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Cycling has a National Cycling Strategy Board, a government appointed body that advises on measures to make cycling more attractive in the UK. Walking, another way of getting people out of cars, has no such quango. Could the two transport modes be combined into one body, with one Tsar? Transport minister Tony McNulty today told BikeBiz.com that any merger of cycling and walking would be positive. "Neither will be diluted," he said.

A multimedia CD-Rom packed with cycling routes, photographs and cycling information has been launched in a bid to make more people aware of the opportunities for cycling in Leicester.

Today, at the Tower of London, Andrew McIntosh launched the first in a series of World Heritage Cycle Rides celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UK's ratification of the World Heritage Convention.

At a press conference in Montreal earlier today, WADA president Dick Pound said the UCI and Fifa - the last sporting bodies to sign up to the world anti-doping code - would soon comply.

Scott Sunderland said: "We need guys like Lance; really, people need to stop killing their heroes." His latest diary entry at cyclingnews.com urges cyclesport fans not to line the pockets of Walsh and Ballester, authors of 'LA Confidential'.