Motorist crushes bike and speeds off with cyclist on bonnet during road rage confrontation; Cycle lane bollard; Rapha jersey listed on Ebay for £105k; Canadian rider outsprints grizzly bear; Highway Code quiz; Aero gains + more on the live blog

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A motorist in the affluent Melbourne suburb of St Kilda drove off with a cyclist on their bonnet, crushing the rider's bike, after a road rage confrontation. Witnesses said the cyclists were unhappy with the driver trying to cut up them up and challenged his dangerous driving. 

In the video the driver can be heard saying: "I will f***ing destroy you, I’ve got money mate." Before one of the cyclists mocked the man's car, asking if it is "his wife's car?"

The Mercedes driver then sped off with the most vocal cyclist jumping on the bonnet to try and stop him. The driver continued, throwing the man off his vehicle as he crushed the bike lying on the road on his way past.

Victoria Police have reportedly spoken to both the cyclists and the driver but have not yet charged anyone involved.

Catch up on the start of the Vuelta a España with this behind the scenes video from Ineos Grenadiers. Today's post-rest day stage is widely expected to be a breakaway day, which might explain why after 85km the peloton still hasn't let a group of escapees take a significant advantage.

19 riders, including Ineos' Dylan van Baarle and Jhonatan Narváez hold a slender ten second gap, but expect the attacks to continue for a while yet...

Officials from Alberta Parks in Canada have issued a warning for the area after a cyclist was charged at by a grizzly bear. The rider was cycling along the Smith Dorrien Highway near Buller Pond when he heard a thumping and huffing sound behind him. 

"He looked over his shoulder and saw a grizzly bear running behind him at close range – within two metres," Greg Part, spokesperson for AEP told RMOToday. "The cyclist sprinted on his bike and used a downhill section to gain distance. The bear gave up the chase and retreated into the woods." Unbearlievable.

The park officials reminded cyclists to carry bear spray and try to be aware of your surroundings when in bear country. Experts from Bow Valley WildSmart say higher speeds can actually increase the probability of a surprise encounter.

"The fact is that most cyclists are fast and quiet, and when you’re quick and quiet, that’s a potential for a disaster, for running into bears," said Nick de Ruyter, WildSmart’s program director. "You don’t want to surprise wildlife, particularly bears, and by doing these things like making noise, you’re not necessarily preventing those encounters, but you’re reducing the chance of surprising a bear." Now there's a proper excuse not to sort your creaky bottom bracket out...

Cycling UK is launching a new 150-mile cycle route in Cornwall this Friday. A group of riders will set out from the Western Promenade in Penzance to officially ride the new route for the first time. The West Kernow Way is Cycling UK's latest long distance cycling trail and at 150 miles (230km) is designed to be ridden over three to four days.

The charity spent more than a year working on developing the route, speaking to landowners while plotting and recceing bridleways, byways and quiet country roads. It aims to offer adventurous cyclists a route showing them the best of the county, while avoiding more popular tracks and trails. The GPX route files will be made available this Friday.

It is the fourth long distance off-road cycling route Cycling UK has launched since its North Downs Way route was unveiled in 2018. Since then they've released the 800-mile Great North Trail from the Peak District to either Cape Wrath or John O'Groats as well as King Alfred's Way. Two further routes are planned for 2022 in Kent and Norfolk. 

We’re aiming for at least 20-30 cyclists a day with this one. We could double that at night 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻#WorldBollardAssociation@RobinTRileypic.twitter.com/Wtvl9riY4u

— World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard) August 21, 2021

Hard to work out the thought process behind this black bollard 'strategically' placed bang in the middle of a bike lane. My best guess at understanding it would be that it marks the end of the bike lane as it looks like car parking beyond it? That attempt at working it out could age terribly however. Maybe it is just a bike lane with cars parked in it and a dangerous bollard?

The issue isn't trivial though. Earlier this year bollards described as "hostile" by a cycling campaigner caused an Edinburgh cyclist to crash. Dean Loughton needed surgery on a broken elbow after the crash on the Pennywell Road pop-up cycle lane caused by the base of the black bollard being covered by snow and poor visibility.

Worse still, last August a coroner's inquest heard how a cyclist in Devon died from injuries after he crashed into a bollard on a popular cycling trail which was installed to stop motorists driving across a bridge.