"My name's Paul and you're a d***": Jeremy Vine verbally abused by impatient Bentley driver; "This is where bicycle N+1 may lead you. Be aware!": Whose garage looks like this?; Reaction to Tour route; Bike storage petition + more on the live blog

It's been a while since Jeremy Vine appeared on the live blog... but the broadcaster and social media sharer of all things cycling is back with a bang... and by bang I mean footage of a Bentley driver who just can't seem to understand that people other than himself are allowed to use the roads...

This Bentley driver in Kensington — I'm shocked. Basically if you disobey his imaginary rules of the road, he will punish you. The horn behind me was the first sign. A Bentley convertible retails at about £200k so I thought he might be a little more gracious to lesser mortals. pic.twitter.com/h6pe8m7qKG

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) October 26, 2022

On the route where there used to be a segregated cycle lane before it was ripped out by the council back in 2020, Vine is beeped and told to... yep, get in the cycle lane... 

Aside from the verbals, 'Paul' demonstrates a textbook piece of MGIF (must get in front) driving to race ahead of fellow road users... only to achieve the square root of zilch, arriving at the red traffic light seconds earlier than if he'd listened to Take That's advice and had a little patience.

The explanation: "You're in the wrong lane! [...] Why aren't you in that [left-hand] lane [...] you deliberately went in front of me in the wrong lane. Get in the bloody cycle lane [...] I drive how I want, you don't own the road, believe it or not [...] My name's Paul and you're a dick"...

Charming.

Look will be back in the pro peloton next season, with French team Cofidis returning to the bike manufacturer for 2023 and beyond. The multi-year sponsorship deal will see the men's WorldTour, women's Continental Pro Team and UCI Paracycling Team all use Look's bikes, pedals and CORIMA wheels.

It's the latest chapter in Look's illustrious racing history — its pedals saw their first pro-tour victory via Bernard Hinault at the Tour de France in 1984, and Look's bikes powered Greg LeMond to yellow a year later, while Laurent Jalabert achieved 111 victories aboard the brand's various machines through the 90s.

Where do Look's machines rank in the pro peloton bike hierarchy? Are they one of the best bikes on display?

[📷: A.S.O./Pauline Ballet]

Cav's had his say on the route... "Everybody dreams about the Tour de France. There are definitely a lot of opportunities for the sprinters in 2023"

By our calculations stage three, four, seven, maybe eight, 11, 18, 19 and 21 should be for the fast men...

Pog was pleased with what he saw too...

[📷: Zac Williams/SWpix.com]

"I really like the course, it's going to be very nice. It's very good that the difficult stages come early!"

Our in-depth look at the men's and women's routes is coming soon...

Ryan is going to have a deep dive into both the (soon-to-be revealed) men's route and the women's later on, but here's a quick look at the latter...

🤩The official route of the #TDFF2023 avec @GoZwift!

🤩 Voici le parcours officiel du #TDFF2023 avec Zwift !#WatchTheFemmespic.twitter.com/A7PJNR1UUI

— Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) October 27, 2022

If last year's was a de facto Tour de North East France, next year's will be a Tour de South West France, including a venture into the Pyrenees.

One mega mountain stage, a couple for the puncheurs, four 'flat' days and a final-stage TT...

Etape 8 / Stage 8
🚩 @Ville_Pau - @Ville_Pau🏁 22 km ITT

⏱ An ITT to finish the #TDFF2023 and, perhaps, a last chance to turn the GC upside down.

⏱Un chrono individuel pour clôturer le #TDFF2023 avec, peut-être, une dernière chance de bouleverser le classement général. pic.twitter.com/i9tWZzx828

— Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) October 27, 2022

Here's the highlight though...

Etape 7 / Stage 7
🚩Lannemezan - Col du Tourmalet 🏁90 km #TDFF2023

🤩 The riders will have to tackle the two most frequently climbed passes in the Tour de France history!

🤩 Les coureuses devront gravir les deux cols les plus empruntés dans l'histoire du Tour de France ! pic.twitter.com/z78uapFfXu

— Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) October 27, 2022

cc: Annemiek van Vleuten 

😁 Ready to go on stage? Well, almost
👔 @MarkCavendish providing some help to @blingmatthews.

😁 Prêts à monter sur la scène, enfin presque !
👔 Heureusement, @MarkCavendish est là pour aider @blingmatthewsà mettre sa cravate. #TDF2023pic.twitter.com/yux1szJoou

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) October 27, 2022

Yep, today's the day the route for the 2023 Tour de France is revealed... so that'll explain Tom P's pacey 8km around the French capital's Bois de Boulogne park, starting and finishing at the Arc de Triomphe, of course. 

We'll bring you full details of the route as and when we have them...