Cycling is banned on the stretch of road where the pair were spotted.
So he wasn't actually caught speeding at all, he was caught using a road prohibited to cyclist. I guess that doesn't make a snappy headline for Ananova.
Thanks for the story though. Anyone know the stretch of motorway? Was it downhill?
I bet he was only caught because he had to pull out to the outside line to overtake one of those urban drivers who sits in the middle lane.
Cycling is banned on the stretch of road where the pair were spotted.
Exactly, they were on a "superstrada" (motorway), so the ticket was not for speeding. Too bad for the story! See also cyclingnews.comnewsOpen ↗ (according to a post in rbr from a local Italian, the speed limit there is not 110 kmh but 90 kmh, but they were just below that even).
Thanks for the story though. Anyone know the stretch of motorway? Was it downhill?
Livorno is next to the sea and pretty flat. I was there last year. Difficult to imagine he was really on a motorway - they're all toll-roads. I would welcome further information, just out of curiosity. -- Michael MacClancy
I would welcome further information, just out of curiosity.
Subj: Mario gets speedingticket Auth: Sergio SERVADIO Grp: rec.bicycles.racing
He was riding on Superstrada Firenze-Pisa-Livorno where no bikes are allowed. The speed limit there is 90 km/h and it is usually exceeded with the consent of the Police. He was escorted out of the Superstrada only because he should no have been there.
Myself, for other purposes in fact, I have ridden on Superstrada Siena-Firenze and on the Autostrada down into Splugen, CH. Luckily I was not caught!
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Exactly, they were on a "superstrada" (motorway), so the ticket was not for speeding. Too bad for the story! See also cyclingnews.comnewsOpen ↗ (according to a post in rbr from a local Italian, the speed limit there is not 110 kmh but 90 kmh, but they were just below that even).
I am amazed that they were drafting a Smart car, can one of those things get to 60mph?
Even though this article recognises that the pair weren't speeding, amongst a fair bit of cliched prose, it still slips back into it being a speeding offence by the last paragraph:
"This isn't the first time that Cipo has almost been busted for speeding on his bike; at last years Ghent-Wevelgem, he tripped the radar cameras at over 50km/h in the centre of Ostend, Belgium."
It was a four lane superstrada - only vehicles capable of doing 90kph are allowed to used. Cippo & his partner were clocked at just over 70kph! All the best Dan "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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A superstrada is more of a dual carriageway than a proper motorway (autostrada). There are no tolls.
Oh OK. I thought it was the other way around because of the "super".
Hang on a minute, the OP said Mario was doing almost 60mph, now it seems he was doing 70kph (~42mph) and the article is about him being somewhere he shouldn't have been, not about his speed. People like that give ALL cyclists the bad reputation that we have, no space for double standards here. :-)
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It was a four lane superstrada - only vehicles capable of doing 90kph are allowed to used. Cippo & his partner were clocked at just over 70kph! All the best Dan "Ewoud Dronkert" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Michael MacClancy said:
A superstrada is more of a dual carriageway than a proper motorway (autostrada). There are no tolls.
Oh OK. I thought it was the other way around because of the "super".
And note how the paving slab fairy worked her magic on the police. After all, Mr Cipollini regards himself as something of an idol, so I couldn't use the paving slabs on this occasion ;-)
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somewhere he shouldn't have been, not about his speed. People like that give ALL cyclists the bad reputation that we have, no space for double standards here. :-)
But these are of course professional (i.e motivated by £/$/€) sportsmen, rather than your average cyclist. In all sports it seems that the laws of the land are secondary to winning the race / match.
