The best tweets from around the world of cycling this week
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 Alex Howes, Egan Bernal, and Mark Cavendish
1. We wouldn’t recommend drafting a police motorbike in the UK
Make the right decisions kids 👍😜 pic.twitter.com/5tzeNLImKr
— Jetse Bol (@JetseBol) February 5, 2018
2. Child at heart
Race nights in the Horner house… 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️ pic.twitter.com/5ITnyaiyaw
— Chris Horner (@hornerakg) February 6, 2018
3. Egan Bernal was quite keen not to be late for the Colombian National Championships (and has also made an interesting choice of mobile network
4. Toms Skujins – Favourite food: potatoes
Longest stage in #DubaiTour tomorrow, so got to make sure I fuel with some potatoes.
📸 courtesy of @pelotonbrief#potatoepower pic.twitter.com/mfXsNIrGdz— Toms Skujiņš (@Tomashuuns) February 6, 2018
5. Nice shoes Cav, but how small are your feet?!
New Season, New @Nike @NikeUK Kicks. 👌 pic.twitter.com/6U77Mwrn0i
— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) February 2, 2018
6. Guaranteed sand in the sandwiches
Feedzone in the middle of the desert for today's #DubaiTour stage. pic.twitter.com/Y6TtClI2rq
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) February 8, 2018
7. We wouldn’t be surprised if that’s a full-height basket
Shooting some hoops to recover this evening… pic.twitter.com/PF1JD6LB0E
— Conor Dunne (@conordunnealot) February 7, 2018
8. Not exactly training for Dubai Tour conditions
Mijn arme vader die hier bij 1 graden en regen op de scooter zat zal nu ook wel denken: was het toch ergens goed voor!😂✌🏻 pic.twitter.com/jGLUCbD889
— Dylan Groenewegen (@GroenewegenD) February 6, 2018
9. This looks absolutely grim
10. Caption competition
Hugh Carthy pic.twitter.com/odsD96oEaD
— Alex Howes (@alex_howes) February 4, 2018