![]() ![]() While the lights for motor vehicles on Heaton Road, one of the city’s prime active travel spots thanks to its cycling infrastructure, do change as normal, cyclists using the new segregated bike lane are forced to ride through on red. Judging by her ride up the Tourmalet and in Pau, “Demi, go fast but not too fast” may be the mantra of the entire peloton over the next few years…Īngry motorists who love banging on about cyclists always jumping red lights, here’s a story just for you… (but wait, there’s a twist.)Ī new cycle lane in Newcastle has been come in for criticism from local cyclists – because is traffic lights appear to be permanently stuck on red. “Go fast, but not too fast, Demi!” /trBaUON3MV ![]() ![]() Marlen Reusser watching fellow team mate and yellow jersey wearer Demi Vollering nearly breaking her time at the intermediate sprint. Luckily (for the UAE driver, mostly), Reusser’s brief hold-up on the descent wasn’t enough to stop her winning the stage – her second in two years at the Tour Femmes, setting herself up nicely for next week’s worlds TT in Stirling – though SD Worx teammate and overall winner Demi Vollering did, naturally, run her close… Not cool UAE! #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmesĪlso the entire nation of UAE is so lucky Marlen won because I and everyone else in the world would’ve filed a lawsuit. The only way to stop Marlen Reusser is obiously a car. On the Eurosport motorbike, Iris Slappendel described the UAE driver as “amateurish” (I’m sure Marlen’s choice of words would have been stronger), while fans on social media said the whole situation was “unacceptable”. Emma Bianchi □ #SiempreGino July 30, 2023 (Yes, a van driver holding up a much faster cyclist – what would the Daily Mail think?)īy the time Reusser managed to pass the driver, let’s just say she wasn’t too happy with the whole situation… While it wasn’t the first time during the Tour that a SD Worx rider was caught behind a team vehicle ( looking at you, Danny Stam), this particular impromptu traffic jam slowed down Reusser, forcing the Swiss rider to wave and shout frantically to ensure the van driver – using the larger vehicle, presumably, because the rest of the team’s cars were out on the course – would give her enough room to pass. > SD Worx manager Danny Stam excluded from Tour de France Femmes for dangerous driving and “inappropriate comments” □ Koers kijk je op discovery+ /gOcCiihER3īut that’s what happened during yesterday’s final stage of the Tour de France Femmes, a 22km loop around Pau, when red-hot favourite Marlen Reusser – flying down the route’s main, tricky, narrow descent – was held up by the driver of a van following UAE Team ADQ’s Eleonora Gasparrini. Zo snel zelfs dat ze in de weg wordt gereden door een bus van UAE en een motard #TDFF2023 □□□ | Reusser is bezig met een enorm snelle tijdrit. It is a bit unusual, however, to see such an interaction taking place in the middle of a Tour de France time trial. So, it’s not unusual, then, after a spot of poor or dangerous driving, to see a cyclist look across at a van driver, for example, and direct some choice words and a derisory hand gesture towards them. Now, obviously I wish it weren’t so, but sometimes – sometimes – tensions can arise and things can get a little heated on the roads, especially between cyclists and motorists (though you probably already know that if you read this website). ![]()
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