Tweets of the week: Wout van Aert's Valentine's stunt, Tadej Pogačar scares his rivals, and Lorena Wiebes makes winning look easy

What should you get your partner for Valentine’s Day? If you’re to go by tradition, the answer’s a gushy card, some chocolates, and a bouquet of roses. Maybe you’re more of a silly trinkets person, who likes to surprise with a heart-shaped penguin teddy from the supermarket, or a deck of cringy ‘I owe you cards’. Perhaps you prefer to save your money for a nice dinner out – candlelit, of course.

All of these are valid options for us mortals. But if you’re Wout van Aert, you can go a step further.

Early this morning, the Belgian arose before the crack of dawn to make a romantic tribute to his wife, Sarah de Bie. He put on his running trainers, left his hotel, and zigzagged for 7km through the streets of Sineu, a town on the island of Mallorca, where the Visma-Lease a Bike rider is away on a training camp.

I know what you're thinking: what’s a run got to do with Van Aert’s beloved? Well, when he posted his file on Strava, the map revealed an artfully traced ‘S’, his wife’s first initial. “Drawing a heart was a bit too complicated,” Van Aert wrote. “Happy Valentines day S.”

This post was the first thing I saw when I unlocked my phone this morning – yes, I went straight to Strava – and I was touched by the gesture.

It’s an act that required planning, sincere thought, and the passion to get up and run outside before sunrise. What’s more, it dispensed with the commercial nightmare that the holiday has become. It’s a true show of love, heartfelt and freely delivered.

These, I have now realised, are the ingredients for the perfect Valentine’s gift. Van Aert’s a modern-day Romeo, and he nailed it. Now please excuse me while I go and look for my running shoes.

Elsewhere on social media this week, Thibaut Pinot hugs a fluffy calf, Tadej Pogačar teases his debut in Paris-Roubaix, and Lorena Wiebes makes winning look easy.

1. O Wout van Aert, Wout van Aert, wherefore art thou, Wout van Aert?

2. Let's not forget what Valentine's Day is all about: Valentin Paret-Peintre

3. If you haven't bought a card for your significant other yet, EF Education-EasyPost have you covered

4. Let's see how easily Gilles Dockx sings this song when he's four hours into climbing Mauna Kea in Hawaii

5. Don't lie, you've done it too

6. Meet Titi, Thibaut Pinot's new calf, and the cutest farm animal in eastern France

7. Almost three million people saw this video of Tadej Pogačar riding through the Arenberg Forest this week – that's more than the entire population of Slovenia

8. Not everyone was delighted at the idea of Pogačar racing Paris-Roubaix, though

9. It's nice to see Victor Camel-penaerts enjoying the sunshine

10. Lorena Wiebes has 96 victories to her name now, and they're only getting easier

11. If the team mechanic is keeping up with you on foot, you're probably not cycling fast enough

12. And finally, here's Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy getting the hero's welcome he deserves at Murrayfield