⏪😎¡Velocidad, lucha...! 💨💨 Revive el ÚLTIMO KM de un nuevo sprint en #LaVuelta22 gracias a @CarrefourES.
⚡️Speed, the battle for position, pure action! Enjoy the last KM of a victorious sprint for @kaden_groves - @GreenEDGEteam, courtesy of Carrefour.#CarrefourConLaVueltapic.twitter.com/OXIRbE8n5V
— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 31, 2022
Two Brits in the top ten, Dan McLay in sixth, Fred Wright eighth, but the day went to Australia and Team BikeExchange-Jayco. Having lost Simon Yates to a Covid positive this morning, that's just about as incredibly as the team could have responded...
Not the best moment to practice your Yoga poses. pic.twitter.com/E8ngsUKBHK
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) August 31, 2022
To be fair, it's been that sort of day at La Vuelta. The three-man break never got more than a couple minutes lead and everyone seems content getting from A to B expending as little energy as possible...
With that said there's 5km to go and finally things are hotting up, we'll bring you the sprint result shortly...
But how would builders be able to work without a van? Oh, hang on... pic.twitter.com/FWXSk4rcdq
— Kim Harding (@kim_harding) August 30, 2022
As if things couldn't get much worse for the world champion...
Julian Alaphilippe chute et abandonne sur la Vuelta !
Terrible nouvelle pour le champion du monde français qui, semble-t-il, est de nouveau touché à la clavicule... #LesRP#LaVuelta22pic.twitter.com/o8sQhwWEhR
— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) August 31, 2022
A quick recap: the two-time world champ crashed at Strade Bianche, missed San Remo with illness, suffered serious injuries in that shocking crash at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, missed the Tour de France, got Covid, and now leaves the Vuelta clutching his collarbone...
With 25 days until the next wearer of the rainbow bands is decided, could Julian's defence already be over?
Supporting LTNs is not controversial, no matter what the review says. If you ever wonder what a car dominated society looks like, this is it. https://t.co/0Ahg1vMNIG
— Holywood Cyclist (@HolywoodCyclist) August 31, 2022
Here's what you've been saying about today's big news that the BBC concluded Radio 2 presenter, and vocal proponent of all things cycling, Jeremy Vine had breached the broadcaster's impartiality rules by publicly supporting LTNs.
One road.cc reader, IanMK, wrote: "Jeremy Vine is basically supporting government policy (Gear Change) and local democracy (decisions made by elected representatives). Are BBC employees not allowed to do this?
"I'm a republican but I don't complain to the BBC every time one of their employees says something supportive of the monarchy (or even accepts a gong from the Queen). Perhaps I should."
Another added: "In other news, Gary Lineker accused of breaking impartiality rules for suggesting that sewage in the sea is not a good thing."
brooksby said it was "ludicrous" that the BBC claimed Vine should not have taken a public side in the debate as LTNs are the "kind of topic to which considerations of due impartiality applied for the BBC".
Gus T suggested the rule was simple: "Pro cyclist comments — not impartial. Anti-cycling articles & programmes — impartial. So much for a balanced view on cycling by the BBC."
On Facebook, Chris Lowe commented under our story: "The BBC's policy on the neutrality of its staff needs a serious looking at. This nonsense of 'there are two sides to everything' results in cranks and extremists being given a platform when there are no reasonable voices on certain sides of a debate.
"A lot of the anti-LTN rhetoric has been repeatedly debunked — but it is allowed to be repeated on the BBC again and again because they have to give both sides."
Last March, a BBC report into LTNs was branded "shameful" by a councillor amid accusations it "perpetuated falsehoods" by a Labour peer who is a patron of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling and Walking. Lord Berkeley said the report had "embarked on its own journey to stir up a manufactured culture war".
During the report, the BBC failed to address the claims of MP Rupa Huq who said the schemes were "more contentious than air strikes on Syria" and stopped women getting to their homes safely, although a month later the broadcaster did correct Nick Robinson's comment that "you cannot use your car" in an LTN.
> BBC corrects Nick Robinson’s comment that "you cannot use your car" in a low traffic neighbourhood
"We agree that LTNs do not prevent cars from being used," the BBC said in response to complaints.
Hope there’s no lasting damage. Used my bike to take out an alleged drug dealer so that the police could catch him. He went flying. pic.twitter.com/74ZzllVPJo
— CyclingMikey (@MikeyCycling) August 30, 2022
One to put in your diaries for if/when any court proceedings are concluded and we can share the footage, but quite the adventure for CyclingMikey yesterday...
Take a trip down memory lane for some of Shimano and Campag's less successful offerings...
That's two of the top-ten out of the race already this morning...
This morning @PavelSivakov has returned a positive lateral flow and will not take to the start of stage 11 of the Vuelta a España in line with team and UCI protocols. pic.twitter.com/AW33PdF6MD
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) August 31, 2022
God help anyone within a two-mile radius of Patrick Lefevere if Remco's next...
This was the emotional plea for safer cycling infrastructure from the husband of a US diplomat who was killed last week while riding her bike in Maryland. Sarah Joan Langenkamp was involved in a collision with a flat bed truck being driven in the same direction as the cyclist. It is believed the collision happened when the driver turned off the road and into a car park.
Speaking on WUSA9, Dan Langenkamp called painted bike lanes, sometimes dubbed'murderstrips' here in the UK, "death traps" and called for safer infrastructure...
TONIGHT on @WUSA9: Husband of the US diplomat killed while riding a bike in Bethesda speaks out. While he mourns her loss, Dan Langenkamp, a State Dept employee, is calling for safety changes for bicyclists. They just moved here three weeks ago after evacuating Ukraine. @wusa9pic.twitter.com/dBed8UdR2K
— Matthew Torres (@News_MTorres) August 30, 2022
"It's unbelievable to me that we have to brave streets with bike lanes that are dangerous and get mowed down by trucks in modern America," he said.
"It's just wrong. I'm just livid about the situation with bicycle safety here after seeing what happened. You cannot just paint lines on roads and think that you have bike lanes, and then brag about it on your city website saying 'we have 500 miles of bike lanes'. No, those bike lanes are just death traps if you don't provide protection for them, driver training, laws and law enforcement that actually says people are going to be punished if they hit bikers."
Sarah Joan Langenkamp was a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, where her husband also worked. A March news report told the story of how the couple's children were forced to evacuate to Poland following the Russian invasion, while they stayed on in their diplomatic roles.
Great wisdom from the little onion in the comments...
SimoninSpalding has an alternative diagnosis: "You missed the most obvious — it is your top-end Japanese chainset that is soon going to fall apart."
No idea what you're talking about, Simon...
> Shimano denies design problem with Hollowtech cranks despite reports of cracked arms
Hmmm, not sure how that got there...
Continuing the bottom bracket topic, majikstone commented: "I recently reinstalled my threaded bottom bracket on my titanium frame, and as I was in a hurry, I forgot to tighten it up properly. Next day I go out for a ride, and after some 30 km, it starts creaking like crazy as it came slightly undone on the NDS.
"I only had to ride with that horrendous creaking sound for maybe another hour before getting home and fixing the issue, but it was enough to give me a glimpse of what the average ride on a Press-Fit BB bike feels like. Have I had one, I would honestly end up throwing it in a ravine or give it away to the person I hate the most."
OldRidgeback replied: "The external BB on my BMX cruiser has been creaking for a while. It's annoying me now. As the race season is nearly over, I'll change it out shortly. There's no play in it and it isn't stiff, so I'll do one more race with it before it's changed. Irritating it is."
Simon Yates is the latest victim of a Vuelta-ending Covid positive...
❗️UPDATE❗️#LaVuelta22
Simon Yates withdraws from La Vuelta a España after testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of stage 11.https://t.co/AlDD1idKM2
— Team BikeExchange-Jayco (@GreenEDGEteam) August 31, 2022
Yates was fifth on GC after a solid TT yesterday but will not start today's 191km stage to Cabo de Gata. He joins the then-leader in the points classification Sam Bennett, Ethan Hayter, Jake Stewart, Edoardo Affini, Sepp Kuss, Wout Poels and numerous others in leaving the race following a positive.
Of the 182 who rolled down the start ramp for the team time trial in Utrecht, just 155 remain...
As someone who recently got, and promptly killed, a plant by going away for four days during the 35 degrees week, I'm sending my deepest sympathy and condolences to the Mullens...
I loved that plant. https://t.co/KH4ddoC0F0
— Ryan Mullen (@ryanmullen9) August 30, 2022
It's a scene worthy of a psychological horror film: you're spinning along happily through the sun-bathed lanes when, at first, you're not even sure if you heard it right...*creak*...not very loud at first, 'it'll go away' you think...it doesn't...soon, rhythmically with each pedal stroke the piercing pain shoots through your bike and body (and anyone and everyone riding near you at the time)...
> Bottom brackets - get the insider info on your bike's beefiest bearing
My bottom bracket is creaking, is there a support group for this? #cycling
— mistress of hellvetica (@sexandtheswiss) August 30, 2022
It's like when you get a cold after a long time without one and can't believe you ever took for granted not having a sore throat...
Step one: enter purgatory...
Before you apply to our support group you need a month in the "is it my bottom bracket or something else that is creaking" purgatory.
— 💉💉💉🦠JF (@jfparis) August 30, 2022
Is the sound coming from my bars, cleats, or further back in the bike? You're sure to have an undisclosed period of riding where your brain plays tricks on you and will send the mystery creak all over your machine...
Step two: follow the leads.
Just because it sounds like your bottom bracket is creaking, doesn't mean it is...
My bottom bracket was creaking but then my mechanic tightened my rear skewer and it went away.
— Dafydd Hughes (@dafydd61) August 30, 2022
Tick off all the easy ones first before you opt for more invasive surgery...chainring bolts, quick release skewers, cleat bolts, seatpost clamp...
I regularly fix creaky BBs by tightening seat post clamps and rear quick release skewers.
— WorkCycles (@WorkCycles) August 30, 2022
Step three: accept defeat.
It’s never the bottom bracket — until it is 😂
— Jen See (@iamjensee) August 30, 2022
Alternatively, bypass step three...
Wrong.
You require a new bike.
Thems the rules.
🚴👍😉— Mr Bad Dad 1975 (@bad_1975) August 31, 2022