As we all know, cyclists and Twitter is often a fantastic combination, allowing the fans a behind the scenes look at what goes on in and around the professional peloton. Here are some of the tweets that caught our eye this week, including ones from
1. Owain Doull looks really different from behind
Definitely not getting that jersey back 😂 @GeraintThomas86 https://t.co/8ngROgVb3e
— Owain Doull (@owaindoull) June 29, 2018
2. Is it OK to just abandon your sister in Northumberland…?
Can anybody give @MegBarker97 a lift from nationals back to Manchester? I was supposed to but she beat me today so I’d rather avoid the 3 hours of gloating 😐
— Elinor Barker (@elinorbarker) July 1, 2018
3. Wait for it…
Lol !!! Haha absolutely love this 😂😂👍👍👍 https://t.co/iLsycy9UOo
— Conor Dunne (@conordunnealot) July 2, 2018
4. UK Cycling Expert gets his name in print
I don't know what you mean, Laura. I was being entirely serious! Many chain hotels operate a no-refunds policy when the Le Tour is on. And hotels get very busy with all the cyclists because few of them want to camp these days. https://t.co/vlfW8db4Iz
— UK Cycling Expert (@ukcyclingexpert) July 2, 2018
5. Beñat Intxausti has his say on the Chris Froome case, with Bing translate probably not doing him any favours
Segun la RAE :
Prejuzgar : Juzgar una cosa o a una persona antes del tiempo oportuno, o sin tener de ellas cabal conocimiento. No prejuzgues hechos que no conoces.
En mi diccionario:
A chuparla y seguir chupando…— BEÑAT INTXAUSTI (@benatintxausti) July 2, 2018
Translation: “According to the [Spanish dictionary] RAE: prejudging: To judge a thing or to a person before the opportune time, or without having of them full knowledge. Don’t prejudge facts you don’t know. In my dictionary: to suck and keep sucking…”
6. Of course there was the small matter of some football match or other on Tuesday night
It’s a pretty open World Cup with all the ‘good’ teams eliminating themselves. England could actually have an ok run to the final now.
— SamBewley (@SamBewley) July 1, 2018
Sorry bro. I meant Colombia. iPhone spell check 🙈
— SamBewley (@SamBewley) July 1, 2018
7. It’s in the stars
8. Well, you have got an empty calendar next summer Harry
10k bike challenge winners. Tour de France next… 😁🚴 #ThreeLions 🦁🦁🦁 #ENG pic.twitter.com/OBTrdK0YnD
— Harry Kane (@HKane) June 30, 2018
9. Back to cycling, and Tomasz Marczynski is certainly ready for the Tour de France (although we think he might be tensing)
Looks like @LeTour is coming 😲🤣✌🏻 @Lotto_Soudal pic.twitter.com/fYADxKDFyk
— Tomasz Marczyński (@TMarczynski) July 1, 2018
10. While Mat Hayman has some ambitious goals for the next three weeks
#TDF2018: Gets told he isn’t the oldest rider in the peloton at this year’s @LeTour. Next minute…
📷 @Mathew_Hayman pic.twitter.com/yMRb78W1Mb— Mitchelton-SCOTT (@MitcheltonSCOTT) July 5, 2018
We’ll be back in seven days time for more picks from the world of cycling social media.
