Welcome to Tweets of the Week, our none-too-serious seven-day delve into the world of biking on social media.
A lot of this week’s social media roundup appears to inhabit a form of inverse universe, wherein all the things has been turned on its head. Peter Sagan changing into a star dancer we’re all nearly coming to phrases with – and there is a new and fairly left-field growth on that entrance this week, after all.
However Magnus Sheffield on the wheel of the Ineos Grenadiers staff bus? Mark Cavendish working? And canine doing cyclo-cross? And a Race to the Solar that’s something however? Truly, grasp hearth, Paris-Good is grotty most of the time.
Fortunately there’s loads of sense-making social media goodness in right here too. With Lotte Kopecky finessing her coaching below blue Spanish skies, and Sir Chris Hoy returning to Buckingham Palace to select up the Commonwealth Video games baton from the King.
Nonetheless, within the immortal phrases of sports activities information presenters the world over (most likely), any Manchester United followers could want to look away now.
1. In additional Peter Sagan / Dancing with the Stars information, this week a shirtless Sagan does his greatest Ken impression. Nearly uncanny, so it’s.
#WTF 🚲 / 🇸🇰 Peter Sagan en mode Ken & Barbie lors du dernier “Danse avec les stars” dans son pays. 😅 pic.twitter.com/71R7FxIMnPMarch 17, 2025
2. Magnus Sheffield swaps two wheels for one. Given he seems to be resting his eyelids, we will assume it is not shifting.
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3. Maybe not a world first, however what number of pooches can profess to having a CX race of their palmarés?
4. Les Amis de Roubaix re-set a number of the well-known pavé in preparation for the large day. Not too clean now!
5. Paris-Good: Fred Wright demonstrates the abilities he spent years studying on his dwelling observe at Herne Hill as a teenager.
👏👏 Un parfait équilibre ! Impressionnant 🇬🇧 @fred_wright0 ! 👏👏 Some robust expertise right here! Spectacular 🇬🇧 @fred_wright0! #ParisNice pic.twitter.com/cW6aE2tloOMarch 12, 2025
6. Some last-minute prep in Spain for Lotte Kopecky earlier than she heads throughout to a historic Milan-San Remo.
7. Sir Chris Hoy picks is given the 2026 Commonwealth Video games baton by King Charles at Buckingham Palace. It marked 500 days to go till the Video games, held in Hamilton, Canada in July and August subsequent yr.
8. Regardless of the climate turned out to be, they need to most likely simply have been glad they weren’t driving Paris-Good.
🇮🇹 #TirrenoAdriatico Good temper whereas ready to see what the climate shall be like: shine or rain? pic.twitter.com/On8glMparnMarch 13, 2025
9. Here is a well timed instance, courtesy of Daniel Friebe, of what riders in Paris-Good – aka the Race to the Solar – needed to endure.
10. Oof. Sorry about this one, United followers.
Tenth place for our staff in at the moment’s #ParisNice TTT.Nonetheless higher than Manchester United within the Premier League.Photograph: A.S.O./Billy Ceusters pic.twitter.com/MEJZDpuxlJMarch 11, 2025
11. And eventually, Mark Cavendish working? In Paris? He is speculated to be doing the complete marathon later this yr, so consider this as a warm-up…
