Tweets of the Week: Elinor Barker's new trousers, Magnus Cort interviews himself, and Chris Froome's heart-warming moment
The season is over, but TOTW continues
Well the 2020 cycling season is officially over to disappointment of many.
It looked like we might not have much of a cycling season, but thanks to the hard work of everyone involved cycling fans were treated to most of the biggest races on the calendar.
While there might not be any racing, the biggest competition of the year continues - Tweets of the Week.
Who can get in their quality social media content in the last few weeks of 2020, in the hopes of making it into the biggest awards of the year, Tweets of the Year.
This week we have an insight into riders' off-season, Chris Froome's heart-warming moment at the Vuelta, and Adam Blythe's levitating bike.
1. What does pros do in their off-season? For Yves Lampaert, its play video games
2. Magnus Cort is an aspiring journalist apparently
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3. This was a lovely moment at the Vuelta between Chris Froome and Rui Oliveira
4. Check out the upper body strength from Bora-Hansgrohe
5. Elinor Barker's new fashion statement trousers
6. When the season ends and you have nothing to do
7. This might just be a little too much information from Dan Bigham
8. We would love some context for this one...
9. Is that bike levitating Adam?!
10. Fancy dress group ride with Mike Woods out in Girona
We'll be back in seven days with more tweets of the week.
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Alex Ballinger is editor of BikeBiz magazine, the leading publication for the UK cycle industry, and is the former digital news editor for CyclingWeekly.com. After gaining experience in local newsrooms, national newspapers and in digital journalism, Alex found his calling in cycling, first as a reporter, then as news editor responsible for Cycling Weekly's online news output, and now as the editor of BikeBiz. Since pro cycling first captured his heart during the 2010 Tour de France (specifically the Contador-Schleck battle) Alex covered three Tours de France, multiple editions of the Tour of Britain, and the World Championships, while both writing and video presenting for Cycling Weekly. He also specialises in fitness writing, often throwing himself into the deep end to help readers improve their own power numbers. Away from the desk, Alex can be found racing time trials, riding BMX and mountain bikes, or exploring off-road on his gravel bike. He’s also an avid gamer, and can usually be found buried in an eclectic selection of books.
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