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“Everybody hates you!” Fuming phone driver abandons car in traffic and confronts Cycling Mikey; Aggressive car culture putting women off cycling, report finds; Stop peeing in bottles, Giro warns riders; Mallet’s mechanical mayhem + more on the live blog

Rest day? What rest day? There’ll be no sponsor duties, coffee stops, or recovery rides while wearing suspiciously long sleeves for Ryan Mallon today. Instead, he’ll be busy bringing you all the latest cycling news and views on the Monday live blog. The Giro peloton has it so easy…

Mon, May 18, 2026 09:59

Phone driver who was unaware he killed cyclist jailed for nine years – after previously avoiding driving ban for phone use due to “risk of hardship”

Van driver Matthew Marston was found to have been on his phone for a “significant amount” of time before killing cyclist Aran Potkin, who should have been visible for up to 200 metres thanks to his hi-vis clothing and lights

Thu, Dec 04, 2025 16:04

“I thought I’d hit a bird”: Drink driver who killed cyclist while using two mobile phones in hit-and-run crash jailed for 11 years

Van driver Robert Heyes was wanted on a warrant without bail for a previous drink-driving offence when he struck and killed cyclist Keith Brady while drinking vodka at the wheel, and continued to use his phone for 33 seconds after the fatal collision

Thu, May 08, 2025 12:56

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Phone driver who sent two WhatsApp messages seconds before killing cyclist in “prolonged episode of bad driving” set to serve one year in prison

Nicole McGeown had also veered onto the grass verge twice in the moments before she rammed into cyclist Ronald Walker, and claimed she was distracted by an overtaking motorist. She has been banned from driving for four years

Fri, Mar 07, 2025 18:53

Distracted driver jailed for six years for killing cyclist in hit-and-run crash on A286, Birdham

Distracted, phone-using, uninsured driver jailed for six years after killing cyclist in hit-and-run collision

Phone records show that Terry Varndell had made a call on his phone seconds before hitting and killing David Breen, with a police officer describing the case as “demonstrating the devastating consequences of being distracted behind the wheel”

Mon, Aug 12, 2024 11:42