The first few weeks of 2021 have been dedicated to winter training for the pros.
Most teams are currently undergoing their winter training camps across Europe, with many squads opting for the warmer climates of Spain.
While it often stings to watch the pros riding in shorts during the winter in the UK and parts of the US, it’s not always sunshine and espressos.
This week’s tweets of the week is dedicated to the winter training camp – here are just a few of our favour social media posts from the last seven days:
1. There is video evidence of this moment online…
May or may not have fallen off a TT start ramp once. I think…. 👀
— Ryan Mullen (@ryanmullen9) January 11, 2021
2. They could at least have given Dowsett a real challenge
Sprints here on day 2 of team camp. I partnered myself up with @AndreGreipel for all 9 of the sprints and took an overall result for best of 9 (got to be an odd number so it can’t be a draw) I’m afraid to say Andre won, 9-0. Convincingly, every time, with a smile on his face.
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) January 14, 2021
3. Egan Bernal appears to have entered witness protection
4. Pundits at the time said Alberto Bettiol would one day win Flanders
By now you probably know that @AlbertoBettiol took the cycling world by storm after his historic win at the Tour des Flandres.
But were you aware of his very first victory back in 1998? #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/JH2WWvUBL4
— EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) January 14, 2021
5. Cannondale showing the scale of their TT bikes
No. No. No. Oh and hell no! pic.twitter.com/XjX00LLYkG
— José Been (@TourDeJose) January 15, 2021
6. Inside an Ineos training camp, featuring A LOT of Rohan Dennis
📍 Gran Canaria
🎥 @TaoGeoghegan takes control of Grenadier cam for the day pic.twitter.com/1vk9Neeklc— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) January 15, 2021
7. I could do with this cassette for the gentle hills during winter
8. The split personality of winter training locations
9. That buckle should be a quick fix…right?
RIP front wheel. 😅 https://t.co/TV5X0G75MA
— Cyclocross24.com (@cyclocross24) January 9, 2021
10. Don’t be too disheartened if world champion Julian Alaphilippe overtakes you on a climb
We’ll be back in seven days with more tweets of the week.