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He and his team aren't re-inventing the wheel, but rolling it into a new part of the world as a force for planetary good.

In better days, the Ferris wheel, pirate ship and outdoor trampoline — advertised as the biggest in Asia — would draw thousands of children a day.

Zoox vehicles were custom built for self-driving and feature no traditional manual controls — not even a steering wheel.

"As he machine gunned across it went through my bicycle wheel and missed me entirely."

He signed autographs and took selfies with fans before the race and received a 'wheel of honour' - other riders held their bikes up on one wheel and spun the other - on the start line of the race, made up of 25 laps of a 2.3km course.