't give a stuff about more than just road law. There are a number of cases of motorists exiting their vehicles and battering people in public for less. All the usual advisories apply eg. get off bike, get it between you and any threat, be prepared to sacrifice it. Plus the response from the police and especially the courts may be less than rapid or vigorous.
@theslowcyclistxx It depends on what you consider technical and what you compare it to. For example, compared to the Gralloch, it is smoother and wider, but the pea gravel makes the biggest difference, even after recent rain makes it easier. There were a few downhills with some rough sections, where line choice was key, and the ability to hop over ruts, and lots of hairpins. I don't think any good mountain biker would class it as technical, but lots of people I spoke to during and after thought it was.
@agp The XCadey has been fine until this, and when testing against others, it has been accurate and reliable, but the biggest reason is that there are few others that offer fitment for Praxis cranks and a 5-arm 110 bcd. For fluid, it was borderline, but worked out OK. I am small and light, and the weather was mild, so I was not sweating. Everyone is different, and it can take a lot of training and racing to know individual needs.
Interesting to hear about real world race choices! On TV it didn’t look like a very technical course. Was it? And was 50mm over 45mm an advantage seen in hindsight?
34 thoughts on “Vingegaard and Van Aert to ride Tour de France as Visma-Lease a Bike reveal super squad (+ special “Renaissance” jersey); Did we really need another blue kit in the peloton?; Police slammed for collision reporting; Candyman bike + more on the live blog”
It would surprise me 0% to
It would surprise me 0% to find out that those chicago cyclists had been hit deliberately because of the t shirts they were wearing by psychopath drivers “punishing” them for trying to make their city a safer, better place to live.
Fingers crossed all news
Fingers crossed all news media organisations follow the Road Collision Reporting Guidelines soon.
And Tom Edwards of the BBC apologies for blocking me on Twitter when I tried to explain it to him.
(I wasn’t trolling/being abusive or sending many messages. He simply didn’t agree that the language used is incorrect.)
Are these the guidelines that
Are these the guidelines that recommend using the phrase “road traffic collision” instead of “accident”?
Yes.
http://rc-rg.com
Yes.
http://rc-rg.com
And in the BBC’s latest
And in the BBC’s latest example of incorrect language…
“In 2015, Ying Tao, a 26-year-old female cyclist, was killed when she was hit by a lorry turning at the junction.”
Not to mention
“A decision on whether taxis should be allowed to use all of one of London’s busiest junctions is set to be made later.”
Taxi’s? Or should it be: taxi DRIVERS?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nn60jd67vo
As Road CC does “Near Miss of
As Road CC does “Near Miss of the Day”, should there be a separate thing about “Wrong language use by news media – of the day”.
Yes it is a mouthfull, I know.
I welcome alternative title suggestions.
mitsky wrote:
I don’t think there’s a need, most people can just navigate their way through and move on.
Dear Birmingham police – when
Dear Birmingham police – when someone driving a car collides with someone riding a bike, exactly how often is the person driving a car ever injured?
dunno… they may have burst
dunno… they may have burst a blood vessal with rage at the fact there was a cyclist on the road in the first place. V dangerous that for the gammon.
Yet more cycling footballers
Yet more cycling footballers – the whole Poland team.
https://x.com/FilmendeFietser/status/1803479190127120832
I think we’re at the point
I think we’re at the point where we need to move beyond a team, and look at organising a tournament…
One for close pass of the day
One for close pass of the day
https://x.com/SurreyRS/status/1803337371175342121
Absolutely shocking. I
Absolutely shocking. I thought it was the car before getting in before the wagon that was the close pass.
‘kin ‘ell… hope they were
‘kin ‘ell… hope they were wearing their AG2R shorts.
9pts though… hopefully that got them to 12.
9 points for almost killing
9 points for almost killing someone? Motornormativity again. Should have been banned for a year and made to do a re-test.
“There’s always a cyclist but
“There’s always a cyclist but never a driver”: Police force slammed for ignoring collision reporting guidelines and writing “collision with car” after cyclist’s death”
I largely agree with the motivation for mentioning the driver and his/her responsibility instead of just referring to an inanimate object (car). But how can we expect to change this language? The driver makes up less than 10% of the total vecicle mass of the car (a cyclist 60% to 95%)? The motorist made a conscious(?) choice about driving a little house on wheels just to move him/herself about – as to never get in contact with anybody/anything else, with enough structure around herself/himself…
As a society, we don’t seem able to make inconsiderate motorists take responsibility for accelerating 1 to 3 tons of metal to deadly speeds – how can we hope to change the language (that is actually far more precise as it is / has been)? Maybe we should try to pick a better fight…
Personally, I don’t mind blaming the “cars” for hitting people in an accident. These contraptions are too dangerous for most people. They are dangerous machines that must be operated with care, with suitable health- and safety training – and not in the lulling comfort of a sofa equipped with a home-entertainment system…
Finally, compare the language of “driver hitting cyclist (with a car)” to the discussion about gun-crime in the US: There, the blame seems to be on the shooter only, and lobbyists argue that its not the fault of the poor, innocent gun that should be freely available to anyone… Should we really let the motor-industry from the hook by JUST referring to an individual driver, rather than to the addictive, aggressive and dangerous products they sell for profit? After all, its this product that turns a slightly negligent, tired, stressed, … human into a killer…
Laura Laker came up with a
Laura Laker came up with a set of reporting guidelines that work, if the police or media could be bothered to use them.
http://rc-rg.com
http://rc-rg.com
Learning how to drive safely
Learning how to drive safely and passing a driving test (however inadequate it may potentially be) are requirements to obtain a driver’s licence.
It is a priviledge, not a right.
With regards to guns (in the US), many people are against ANY restrictions (ie registration/training/licencing) based on the “right” to own them nor consideration of mental state/prior convictions that might be red flags.
Archibald in freak garden
Archibald in freak garden accident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cj556zqy6n1o
Looks like Ryan beat you to
Looks like Ryan beat you to the punch on this one: https://road.cc/content/news/katie-archibald-set-miss-paris-olympics-after-fall-308979
Just minutes in it and I
Just minutes in it and I guess that’s his job after all…
BBC language misuse again –
BBC language misuse again – blaming the garden, when really the fault was with a step, that just happened to be in the garden…
Could have been worse – e.g.
Could have been worse – e.g. Spinal Tap’s drummer, ‘Stumpy’
Four years of training and
Four years of training and planning all torn apart by a trip in the garden, really got to feel for Katie Archibald…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cj556zqy6n1o
ETA sorry for duplication, must’ve been typing mine while Mark’s was posted.
I hate to be the bearer of
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you seem to have forgotten to count the use of the ‘C’ word in the item heading…
RE: C … bike in Edinburgh –
RE: C … bike in Edinburgh – thankfully not mine. Also – looks like this might be a Manchester-specific frame?
Or is that just a die-hard approach to chain waxing?
How did Visma-Rabobank manage
How did Visma-Rabobank manage to dig up the 60s/70s carpets from my gran’s old house for their jersey? They went into a skip decades ago…
Sorry, awful looking.
Bee swarms are fairly docile
Bee swarms are fairly docile – not that nasty. 😉 Find a local beekeeper forum / Facebook group and the owner should quickly find someone to take it away. Or just wait a day, they’ll be gone.
The Surrey cops would
The Surrey cops would probably just drive over the bike in their big pick up truck, then nuke the site from orbit, only way to be sure.
V-Lab decided just another
V-Lab decided just another blue kit wouldn’t quite be anonymous enough, so they decided to add camouflage effect to it so as to hide even better.
JV’s, sorry VLaB’s, jersey
JV’s, sorry VLaB’s, jersey leaves me feeling fairly neutral but anything which stops them wearing yellow jerseys at the Tour is to be heartily welcomed, ever since I started watching over forty years ago I’ve thought that teams that wear yellow or green (there’s never been a team that’s worn red polka dots as far as I’m aware) should have to wear a change strip for the Tour. The whole reason a jersey was first awarded, after all, was so that spectators would easily be able to pick out the leader, it would be nice for that still to be the case.
Must have been warm today,
Must have been warm today, the gorse was popping as I rode through the ranges on my way home this evening.
“Renaissance” blue white red
“Renaissance” blue white and red jersey for Visma… Renaissance is the name of the ruling party – who just lost the 2024 European elections in France.
That name can NOT be a coincidence!