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11 things we’ve learnt this week

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1 Wind tunnels aren’t necessarily tunnels, and the big fan at one end doesn’t blow, it sucks. 
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2 There’s an official world record for the most steps climbed on a road bike.
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3 The government is backing a bid to bring the UCI Road World Championships to the UK. 
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4 Lord Sugar owns a Pinarello Dogma K8-S in Union Jack colours. 
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TeamSkyYearInNumbers1280x800.jpg5 Team Sky’s Salvatore Puccio raced 13,441km (8,352 miles) last season.
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rapha vault 3.jpg​6 Rapha has a climate controlled chamber where you can try out clothing on a static bike before you buy.
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7 There’s such a thing as the European Bike Stealing Championships. Kind of.
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rompighiaccio-jacket (1).jpg8 The Italian word for ‘icebreaker’ is ‘rompighiaccio’, and Adidas has used it as the name for a new cycling jacket.
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9 It’s possible to make a 90,000 lumen light.
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10 That Copenhagen cycling bridge in the sky that was in the news last week turned out to be pie in the sky.
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11 The furthest anyone has cycled underwater is 6,708m.
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