Live blog: Cavendish describes Tour of California stage as "like sitting on the indoor trainer for 7 hours"; UAE Emirates pull Juan Sebastian Molano out of Giro themselves following internal drugs test; Beckham goes cycling after drive ban + more

 

 

 

 

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Not his rowing oar this time, rather Sir Wiggo gave his tuppence worth on Viviani's relegation at yesterday's Giro stage in an Instagram video, saying he thought the decision was harsh: "The move was erratic and stopped the other fella from pedalling, but I don't think the other fella was ever going to get round him.

"A lot of those finishes in the Giro, the way they're barriered (sic) and stuff, it's never a straight line, it's never a simple case of like a 100m race on an athletics track where everyone's got their lane. This is at the end of 200-odd kilometres."

UAE Team Emirates have suspended their own rider, 24-year-old Juan Sebastian Molano after the Colombian returned 'seemingly unusual physiological results'.

He was Fernando Gaviria's lead-out rider in yesterday's Giro d'Italia Stage 3 which his fellow countryman won after Italian National Champion Elia Viviani was relegated for irregular sprinting. UAE Team Emirates said in a press release:

"After tests performed under the Team’s strict and sophisticated internal monitoring system, UAE Team Emirates announces that some seemingly unusual physiological results have come back for the rider Juan Sebastian Molano. Following Team policy concerning the protection of our athletes’ health, the Colombian will be suspended to undergo further testing in the following weeks, in collaboration with the UCI, as we try to determine the cause of these unusual results. In order to protect the right to privacy, no further information regarding the matter will be released until results from the necessary tests come back."

Here's what breakaway hero Sho Hatsuyama had to say about his day at the sharp end of Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia. Time in the break = time on TV. @NIPPO_Fantini#Giropic.twitter.com/qPPbsWVNqG

— Velon CC (@VelonCC) May 13, 2019

This doesn't translate too well when written out, and we're sure what Hatsuyama means is that his time at the front of stage 3 of the Giro yesterday was great for getting his team and sponsors exposure. Chapeau that man! 

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— Hackney Cyclist (@Hackneycyclist) May 13, 2019

After getting a driving ban last week nice to see David Beckham out cycling with his family on instagram. The proposed Holland Park cycle route will pass the bottom of their street, I hope they support it! pic.twitter.com/a68UBBRArQ

— Hackney Cyclist (@Hackneycyclist) May 13, 2019

Perhaps a tad ironic considering he got his six month ban for using a mobile phone while driving in Central London, but Becks doesn't appear too down about not being able to use his motor after sharing clips on Instagram Stories of himself and his four children out for a bike ride in Holland Park. 

It was reported earlier this month that Beckham was spotted in Great Portland Street driving his Bentley with a mobile phone in hand, by a passer-by who originally wanted to take a photo but ended up shopping him to the police. Beckham also received a £750 fine, and has apparently been spotted hitching lifts of his son Brooklyn since the ban started.