It wasn't new pavement, they're just putting up all the sponsors' banners for a stupid car race two weeks early. The ultimate irony here - today I passed more cars on my ride than during any other commute thus far this year (including the Easter holidays when we had an estimated 2 million tourists). All those cars being held up in traffic, being passed by a guy on a bike - all in aid of some of the fastest cars in the world.

Oh how my heart bleeds for them!