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Cyclists all over the world are getting in shape for next month's Tour De France, and Stormont is no exception. Who would you put your money on to win, the DUP or Sinn Fein?

Assembly members took part in a cycling event outside Parliament Buidlings this morning. It was part of Bike Week 2007, raising funds for Action Cancer.

My spy (our reporter Natasha Sayee to be precise) tells me that junior minister Ian Paisley Jr. beat Education Minister Catriona Ruane in a quick sprint down the hill. However if this was really the Tour De France I'd put my money on Catriona being able to read the French road signs.

Don't bet, however, on the Transport Minister Conor Murphy. Promotional literature talked of him leading assembly members up the hill, but I gather he had some problems with his gears so had difficulty keeping up.

I'm told our presenter Noel Thompson was also out there on his regular ride. I have to admit I was busy catching up on my second breakfast in the Stormont canteen.

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