PEDAL-O-METER

Sometimes the wind’s at your back, sometimes it’s all uphill

NEW ADDITION

Lizzie and Philip Deignan are expecting their first child in September. Lizzie hopes to return to action in 2019, before retiring following the 2020 Worlds, to be held in her home county, Yorkshire.

TUE RIP?

Geraint Thomas reckons TUEs should be banned. He told BBC Sport Wales that if you can’t be helped by over-the-counter meds “it’s unfortunate but maybe your body isn’t built for the rigours of professional sport.”

CAN’T BEAT PETE

After breaking his spine in a crash in January, Quick-Step Floors pro Petr Vakoc is back on the bike - or rather under it. He can’t yet ride sitting up so the bizarre setup involves hanging his bike from the roof.

NO RESOLUTION

Chris Froome’s case is unlikely to be resolved in time for the Giro, according to UCI boss David Lappartient: “Both sides have powerful lawyers and the case is far more complicated than usual.”

BAD ROBOT

A self-driving Uber vehicle killed Elaine Herzberg, 49, in Arizona, as she walked in the road with her bicycle. It is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a pedestrian, and there have been calls to suspend testing of the vehicles.

MARK-ED MAN

Mark Cavendish’s rotten luck with crashes so far in 2018 carried on at Milan-Sanremo, where he hit a traffic bollard near the finish and catapulted through the air, breaking a rib.