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 Callum Skinner, Bryan Coquard, Tao Geoghegan Hart, and more.
1. This guy is now our tip for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2. Oliver Naesen really loves the cobbles
3. It’s all fun and games at Bahrain-Merida
🇴🇲 @tourofoman #TOO2018
🎬 Bye Bye #Oman PART 2️⃣
🔍 How it unfolded
⭐ Starring @BoaroManuele 😂 pic.twitter.com/XuOSIa0EMD— Team Bahrain Merida (@Bahrain_Merida) February 19, 2018
4. Even faster than Adam Blythe’s 3T Strada
5. Alex Howes has an unusual favourite piece of cycling kit
I hope that whomever invented the mini pump with the flex hose valve attachment is now a millionaire. #TheyAreAmazing #GameChanger #AFlatTireDoesntHaveToKillYourDay
— Alex Howes (@alex_howes) February 22, 2018
6. Ben ‘The Ninja’ Swift
7. Phil Gaimon needs a few more mates
If only making friends was this easy @Strava pic.twitter.com/JKo5cHwcth
— Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) February 20, 2018
8. Alex Dowsett’s just showing off with his knowledge of francophone countries
Wait 187k to do my bit,flatted at 186k.C’est la vie as they say in🇫🇷& parts of Belgium,Benin,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cameroon,Canada,Chad,Ivory Coast,Congo,Djibouti,Equatorial Guinea,Haiti,Luxembourg,Madagascar,Mali,Monaco,Niger,Rwanda,Senegal,Seychelles,Switzerland,Togo & Vanuatu
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) February 21, 2018
9. To be fair Tao, it’s not always that nice
For everyone who always says it rains so much in the U.K… pic.twitter.com/G7cK5buybc
— Tao Geoghegan Hart (@taogeoghegan) February 17, 2018
10. The GB track team aren’t the most sociable bunch
Is my chat that bad…? pic.twitter.com/lu4bx3R0hd
— Callum Skinner (@CallumSkinner) February 23, 2018
We’ll be back in seven days time for more picks from the world of cycling social media.
As we all know, cyclists and Twitter is often a fantastic combination, so here are our top-picked tweets from the last week in the world of cycling.