Tweets of the week: Thibaut Pinot, Chris Froome, Tour de France 2020

It’s here, it’s actually here. The Tour de France. We made it, lads.

But should it be taking place as coronavirus cases skyrocket around France? I don’t know, I’m just here to bring you the tweets. Some, nice, innocent tweets that never hurt nobody. Allez!

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1. This sort of thing is why some people are scared of dogs, isn’t it? Now I understand.

Dogs and bikes! pic.twitter.com/Ij1Uek2q9C

— ProCyclingStats.com (@ProCyclingStats) August 21, 2020

2. Forget Everesting, someone do this instead.

Still zero completed attempts of the hardest climb in our database.

The final part has been done at least once.

First to complete the segment gets €10, E-MTB allowed.https://t.co/gWaDTLIEl1https://t.co/iHZcjpIv5B pic.twitter.com/wcKqgNvylK

— La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) August 24, 2020

3. Riders often find other careers after their pro days are over. Safe to assume Matteo Trentin won’t be becoming a weatherman.

🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/klgOsCZjEH

— Luke Rowe (@LukeRowe1990) August 30, 2020

4. Just a man and his goats.

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Au revoir les filles , bonjour @letourdefrance ! 🤩 @equipegroupamafdj @kim.goat @oakleybike @girocycling

A post shared by Thibaut Pinot (@thibaut.pinot) on Aug 26, 2020 at 5:51am PDT

5. ‘What sort of pose are you going to do for the pregnancy announcement photo?’

‘Ah, I dunno, I’ll just come up with something on the spot’

Hey 👋 pic.twitter.com/dOX5ScwLUT

— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) August 28, 2020

6. Petition to see different things on the chalkboard during the Tour other than just the timings.

It's coming! @LeTour pic.twitter.com/xdmumiU0wI

— Simon Warren (@100Climbs) August 28, 2020

7. Peloton! Poursuivant! Le Maillot Jaune! Le weekend dernier je suis allé à la piscine avec mes amis. Je parle très bien français!

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Gracias. . . . #cycling #cycle #bikes #cat5  #cat4 #cat3 #cat2 #cat1 #bikerace #criterium #bicycling #cyclingmemes #bicyclememes #bicyclingmemes #memes #collegiateracing #bikememes #roadcycling #cyclinghumor #cyclinglife #juniorcycling #roadbike #rohandennis #holdyourline #womenscycling #groupride #trollcyclist #gravelbike #roadbike #grupetto #thebrokenbidon

A post shared by Troll Cyclist (@trollcyclist) on Aug 29, 2020 at 5:31am PDT

8. An early contender for joke of the Tour.

Chris Froome has fallen off his sofa twice the conditions are that bad locally

— Andy Charles (@capitalgull) August 29, 2020

9. Which would be the more shocking comeback. King Kelly…

Getting ready for @LeTour pic.twitter.com/VgeUjIkmkn

— Sean Kelly (@SeanKellyCC) August 26, 2020

10. Or Bjarne

🇨🇵 #TDF2020

With the riders now heading up Col de la Comiane, they will then move on to the Col de Turini (1607m).

Ahead of @LeTour we sent our team manager Bjarne Riis on a recon.

🎥 Here he is, halfway up ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/81PAMMy6dY

— NTT Pro Cycling (@NTTProCycling) August 30, 2020

We’ll be back next week with more tweets from the 2020 Tour de France