The highlights of the cycling Twittersphere from the last 12 months
1. Adding insult to injury
The nose of my saddle felt like it entered my bum today in a crash near miss, definitely in no rush for that to happen again.
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) January 31, 2017
2. Mothers do worry about these things
Think I'd better not tell my mom that I went 119kph downhill in today's stage in @tds… pic.twitter.com/zudFQIlXzk
— Daan Olivier (@DaanOlivier) June 14, 2017
3. Big night in
Another crazy night, sat watching Love Island with Anti Doping because I can't pee
— Owain Doull (@owaindoull) June 27, 2017
4. Understandable
Looking forward to not seeing any male fans showing me their asscrack tomorrow. #restday
— Simon Geschke (@simongeschke) July 16, 2017
5. Probably more divisive than Brexit, too
QOTD: @nedboulting regards Sagan, "It's like BREXIT; just a shit decision and nobody knows how to correct it." 👏🏻
— David Millar (@millarmind) July 5, 2017
6. Luxury accommodation
Classic 🇫🇮 “Sorry sir the hotel is overbooked, I can offer you a Sauna and a €17 voucher” Oddest hotel room ever 😅 pic.twitter.com/tcPXCqRfFg
— Callum Skinner (@CallumSkinner) September 23, 2017
7. Blood and oats… which should make it a great food for cyclists…
Tomorrow I start a 12 week plant based diet plan. I’m enjoying my last full English breakfast pic.twitter.com/T1GQ9QnD22
— Nigel Mitchell (@Nige_diet_coach) September 29, 2017
what is this black food ???
— Rolland Pierre (@PierroooRolland) September 29, 2017
8. Rohan Dennis on Taylor Phinney’s naked preparation for the Tour de France
The go to move for @taylorphinney and maybe even @natebrown0707 #TDF17 #planningtime pic.twitter.com/DisNql1F4B
— Rohan Dennis (@RohanDennis) July 4, 2017
9. They can be pretty dangerous
Dangerous on the Aussie roads this time of year,there's Skiing kangaroos everywhere 🇦🇺🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/rRWjvYh4be
— Ian Bibby (@IanBibby86) January 13, 2017
10. Anyone who can laugh at themself is alright with us
Morgen NK tijdrijden. Ik kreeg al een bericht dat overal aan is gedacht! Mooi! 🙂 pic.twitter.com/6GDnr0N06Y
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) June 20, 2017