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Should roads be ‘no cycle zones’? Drivers call for cyclists to be fined for not using cycle lanes; Dumoulin’s superfast marathon; Seixas’ epic 323km ride; Andorra’s ‘real’ race; No Vuelta for Pogačar; Rapha x USA; Q36.5-Pinarello? + more on the live blog

The 2025 road season may finally be over and done with, but Ryan Mallon’s still here to bring you all the latest mudguard-sporting cycling news, views, and silly videos on the Monday live blog

Driver blasts horn at cyclist and child as angry passenger tells him he “shouldn’t be in the middle of the bloody road”

Motorist urges “anti-car people” to “have a bit of consideration for drivers” – but baffled cyclists slam “entitlement” and say “nobody is coming for your cars!”; “He wants Demi in a gilded cage”: Tour rivals blast Vollering’s team + more on the live blog

It’s Wednesday and Ryan Mallon is flying, Lorena Wiebes-style, into the middle of the week with all the latest cycling news, views, and opinions on the live blog

“Behold my new invisibility cloak”: Cyclist knocked off on way to job teaching kids to cycle on the road baffled by how driver “apparently didn’t see me” — left “thinking it’s more the parents than kids who need lessons” + more on the live blog

Welcome back to another week of live blog action! A slightly sunburnt Dan Alexander is in the hotseat for Monday's blogging action, things more than a bit toasty out there for many of us today

Poole Park protest (Jule Allen, Facebook)

“Nobody has ever said people will have to give up their cars and cycle everywhere”: Cyclists hit out at “vitriol and lies” spread about active travel; Geraint Thomas to retire: Strictly on the cards?; “Cycling doesn’t help itself” + more on the live blog

It’s Monday and just like Sam Bennett, Ryan Mallon’s ready to hit the ground running and sprint into another new week of cycling updates and opinions on the live blog

lidl sign – via flickr creative commons.PNG

Big on congestion, Lidl on cycling: Plans for new supermarket on “death trap” road rejected due to fears extra traffic could compromise “abandoned” bike network

“To abandon the very idea of getting a cycle lane there, and for what? To get a slightly bigger Lidl, closing down a slightly smaller one”

Boscombe Grove Road, Bournemouth (Google Maps)

Contraflow cycling confusion as council paints bike markings on “narrow one-way” streets, raising fears over “accident waiting to happen” layout

Opening up the route to cyclists travelling in both directions has been criticised by residents and an active travel group, some asking "why on earth would anybody want to cycle down a narrow one-way street with no segregation against the traffic?"

tfl child and parent cycling to school – via tfl

“I’ve seen children hit by a bus and they’ve bounced up and asked for a milkshake”: Active travel campaigners blast councillor’s “reckless, flippant” road safety comments during 20mph debate

“He was very emphatic that if a child is hit at 30mph, they will die. They don’t,” Conservative councillor Bobbie Dove, who also supported an attempt to reopen a controversial rat run, said

20mph sign (CC licensed by EdinburghGreens via Flickr)

“Any road which isn’t safe for pedestrians and cyclists should be 20mph”: Cycling Rebellion says speed limit plan “doesn’t go far enough”, as council urged to “be brave” and introduce default 20mph zones

Council officers have claimed that a blanket 20mph limit on residential roads will cost £300m to implement – but campaigners say it “feels silly to halt progress this much”

“We warned that voting for these parties would lead to anti-car measures”: 20mph speed limit plan to “really encourage more cycle journeys” slammed as “nuts” and “extremely worrying”

Opposition councillors have fiercely criticised the council’s “out of the blue” proposal to introduce a “default” 20mph limit in residential areas

Keyhole Bridge before and after, Poole (via Cycling UK).PNG

Cycling UK takes council to court over “unlawful” decision to keep rat-run open

This is the second time Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is facing legal action over its decision to keep the incredibly narrow underpass open to motor vehicles.