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As fancy dress parties go, Royal Ascot must be the ultimate. You would think in this casual age of denim and trainers that the pomp and ceremony of this elitist festival would be crass and outdated but instead it simply grows year on year in popularity.

To a bingo night, so im going to make an appearance. there was an exciting finish to womens time trial at the road world championships in belgium, with ellen van dijk taking the title, in an upgrade from the bronze she won last year. switzerlands marlen reusser had to settle for silver for the second time in a row and olympic champion annemiek van vleuten could only manage third. british cyclist hayley simmonds told me it the result was a bit of a surprise. the podium was, as we expected with th...