This is the promo video shown at the official launch of the Grand Depart 2007 which took place on 9th February 2006.

The short movie was produced for Transport for London.

With the Tour de France due to kick off in London in just a few weeks, here's a re-issue of the Quickrelease.tv podcast from the official press launch of the Grand Depart 2007.

The piece was originally broadcast on 9th February 2006 (with a slightly different intro). The podcast features interviews of Phil Liggett; author and rock legend Johnny Green; Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman; CTC chair Kevin Mayne, and a bunch of bike journalists.

The National Cycling Forum - organised by Cycling England - took place in London on 15th May.

Speakers in this audio include:

Gary Shipp, Bike It officer
Roger Geffen, campaings manager for CTC
Christian Wolmar, Cycling England board member and transoirt journalist
John Mills, Coaching, Education and Development Director of British Cycling
Colin Langdo, MD of Cycling Solutions, a cycle training provider on Merseyside

Here are some 'rushes' from the IMAX movie with the production name of 'Brainpower' but which morphed into 'Wired to Win' when it was released to IMAX cinemas last year.

The re-naming – and extensive reshooting of scenes – was to accommodate the removal of Tyler Hamilton from the movie. At the time he was embroiled in a drugs hearing, which he later lost.

The rushes footage contains movie editing timecodes and an original score. More info at http://quickrelease.tv/?p=64

Here's the Quickrelease.tv video from the Nissan Qashqai Urban Challenge Freeride Event held on 4-5th May in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The two-day event was won by Darren 'Bearclaw' Berrecloth of Canada. He won 8000 Euros in the process and will be buying a boat with his winnings.

Twenty five invited riders took part in the event - including Kyle Strait, Andreu Lacondeguy, Gee Atherton (who knew he could 360?) and Christopher Hatton – and there were an estimated 10,000 spectators thronging Times Square, the central piazza at the Centre for Life.

Check out the video for Hatton's attempted 360-tailwhip off of the drop, and his run down the ramp, nearly wiping me out...

Berrecloth won by spinning off the start ramp, tailwhipping the step-up and doing a 360 off the satellite dish straight into a 360-table off the final ramp, close to the double-helix statue.

1. Darren Berrecloth
2. Paul Basagoitia
3. Kyle Strait
4. Ben Boyko
5. Christopher Hatton
6. Grant Fielder
7. Amir Kabbani
8. Greg Watts
9. Gee Atherton
10.Andreu Lacondeguy
11.Brandon Semenuk
12.Lance McDermott

This is a hi-res, iPod-friendly version of a 15-minute movie that's available on www.cycling.nl

The film features lots of happy cyclists from the Netherlands, Denmark and Colombia, and shows how creating a bicycle-friendly city is the civilised thing to do.

Scripted by Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá and the poster-child for city-wide bicycle advocacy, the movie was produced by the Netherlands-based Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE).

It was made in 2004 and received a financial contribution from the Dutch Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS). Shimano sponsored the CD distribution of the movie. These CDs are handed out at global cycle campaigning events.

www.Quickrelease.tv received permission to broadcast the film from I-CE.