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I'd abolish VED entirely and add it to fuel. That way the more you drive the more you pay. The less efficiently you drive the more you pay. The less efficient your vehicle the more you pay. Bearing in mind that a large proportion of car journeys are less than 5 miles there's really no reason to...

Highlights from yesterday?

In the early days of the race it wasn't uncommon for riders to use corks on fishing lines to get an illegal tow. You put the cork in your mouth and the other end of the line is attached to the car/motorbike and you got pulled along. If you see an official, simply open your mouth to release the...

They don't. Some people will be riding with deeper rims. They're black, carbon fibre and look like they merge with the tyre. The deeper the rim, the better the aerodynamics. There are rules about how deep the front and back rim can be. In time trials you'll see people riding with a solid disc...

Disc brakes are likely to be UCI-legal on road bikes in the next year or 2, so maybe they're planning ahead. It's somewhat more likely they wouldn't know which end to put the wheel in the first place though.

"Correct safety gear"? Please tell me, what is the 'correct safety gear' required for going to the shop? I don't wear 'the correct safety gear' for driving, or as a pedestrian. How is this "as hazardous as some drivers"? No cyclist has EVER killed someone in a car because of their riding -...

Have you tried riding on some of them?! Would you fancy driving your car/motorbike on the pavement and giving way at every side road, or would you prefer the easier, continuous carriageway? The roads may not feel safe, so it says something about the quality of provision cyclists get when it's...

It isn't a very good one though, is it? It's used in a manner to accuse cyclists of essentially 'tax dodging'. It's like accusing pedestrians of not paying their "leg tax" and using that to justify physically threatening them for walking around. If ANY of the "you don't pay road tax so can't...

This is the bit I find most unsettling. "Remove him from history and pretend it didn't happen". I want him remembered by future generations. I want WADA to have his picture up in the office as a reminder of how they failed for so long. I want the UCI to remember him, and Pantani, and Ullrich...

Something that seems to be in short supply in this thread, and on the roads.

General Classification (Yellow Jersey) is simple. The person who has taken the shortest amount of time so far overall is the leader of the race. When everyone finishes together (like stages 1,3 and 4) there aren't time gaps, so even if you win (like Kittel has) you won't be in front of everyone...

Or just combine the 2....

Your massive retard tax must be due...

I'll be back next week. I wasn't expecting much, but I need to be a bit more sensible. We had a group of 4 of us off the back, about 50m behind another small group. I decided it was bridgeable, so spent about 5 laps riding an ITT to get to about 30m behind before my back went. I was re-caught...

Well, it went fairly badly. Apparently commuting isn't quite the right sort of training, and racing in the wind on a bike that's slightly different gives me back spasms. Oh, and 3/4 is MUCH faster than just 4. At least the track's nice, and not too far from my house... I didn't crash, or kill...

It's 3/4, with E/1/2 as well - it depends who turns up really. Tonight's the first in the series. I've done a few efforts, and can comfortably cruise at 35kph ish fixed. I'm more concerned about riding freewheel again! I *almost* did a 10 mile TT last night, jut as a warm-up/prologue, but saw...

I'd avoid the lowest 2 gears personally. That way you will have an emergency one to drop into. The absolute smallest one is for extreme cases only! Find your rhythm, keep your feet moving and keep your head up - contrary to what Chris Froome may think there's nothing useful or helpful written on...

After some time off the race bike (about 13 months, but longer than that from bunch racing) today is marking my return to racing. The Lea Valley Velopark road circuit have kindly organised races on my day off, so I shall be embarrassing myself as part of the Olympic legacy. I'm slightly...

Do OPQS really have a plan for GC?! I'd have thought they're a stage win sort of team, and today could be one of them. G could be a decent outside shout if he was riding for anyone else...

It was closer than Kittel wanted it to be, hence the lack of celebration I reckon. He looked wrecked at the end too. Lotto and OPQS are both doing far too much work considering one team has a sprinter who won't and the other has one that can't. It's difficult to see anyone other than Kittel...