Owls on bikes, ironing boards at CX races, Geraint Thomas raging about Carrefour and Peter Sagan jumping around in a wind tunnel.
No, this isn’t a desperately tricky question on BBC Four’s Only Connect, but if it was, the answer as to what links all of the above is tweets of the week, of course.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy each and every little hit of dopamine as you drink in ten of the best social media post from across the cycling world this week.
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1. This is genius. Tactical nous on display whether he’s manoeuvring through the peloton with 3km to go or in the departure lounge.
Arrived at my gate and there was no seats left at the gate.
So I pretended to que. All the elderly irish jumped up to que in a panic!
I strolled off and took my time to choose whatever seat I wanted 😎They are standing 50minutes before our flight 😂🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/TwV3YbIjnn
— Sam Bennett (@Sammmy_Be) November 11, 2019
2. Sure, why not.
Take your ironing board to the cross-day https://t.co/tID5bAGNi4
— José Been (@TourDeJose) November 11, 2019
3. Favourite thing about this is how un-phased the owl is by the whole thing.
ICYMI: Mikoto has a hoot: A pet barn owl enjoys a front-row seat on a bike ride in Ichihara, Japan pic.twitter.com/zFa92hAXxd
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 12, 2019
4. Worth it for the Carambars, though…
Shopping in Carrefour pic.twitter.com/gPTn4jIfij
— Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) November 12, 2019
5. After his axe-throwing exploits previously, let’s see what the Peter Sagan off-season wheel of fortune conjures up this time. Peter Sagan is…*clackclackclackclack* jumping around in a wind tunnel!
Last week, I visited the @iamspecialized headquarters in Morgan Hill, California and after a hard day's work, we had some fun in the wind tunnel… pic.twitter.com/d6pDHb7bGg
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) November 13, 2019
6. No matter how many times it happens, for some reason it’s still weird when cyclists and footballers hang out.
Never thought as an ex-goalkeeper I could join the @belreddevils 😅. Thanks for the invitation and good luck for the next games! 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/RcG9YtM9sj
— Greg Van Avermaet (@GregVanAvermaet) November 14, 2019
7. If it wasn’t Vaughters, maybe it was Alexander Vino-kourov.
I won’t… I mean.. “the thieves” won’t be selling any of this. So please disregard warning. https://t.co/9gTa6KhFJF
— Jonathan Vaughters (@Vaughters) November 14, 2019
8. Another week, another wholesome post from the very wholesome Bauke Mollema and his even more wholesome family.
Quality time with the family before starting the preparations for 2020. The holidays always fly by! pic.twitter.com/yncQCSCofZ
— Bauke Mollema (@BaukeMollema) November 14, 2019
9. We’ll leave you with this image that Mathieu van der Poel posted of himself and Raymond Poulidor after his grandfather passed away this week.
MVDPs Instagram 😢 pic.twitter.com/kxtuCbLl3e
— Iain Sisson (@i_am_iain) November 13, 2019
We’ll be back in seven days’ time for more of the best from social media across the cycling world.
