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A number of cyclists racing in Europe had a rather surprising entrant in their midst recently. As the riders pedalled hard along one stretch of road, they were temporarily joined by an army tank driving alongside at the same speed. The cyclists turned a corner and the tank meanwhile carried straight on. No doubt the cyclists were pleased to see the back of the large, heavily armed and armoured metal beast as it disappeared into a forest in a cloud of dust. Meanwhile in the UK city of Norwich, the Tour of Br
March 23, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
A number of cyclists racing in Europe had a rather surprising entrant in their midst recently. As the riders pedalled hard along one stretch of road, they were temporarily joined by an army tank driving alongside at the same speed. The cyclists turned a corner and the tank meanwhile carried straight on. No doubt the cyclists were pleased to see the back of the large, heavily armed and armoured metal beast as it disappeared into a forest in a cloud of dust. Meanwhile in the UK city of Norwich, the Tour of Britain cycle race temporarily descended into something of a farce. A number of the support cars following the riders turned the wrong way. This came shortly after an incident in which a famous cyclist crashed into a parked car, although he luckily avoided serious injury. And in Canada an entire peloton of racing cyclists took a wrong turn. This resulted in all of the racers having to complete a u-turn and head back the way they had just come.

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