Stage 6 TDF 2023 Blog: Resurrection After looking dead and buried yesterday, Tadej Pogacar was back again today, sprinting away from Jonas Vingegaard and winning the stage. It was an odd performance. Usually you can understand the trajectory of a
Stage 5 TDF 2023 Blog: the Race Bursts into Life Jai Hindley got into a large breakaway group, paced his effort carefully through the afternoon, and dropped his breakaway companions on the climb of the Marie Blanque. He held off
Quantified Carbon Reductions The DfT is due to produce guidance for councils’ new Local Transport Plans (LTPs). It will include detailed information about how local authorities should deliver Quantified Carbon Reductions (QCRs) from their transport networks. The LTP guidance is
Stage 4 TDF 2023 Blog: Another Sprint, Same Result Stage 4 finished on the Nogaro motor racing circuit, which was the scene of a bunch sprint. The result was much the same as yesterday, with Mathieu van der Poel the
Utrecht E-Cargo Bike Hire Scheme a Success A trial e-cargo bike rental scheme in Utrecht has been a success and more bikes will now be added to the fleet, reports UtrechtNieuws.nl. The bikes were used more than once a day,
M1 Widening Made Traffic Move More Slowly Five years after the M1 was widened between junctions 10 and 13, traffic moved more slowly than before. A study by Dr David Metz shows that this is due to digital navigation, or
Stage 3 TDF 2023 Blog: Caffeine Shampoo Works Its Magic Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin Deceuninck won the first sprint of the 2023 Tour, having been led out perfectly by Mathieu van der Poel to 200m to go. Philipsen closed down
Stage 2 TDF 2023 Blog: No More Cofidisappointing With a late attack from the front group as it approached the finish line in San Sebastian, Victor Lafay (Cofidis) won Stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de France. He was brilliant
Stage 1 TDF 2023 Blog: Oh Brother! Adam Yates won the first stage of the 2023 Tour de France, cracking his brother Simon on the uphill drag to the line in Bilbao. It was a great stage in the Basque
CCC Progress Report 2023 The true test of leadership is delivery, says the outgoing Chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) Lord Deben in his Foreword to the 2023 Progress in Reducing Emissions report to Parliament. The UK government is