This year has been absolutely bizarre, for obvious reasons. The global pandemic has dominated the news since February and that doesn’t look like it’ll change any time soon, but we have had some good from it with some fantastic twittering and instagramming in the world of cycling.
From quarantining life in the UAE to world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), dancing around his house in a rabbit onesie, we have put together some of the very best from the cycling side of social media.
1. Your perfect Covid training programme with Nathan Haas
Keep fit during your quarantine https://t.co/Mtn3PTVcYX
— Nathan Haas (@NathanPeterHaas) March 1, 2020
2. Gregor Mühlberger is how everyone feels in 2020
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) October 18, 2020
3. Who can forget the Tour de Quarantine? Edge of your seat stuff
Tour de Quarantine Stage 2 #TourdeQuarantine #TdQ pic.twitter.com/CaV454cEK1
— Brad Sohner (@bradsohner) March 23, 2020
4. Just GVA going back to his footballing roots with the toilet paper challenge… I’m yet to pass one
Didn’t take long for @GregVanAvermaet to get back to his ⚽️ roots 😉#toiletpaperchallenge pic.twitter.com/RLSMjxVSt5
— CCC Team (@CCCProTeam) March 24, 2020
5. Yeah, we don’t know either… Maybe this was Arnaud Démare’s secret to winning so much this year
Hahaha @ArnaudDemare die gaat touwtje springen met een strijkijzer in quarantine is m’n nieuwe favoriete filmpje voor op #MotivationMonday!🤣
📸 @RSinkeldam pic.twitter.com/xEX8fMe6A8
— Bas Tietema (@BasTietema) March 3, 2020
6. Just the current world champion dancing in a rabbit onesie.
On garde le moral!!! Bon dimanche à tous et joyeuses Pâques 🐇🍫#StayHome @deceuninck_qst pic.twitter.com/9DsBumLZsO
— Julian Alaphilippe Officiel (@alafpolak1) April 12, 2020
7. It was very good of Nairo to spare to pro peloton
Nairo Quintana imposes his will for the first time but lets the other contenders see another day #TdF2020 pic.twitter.com/afoNN6IpHp
— Nairo Quintana Fanclub. (@NairoInGreen) September 5, 2020
8. Fair to say Tony was taking his protection above and beyond
9. I wonder if anyone was brave enough to say “you haven’t earned it”
And the new… Yellow jersey wearer @TheNotoriousMMA 🇮🇪🟡
Who's going to wrestle that off him later?! 😰 #TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/JPWPTIRJgW
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 1, 2020
10. Some crazy stuff to get that design
If anyone wants proof of drugs in cycling, it's this jersey. https://t.co/TLBv1L3SZ3
— Campaign For Clean Sport (@SportCampaign) October 2, 2020
11. What Muppet put this together?
Hey Whitey, we good now? 😉😜@MitcheltonSCOTT @GregVanAvermaet https://t.co/gD6wl17Syw pic.twitter.com/AKXMpURUn6
— CCC Team (@CCCProTeam) August 31, 2020
12. Slovenia just turning up to the Grand Tours with that double lightsaber
13. Rumour has it, he’s still finding spines in him now
Cuidado por onde anda. Ou melhor, por onde cai!! Minha noooossaa… pic.twitter.com/5IfPMOedpj
— Junimba (@junimba) October 30, 2020
14. The hotel gym where nearly all of the UAE Tour was quarantined still hasn’t recovered
Got a feeling the hotel gym’s exercise bike is going to get more use in 24hrs than it’s had in its entire lifetime.
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) February 28, 2020
15. Part of me is disappointed we didn’t get this
16. If you didn’t know what they were trying to say it’d be impossible to guess
#Giro Complimenti al vincitore della tappa di ieri che si chiama..
Congratulations to yesterday's winner even if we can't really call him properly..@INEOSGrenadiers @taogeoghegan @giroditalia #ForZabù pic.twitter.com/e50iqmPlox
— Vini Zabú – Brado – KTM (@ZabuBradoKTM) October 19, 2020
17. Peter Sagan puts in a bid for one of the first rockets to Mars
Hey @Thom_astro, I pulled 7.9g in my recent flight in a fighter jet. It was a bumpy ride at times but I'm definitely getting better and I'll keep training. Please call me when there is a spot in a @SpaceX rocket to the @Space_Station (You can put me in the cargo bay if needed) pic.twitter.com/HWxscgXWVv
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) November 30, 2020
18. One of the most epic ads for a bike race ever
Orgoglioso di aver preso parte allo spot @RaiSport per il @giroditalia 🇮🇹
Un applauso a coloro che hanno lavorato per questa realizzazione 👏 Io sono rimasto a bocca aperta e sono certo che accadrà lo stesso a tanti altri. Grazie a #RAI che mi ha voluto in questo spot 🙏 pic.twitter.com/xD9SbDVlV2— Vincenzo Nibali (@vincenzonibali) September 6, 2020
19. Truth
i have a joke about women’s cycling but it won’t get the coverage it deserves
— Robyn (@robynjournalist) July 26, 2020
20. Back when Corona was just some beer and a bit of lime
Throwback to the day when corona sickness was only caused by stage 22 of la vuelta. 17-09-2018
— Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) March 6, 2020
