{"id":169997,"date":"2018-08-20T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=169997"},"modified":"2018-08-20T11:00:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:00:54","slug":"government-minister-cycles-to-hospital-to-give-birth-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/08\/20\/government-minister-cycles-to-hospital-to-give-birth-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Minister Cycles to Hospital to Give Birth and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New Zealand Minister is really green<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Green Party\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeautiful Sunday morning for a bike ride, to the hospital, for an induction to finally have this baby. This is it, wish us luck!\u201d Julie-Anne Genter wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmoyxDVh2EU\/?taken-by=julieannegenter<\/p>\n<p>The 42-week pregnant lady said it was \u201cmostly downhill to the hospital\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to her!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Parenting. You\u2019re doing it right<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New bike yesterday, today he hit the cobbles. I wanted to talk tyre pressure he just wanted to ride. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noshortcuts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#noshortcuts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/scottfoil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#scottfoil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jBunkfWCgJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/jBunkfWCgJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRo4ngANxL\">pic.twitter.com\/gRo4ngANxL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MathewHayman (@Mathew_Hayman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mathew_Hayman\/status\/1028018606687375362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>The dedication<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmiyQJ9HJLb<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Talking dirty<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got a little dirty in Glasgow today but a great day with the Dutch national team. Did all I could to help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mathieuvdpoel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mathieuvdpoel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lammertinkm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lammertinkm<\/a> to get in the break resulting in a silver medal for Mathieu \ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esEZ8EZPZc\">pic.twitter.com\/esEZ8EZPZc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Koen de Kort (@koendekort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koendekort\/status\/1028691323346403336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>It\u2019s growing on him<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funny story from today, my bike has apparently grown a full cm taller since wednesday\u2019s euro champs, passed the Uci check there, failed here and we had to make changes \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f nice and consistent as ever.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdowsett\/status\/1029371589354315776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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