An additional 50 kilometres of Parisian roads were reallocated to cyclists at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
AFP reports that Mayor Anne Hidalgo says they will now be made permanent.
Measures included the one below on the Rue de Rivoli, a huge thoroughfare between the Bastille and the Place de la Concorde.
Rue de Rivoli, Paris, 7 juillet 2020 à 8h45. pic.twitter.com/mCxWm8t1JX
— Brice Perrin (@briceperrin) July 7, 2020
Hidalgo had already promised a bike lane on every street in the French capital before she was re-elected in June.
She says that she wants the city to be “100 per cent” bike-friendly by 2024.
Today's photofinish pic.twitter.com/IOzpORa59H
— the Inner Ring (@inrng) September 17, 2020
By our reckoning, the time cut today is the winner’s finishing time plus 14% - which would amount to about 40 minutes.
The gruppetto around @Sammmy_Be has summited the Montée du Plateau des Glières with a gap of 30'36'' and an average speed of 11.7km/h on the climb#TDF2020#TDFdatahttps://t.co/rvAtN08wuD
— letourdata (@letourdata) September 17, 2020
So looks like everyone should be okay.
Just two team-mates sauntering to the line having already decided which of them will win.
🔻 Flamme Rouge !#TDF2020pic.twitter.com/nt7hmwr6Y1
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 17, 2020
They then almost made a complete balls of it by riding across the line arm-in-arm.
The wait is over for @kwiato🇵🇱
Wonderful scenes as Michal Kwiatkowski claims his first Tour de France stage win in front of his @INEOSGrenadiers teammate Richard Carapaz 🙌#TdF2020pic.twitter.com/lqFvwe5Jfe— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 17, 2020
Fitting that the guy born at 3000m will be the Tour’s King of the Mountains. https://t.co/DcWIfKh9Gd
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) September 17, 2020
Weirdly and confusingly, the King of the Mountains could be decided in the final time trial, which finishes with a first category climb.
.@RichardCarapazM takes more points over the top of the Col des Glières. He's the virtual polka dot jersey right now but there are still points up for grabs in this race. 30km to go #TDF2020pic.twitter.com/gKLxyYFewU
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) September 17, 2020
🇪🇸 @MikelLandaMeana continues his charge and leads the Yellow Jersey group by 27"!
🇪🇸 @MikelLandaMeana continue son effort et il a 27" d'avance sur le groupe Maillot Jaune !#TDF2020pic.twitter.com/T5goxu6633
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 17, 2020
Update: Didn't last. Slightly regret posting this one.
Trunk road.
Not all cycle lanes in Bucharest are user-friendly. pic.twitter.com/TWkkPWtKyO
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) September 16, 2020
Lovely stuff.
The first resident's dad put chicken wire on the soil at the weekend to stop foxes digging it up. Very much a community effort maintaining it. All say streets much quieter since the filters, inc. at night, and more kids seen playing out @Labourstone@rectripp@BetterStsNewham
— Laura Laker (@laura_laker) September 17, 2020
No further news on when the next batch of Fix Your Bike Vouchers will be released, says the Energy Saving Trust pic.twitter.com/HiXiY3VO9R
— APPGCW (@allpartycycling) September 17, 2020
We reported a couple of weeks ago how the government’s Fix Your Bike voucher scheme – which allows people to claim £50 to get a neglected old bike back on the road – continues to suffer a number of problems likely to hamper its fundamental goal of encouraging more people to cycle.
Business Cloud reports that thanks to the Busby app, cyclist Alexandra Callaghan was found by her husband 15 minutes after veering down an embankment following a close pass.
“I was riding down a usually quiet country lane, when a car almost hit me,” she said. “I had to swerve to avoid being hit and ended up down a steep embankment. I was unconscious for some time, bike completely snapped and a few broken bones.”
Launched in October 2019, Busby monitors a smartphone's movements to detect when a cyclist may have fallen from their bike. If it detects an incident, it gives them 30 seconds to move or respond and if nothing happens, it sends the exact location to an emergency contact via What3Words.
Callaghan’s husband was duly notified that there was a problem and he quickly came and found her.
She said: “My injuries where pretty bad and help was able to get to me, even though I was unconscious in a hard–to–find location. Every cyclist should download this app.”
You can download the Busby app for free on iOS or Android here.
Bit weird to be caring about intermediate sprints, isn't it?
What a strange, strange year.
💚 Intermediate sprint 💚
💚 🇮🇪 @Sammmy_Be: 20 points
🇮🇹 @MATTEOTRENTIN: 17 points
🇸🇰 @petosagan: 15 points#TDF2020#TDFunitedpic.twitter.com/wDfY0pE1Ab— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 17, 2020
💚 As might have been predicted, 🇸🇮 @petosagan and 🇮🇪 @Sammmy_Be head into a large breakaway leading to the day's Intermediate Sprint at Aime.
Il fallait s'en douter avec le Sprint Intermédiaire, 🇸🇮 @petosagan et 🇮🇪 @Sammmy_Be sont présents dans la grande échappée.#TDF2020pic.twitter.com/en55vCM76p
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 17, 2020
Almost 100km/h!
Stage 17 of #TDF2020 offered some spectacular climbing but also some very fast descending. @EdwardTheuns now holds the highest recorded speed in this edition of @LeTour!#TDFdata | @GlobalNTTpic.twitter.com/BNAQXXAosI
— letourdata (@letourdata) September 17, 2020
Not sure what colour jersey you'd get, but there's a joke there to be made about the bib shorts.
The pop-up bike lane on the A56 briefly ran from Manchester to Altrincham, but it's being gradually eaten away.
Went home along one of the remaining sections of the A56 pop-up bike lane. We've gained some green cones. But then when you reach White City Circle, you're just dumped into the general traffic with no clue where you should go. This really isn't good enough. pic.twitter.com/yJz8Y5Q3ks
— Just Step Sideways Onto Talbot Road (@juststepsways) September 16, 2020
There's also going to be a race at the back to make the time cut.
The suffering continues today with a very hard stage 18🥵keep me in your thoughts!😅 pic.twitter.com/vPsAEdoSz5
— Caleb Ewan (@CalebEwan) September 17, 2020
Green jersey wearer Sam Bennett was 30 minutes down yesterday and might be a little nervous about today.
Super job from all the @deceuninck_qst again today in the mountains. Thank you for getting me through🤜🏻#TheWolfpack#tourdefrance#tourdefrance2020
📸 @GettyImagespic.twitter.com/6RtsRsKVgb— Sam Bennett (@Sammmy_Be) September 16, 2020
Rutland only has a population of about 39,000, yet as well as being home to Rutland Cycling, it also has a Giant shop and, as of today, a Sigma Sports store in Oakham.
The store will be offering full professional bike fitting services, including video analysis, saddle pressure mapping and custom insole fitting. There’s also a large workshop for servicing, custom bike builds and wheel building.
Sigma Sports’ co-founder and Director, Jason Turner said: “After 28 years of successfully operating our store in South West London, we are excited to take all of our experience and expertise to another part of the UK.
“With its friendly culture, beautiful surroundings and fantastic roads, we believe Oakham is the perfect place for us to open our second store. Our Hampton Wick store is a hub of activity and we cannot wait to bring the same energy and passion to the local area.”
Uppy-downy. Just about the last thing you'd want after yesterday's zany finish.
🚩 @Meribel3vallees - La Roche-sur-Foron 🏁
📏 175 km🎬 Check out the 3D route of stage 18.
🎬 Découvrez le parcours 3D de cette étape 18.#TDF2020#TDFunitedpic.twitter.com/K2zSY2LSoU— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) September 17, 2020
He means sublimation printing.
More than 10 years ago I was Sublimation my race numbers on my jerseys and got fined for it by the UCI. Now its legal.....🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/tdSfn0Os7W
— Adam #Vegan Hansen (@HansenAdam) September 15, 2020
If you missed the predictable furore when ITV ran a segment on cycling during lockdown in which Chris Boardman was seen riding a bike without a helmet, don’t worry, we’re probably in for a reprise today.
Responding to the criticism earlier in the week, Boardman directed people towards Cycling UK’s position.
The charity is opposed to both cycle helmet laws and to helmet promotion campaigns because it says they are almost certainly detrimental to public health.
Tweeting last night, Boardman added:
I’m so sad that riding a bike looking like this is so upsetting to people.
It’s happening just a few hundred miles from us, and I think it’s quite wonderful. pic.twitter.com/Kd3zGKK6ST
— Chris Boardman (@Chris_Boardman) September 16, 2020
And here's the segment that gave rise to all of this:
Due to the covid-19 pandemic the planet effectively shutdown, meaning our public spaces and roads became quieter almost overnight 🛣@Chris_Boardman looks at the effects of cycling during and after the lockdown 🚴♂️ pic.twitter.com/bsRcyoIldh
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 15, 2020