Le Tour in Britain

London is the fastest growing cycling community in Europe. One who can be at least partially credited for that is mayor Ken Livingstone, who's decision to charge car drivers going into the inner city has made people look for alternative transportation. Now the biggest bike race in the world will embark from Hyde Park with the prologue this Saturday, which should give an additional boost.

The most famous Tour rider of the British Islands is no doubt Tom Simpson, sadly so for leaving his life on the slopes of the Mount Ventoux due to doping in the 1967 Tour, reports AFP.

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