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
2. Is it OK to just abandon your sister in Northumberland...?
3. Wait for it...
4. UK Cycling Expert gets his name in print
5. Beñat Intxausti has his say on the Chris Froome case, with Bing translate probably not doing him any favours
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
7. It's in the stars
8. Well, you have got an empty calendar next summer Harry
9. Back to cycling, and Tomasz Marczynski is certainly ready for the Tour de France (although we think he might be tensing)
10. While Mat Hayman has some ambitious goals for the next three weeks
We’ll be back in seven days time for more picks from the world of cycling social media.
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Nacer Bouhanni banned for two months after sprinting incident involving Jake Stewart
The sprinter shoved Stewart in the final of a French one-day race earlier this year
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130 people who changed cycling and getting them all on the cover
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British Cycling concerned about ‘substantial breach of privacy’ over Dame Sarah Storey’s backdated TUE for salbutamol
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Former police officer says driver threatened ‘to knock him off and kill him’ before crashing into him and fleeing the scene
The cyclist, a former senior investigative officer in fatal traffic collisions, started to investigate the driver himself
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Doping ban for former Trek-Segafredo rider upheld after his appeal fails
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the four-year ban for the 36-year-old
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Police take down 'industrial-scale' doping lab in Spain, seize three million drug doses
Police have dismantled a doping wholesaler operating on an 'industrial-scale' in Spain, seizing three million drug doses in the process
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Five talking points from stage two of the Giro d'Italia 2021
Gaviria's run-in with a team-mate, confusion at the intermediate sprint, and Merlier's big win - don't miss these moments from the first sprint
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Remco Evenepoel: You can’t prepare fully without racing, but that’s the risk we took
Belgian star is among the favourites to win the 2021 Giro d’Italia, having not raced for nine months
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Israel Start-Up Nation launch new wine inspired kit for the Giro d'Italia 2021
The design of the kit is meant to blend the red wine of their Italian sponsor with the blue of Israel's national flag
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