Team Animal/Giant rider Gee Atherton will appear on Top Gear - cue 'I hate cyclists' rant from Jeremy Clarkson - on Sunday December 4th. The race was filmed in Lisbon.

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Atherton’s Giant Reign used the Lisbon Downtown course – made famous by the annual Red Bull race – and the car followed a similar length course but without the stairs.

The segment took one and a half days to film. Atherton is remaining tight-lipped on whether the Giant Reigned in Portugal.

BBC2’s Top Gear is watched by 5.8 million viewers in the UK and more than 200 million worldwide on BBC Worldwide.

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