Can witnesses not report crimes? “Left-hooking” driver spared action by Met Police after neither cyclist hit nor driver report incident; Men’s Tour of Britain route announced + more on the live blog

That’s the question we’re left grappling with, after twitter account “Cycleway, my arse!” shared a video of a driver overtaking a line of cyclists on Cycleway 1 in London before abruptly turning left and forcing cyclists to stop in the middle of the junction.

I reported this left-hooking driver on #Cycleway1 back in September 2025. The Met Police responded saying: “Unfortunately, we can’t pursue the matter any further as there have been no reports made by the driver or the cyclist involved in this incident.” Does this sound right? pic.twitter.com/5LUcBUgW7P

— Cycleway, my arse! @issaddlethereis.bsky.social (@IsSaddleThereIs) June 29, 2026

“I reported this left-hooking driver on #Cycleway1 back in September 2025. The Met Police responded saying: “Unfortunately, we can’t pursue the matter any further as there have been no reports made by the driver or the cyclist involved in this incident.” Does this sound right?”

This seems like a slightly strange response. Do they mean that they just need a second pair of eyes to corroborate what the video is showing, or are they literally needing either the driver who drove carelessly into the cyclists or the cyclist who had to stop abruptly in the middle of the junction to file a report?

Maybe a police officer has decided this isn’t worth their time and are looking for any old  for not taking action? Either way, other social media users seem (broadly) in agreement.

“So the whole “see it say it sorted” campaign is a farce… if you see a crime, you can’t complain because you are neither the victim nor the perpetrator !! its quite backwards in my opinion”

“I saw someone being stabbed but neither the victim or the guy with the knife have made a report, so there’s nothing we can do”

“The police: any excuse to worm out of actually doing anything. Especially if it involves taking any action against a motorist, just in case it makes them unpopular in the gutter press.”

A couple of users have the gumption to suggest the driver is in the right, having driven slowly and indicated when turning into the junction, despite the Highway Code giving priority to cyclists at junctions.

“If l were a cyclist l would put my own wellbeing & common sense over undertaking a left indicating turner.” wrote one user, to which another had the perfect rebuttal…

“Undertaking? It’s the car who was overtaking, the cyclist is going the same consistent speed the whole time. The car never even makes it in front of the cyclist enough for the cyclist to even see the rear indicators.”

The British team have become the penultimate team to announce their Tour de France line-up (all eyes on you Pinarello), and if they don’t win the opening Team Time Trial, a lot of questions will be asked…

Two-time TT world champion Filippo Ganna, 2022 TT world champion Tobias Foss, and former European champion Josh Tarling (who has recovered from a broken collarbone at the Dauphine last month) all make the cut. Thymen Arensman is also one of the fastest time trialists among GC riders, having beaten Jonas Vingegaard at the Giro d’Italia in May, whilst Kevin Vauquelin’s impressive results last year while riding for the not so aero-R&D focused Arkea-B&B team (now defunct) attracted a lot of attention.

Kwiatkowski is an Sky/Ineos mainstay and surely falls into the category of rider Geraint Thomas would now describe as ‘solid’. A Dorian Godon stage win on any of the several ‘punchy’ stages would lift the pressure off the whole team. He remains one of the few riders to have beaten Tadej Pogacar over the finish line this year – when Pogacar was aiming to finish first that is.

Finally Egan Bernal! With Oscar Onley injured and Carlos Rodriguez out of form, what are the team’s expectations for the 2019 champion? 10th in the Giro earlier this year, Bernal finished 12’54” behind Vingegaard and 5 minutes behind teammate Arensman. A bit of combativity or a mountains jersey mission surely wouldn’t go amiss. How good would it be to see him on a podium in this race?

When the Tour de France is right around the corner, the tech news came out in a big splurge yesterday. Here’s the smorgasbord in one place:

> “The fastest road bike ever made”: Specialized unveils the S-Works Tarmac SL9

> Specialized Tarmac SL9 vs Tarmac SL8 – Which is Better in 2026?

> Look unveils all new 795 BladeRS 3 aero road bike, with 350 different fit options and “15 watts” of real-world aero savings

Hookless wheels!

> Zipp launches new 404 S carbon road wheels promising “industry-leading aero performance” for under £1,000

Want to know what every rider will be sat on for three weeks?

> 2026 team bikes ranked: From the ‘cheapest’ to Pogacar’s £15k superbike, we attempt to rate every bike in the Tour de France

And finally, there may not be a gravel stage in this year’s race but that’s no reason to exclude the latest Giant Revolt…

> Giant updates Revolt from the ground up for the ‘professional purist’