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 Chris Froome, Thomas De Gendt, Jacob Hennessy and more.
1. One in 15 of you will end up winning the Tour de France
Geraint Thomas is on the front cover of @cyclingweekly today. Here's the first time he got his picture into the magazine @SRichardsonCW pic.twitter.com/v3UuKagMP1
— Gareth Enticott (@GarethEnticott) August 2, 2018
2. Don’t worry Dan, only a 228.7km race to come on Saturday
After a day off yesterday to travel home, today I really understood just why we ride on rest days during a grand tour. Pedalling square ax #broken
— Dan Martin (@DanMartin86) July 31, 2018
3. So close to coffee, yet so far
Wake up, turn on the coffee machine, wait for it to heat up… and just as it’s ready the power goes out in the whole building. 🙄 Not my week. 😂
— Larry Warbasse (@larrywarbasse) August 2, 2018
4. TV presenter Jill Douglas gets heckled by an unknown lairy cyclist
Some pretty immense photo bombing from Mark Cavendish… pic.twitter.com/pxRJns1sSF
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 29, 2018
5. It’s been a good week for Geraint Thomas and Geraint Thomas
So my followers have gone from 180 to 1,300+ in about 12 hours. Is it the hair?The beard?
— Geraint Thomas (@geraintthomas) July 30, 2018
You’re welcome pic.twitter.com/Xs3i0OhROB
— Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) July 30, 2018
6. Netflix > time trials
Well @alexdowsett must have missed the memo that the “come and try it” event on the E33/10 tonight was the official warm-up TT for @Glasgow2018. @Harrytanfield94 and I were both there…where were you?!
— Hayley Simmonds (@hayleyrsimmonds) August 2, 2018
Got very into ‘the crown’ on Netflix lately, that scuppered my plans
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) August 3, 2018
7. She’s already a better cyclist than you
Welcomed my little girl Katie to the world yesterday 💝 pic.twitter.com/il9e1WFLkj
— Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) August 2, 2018
8. Those roofs don’t mend themselves
Fair play to the guy. Back in work on the Monday without fail #GeraintThomas pic.twitter.com/zVrJeMJqw7
— Frisby13 (@frisby13) July 30, 2018
9. Seems legit
Punching in some big numbers on yesterday 235km stage #daveraynerfund pic.twitter.com/1SFU6LwLUc
— Jacob Hennessy (@jacob_hennessy1) July 27, 2018
10. Pepper spray starts sound brutal
Only 65km stages, no trainingcamps allowed, no dinners, no feedzones, only 2 bottles per day, max 2000 calories per day. Cyclists can’t draft for longer than 20 seconds. Only 4 gears allowed. No brakes, F1 starts everyday and pepperspray before each start.
— Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) July 31, 2018