This is Leicestershire --Leicester has failed to win Government funding to improve cycling routes.
The city council submitted a detailed bid to the Government to gain a share of its £77 million to promote cycling around the country.
But it has been announced that cities including Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich will receive cash, but not Leicester.
City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby, said:"This is disappointing news, but we can't expect to win every time.
"We will be asking the Department for Transport for detailed feedback on our bid."
If the city had succeeded, the money would have been put towards three main projects to improve bike safety.
A further 1.5km of cycle tracks would have been put in at the St Nicholas Circle, near to the Holiday Inn.
Riders would have been able to cycle around the Leicester Tigers area without ever mixing with traffic, thanks to a further 1.5km of cycle tracks being laid.
Finally, 2.5km of cycle track would have been laid around Belgrave Road, which would have been possible due to the removal of Belgrave flyover as part of another project.
Sir Peter, said: "The Department for Transport's decision to overlook our bid on this occasion may in part be due to our recent success in attracting £550,000 for our plans to create a new cycleway along Newarke Street and Southgates."
In April, the city was given cash for a traffic lane in Newarke Street to be redesignated as a two-way cycle path with wider footways.
Eric Ludlow, press officer for Leicester Cycling Campaign Group (LCCG), said he did not know why the city missed out on the bid.
"We're disappointed, it's a shame," he said,
"It highlights the ridiculous system facing any attempt to improve conditions for cycling in the UK, where it seems that any such proposal has to go through this sort of bureaucratic beauty contest.
"The money could have made a real difference in safety. At the moment, the roads are a nightmare. The work would have made the roads a lot safer and nicer for current cyclists and those thinking of cycling in the future."
In order to salvage something from the failed bid, the group have a proposal for Sir Peter.
One of the proposed projects involved taking out a lane from the carriageway at Saint Nicholas Circle for conversion into a cycle lane.
The same lane is due to be closed on August 25 for the city's SkyRide cycle event.
Mr Ludlow said: "The LCCG calls on the Mayor to extend this closure for six months – as was done recently with Newarke Street – to test its viability.
"In the meantime, of course, to look for alternative ways to fund this and the other schemes that were the subject of Leicester's bid." Reported by This is 23 hours ago.