11 things we've learnt this week

1. Peter Sagan can ride side-saddle.
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2. French cyclist Lionel Tartelin has ridden up Mont Ventoux 379 times.
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3. Annual government spend on cycling in the Netherlands is around £30 per head and around 30 per cent of trips are made by bike.
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4. Two-time Olympic champion Philip Hindes goes around to Sir Chris Hoy’s place for turbo sessions.
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5. British Cycling hasn’t had a performance director since Sir Dave Brailsford left to concentrate on Team Sky in 2014. 
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6. People still let dogs off the leash at bike races with entirely predictable consequences.
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7. Houses may be demolished in New Zealand to make way for a planned cycleway.
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8. Cyclists can be dive-bombed by magpies.
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9. The checkpoints for next year’s Transcontinental race across Europe mean that riders will probably cover over 4,000km (2,500 miles).
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10. Bikes outnumber cars in Copenhagen’s traffic. 
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11. Halfords estimates its share of the UK bicycle market to stand at 26 per cent.
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