Rising inflation, driven by food and raw materials costs, has topped the agenda of the annual meeting of the ADB, which has a mission to fight poverty in the Asia Pacific region.

And one of the regular contributors on his site dismissed Professor Muller as "a man driven by a very serious agenda."

Most pro-cycling initiatives have tended to be driven by planning objectives, like improving safety, traffic control and landscaping, but health issues are quickly rising up the policy agenda.