Government Minister Cycles to Hospital to Give Birth and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?

New Zealand Minister is really green

The Green Party’s Julie-Anne Genter, who is minister for women and associate minister for health and transport, was two weeks overdue when it was decided that she would be induced. The pregnant politician opted for a bike ride to get to the Auckland Hospital, for which she was highly praised by her own party.

“Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby. This is it, wish us luck!” Julie-Anne Genter wrote on Instagram.

Beautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby. This is it, wish us luck! (My partner and I cycled because there wasn’t enough room in the car for the support crew… but it also put me in the best possible mood!) #42weekspregnant #cycling #bicyclesarethebest

A post shared by Julie Anne Genter (@julieannegenter) on Aug 18, 2018 at 3:42pm PDT

The 42-week pregnant lady said it was “mostly downhill to the hospital”.

Hats off to her!

Parenting. You’re doing it right

New bike yesterday, today he hit the cobbles. I wanted to talk tyre pressure he just wanted to ride. #noshortcuts #scottfoil https://t.co/jBunkfWCgJ pic.twitter.com/gRo4ngANxL

— MathewHayman (@Mathew_Hayman) August 10, 2018

The dedication

Had a nice bbq with the boys yesterday. Have to stay serious so only took one bottle of beer👌 #whereiswout #bbq #duvelbeer #bigbigbottle #seeyou

A post shared by Wout Poels (@wout.poels) on Aug 16, 2018 at 7:42am PDT

Talking dirty

Got a little dirty in Glasgow today but a great day with the Dutch national team. Did all I could to help @mathieuvdpoel and @lammertinkm to get in the break resulting in a silver medal for Mathieu 👌🏼 pic.twitter.com/esEZ8EZPZc

— Koen de Kort (@koendekort) August 12, 2018

It’s growing on him

Funny story from today, my bike has apparently grown a full cm taller since wednesday’s euro champs, passed the Uci check there, failed here and we had to make changes 🤷🏼‍♂️ nice and consistent as ever.

— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) August 14, 2018