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Marseille expands ride options with 500 new electric bikes
Voi and Pony replace Lime bikes to bringing total to 1,500 electric vélos. The city has also added 150 new stations as it pushes greener transport options
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Baffled by the Tour de France rules? Read these four points
It is one of the most-watched sporting events in the world but do you know what the jersey colours mean and why riders are not only trying to finish in the fastest time?
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Rouler en chasse-patate and more Tour de France expressions
The 100-year-old annual bicycle race has long-standing traditions and even its own vocabulary
No to carte grises for bikes in France
Cyclists will have to ensure their bicycles are correctly ‘marked with a unique code’ in a bid to cut down on crime, under new government plans.
Up to 500,000 bicycles are stolen every year in France and fear of theft is often cited as a reason for people not wanting a bike.
But Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne said owners will not have to carry carte grise-style ownership certificates every time they ride their bikes, as had been reported.
Once a cycle is marked with a unique code, its owner will be given a certificate which they can present to police as proof of ownership if the bike is stolen, or if they want to sell it on.
Bicycles produced from 2020 will have the code number marked as standard, while cycle-owners have until 2021 to get their bikes registered. To find a shop to mark your bike - and the fee see bicycode.org.
