Watch out on Weds for another London cycling announcement

On Wednesday, the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, will welcome Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France, to City Hall.

The two will meet, along with London’s Transport Commissioner, Peter Hendy, to discuss the future of the Tour de France in London. The Mayor will make a further announcement about cycling in the capital.

Prudhomme may be in charge of an organisation that, if it doesn’t back down in its fight with the UCI, could damage pro-cycling, but he’s a really nice bloke. Here are two of my kids meeting him at last year’s Tour de France in Londres: