Tweets of the Week: Love and marriage vs the Hour; big in Japan; footy, and mud (and more)

This edition of TOTW really does have it all

Tweets of the Week
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Silly season is pretty much upon us, what with 95 per cent of the cycling year complete and the annual break beckoning. Usually ascetic pro cyclists now find themselves looking forward to all manner of high jinx, japes and scrapes during their time off.* 

In fairness none of that really has a bearing on this week's delve into twitterland, where it's silly / sad / ranty / life-affirming season all year round and all at once. Ergo, we're confident this week's medley of musings won't disappoint. With no further ado – unless you count the 30 words standing between you and the first tweet below, and the approximately seven seconds it takes you to read those words – let the tweets commence.

* Possibly. It could happen.

1. Chris Froome looking forward to the annual WorldTour cultural deep-dive that is the Saitama Criterium in Japan

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2. Two generations of Belgian talent having a chuckle at how amazing it all is, really

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3. Arnaud De Lie presents a masterclass in styling it out as he defies the very laws of physics in this crash

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4. Julian Alaphilippe switches his computer settings (and his kit) from 'World Champ' to 'Not World Champ' for the Giro dell'Emilia

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5. If you're going to spend your life being mistaken for someone else, you may as well show off your graphics skills while you're at it

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6. Plastered in mud, sweat and blood. The cycling version of 'SAS: Are You Tough Enough?'

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7. It's World Smile Day today, so let's see those choppers. Apparently it's contagious too, so have a look at this and get involved

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8. Looks like Filippo Ganna has already set one Hour Record — for having the coolest ever bike for the job

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9. No looking back: Remco visits his old club Anderlecht, only to see them beaten 1-0 by West Ham (shhh....)

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10. Dan Bigham mightn't be the Hour Record holder much longer, but he's OK with that

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After cutting his teeth on local and national newspapers, James began at Cycling Weekly as a sub-editor in 2000 when the current office was literally all fields. 


Eventually becoming chief sub-editor, in 2016 he switched to the job of full-time writer, and covers news, racing and features.


A lifelong cyclist and cycling fan, James's racing days (and most of his fitness) are now behind him. But he still rides regularly, both on the road and on the gravelly stuff.