Philippine de Gerin-Ricard, 20, was killed when an HGV hit her back wheel at a Central London junction

The mother of a young French student killed by a lorry while riding a “Boris Bike” in London made an emotional plea for “proper lanes for cyclists” at her daughter’s inquest yesterday.

Transport for London was also criticised by the Metropolitan Police for opening a Cycle Superhighway on a stretch of road in East London that police had earlier deemed “unsafe for cyclists”.

Philippine de Gerin-Ricard, 20, was killed when an HGV driven by Richard James hit her back wheel at a Central London junction on July 5, knocking her off the bike and sending her under the truck’s wheels. She died of multiple injuries. She was the first person to be killed while riding a Barclays Hire Bike.

Her mother, Anne Boudet du Mochet,