Howdy there, did you miss us? Because of the Tour de France, the Paris Olympics, and numerous different busy Friday issues, we had a fallow couple of weeks by way of tweets of the week. And, properly, I am probably not certain the way you coped with no roundup of some witty social media posts. Properly, if not witty, no less than attention-grabbing. It is a low bar for content material as of late.
It has been fairly refreshing seeing riders out of their commerce group kits and doing every kind of various issues on the Paris Olympics, from the mountain biking to trace through the standard highway racing, and it has additionally been refreshing seeing riders be a bit extra much less robotic on social media.
This week, we have now biking takes on the viral Olympic Instagram posts on the cardboard beds and all of the package you get, there’s a lot of athletes hanging out with their medals, and likewise Remco Evenepoel partying onerous after his double win.
Away from the Olympics, which have been just about my life for the final fortnight, there’s Tadej Pogačar celebrating his Tour de France triumph, EF’s Barbie vehicles, and Matteo Jorgenson’s love of Orangina. Do take pleasure in, and we’ll try to be extra common any further.
1. What is the level in getting all of your Paralympic gear when you do not make an Instagram reel? Archie Atkinson’s buddies are going to be kitted out for some time
2. I do not like vehicles however I do like pink, and EF knocked it out of the park with their Cadillacs on the Tour de France
3. Think about being such a hero in your individual nation that you just get climbing partitions made in your honour – after which utilized by one other hero. That is what occurred to Tadej Pogačar in Slovenia, as modelled by Olympic gold medallist Janja Garnbret
4. Talking of Pogačar, it appears to be like like he had a beautiful time at his homecoming. Slovenia appears to be like very good, I ought to go to
5. Whereas many athletes bobbed down the Seine within the pouring rain, Group GB’s observe cyclists had a beautiful time at Celtic Manor in Newport within the solar
6. Me 🤝 Matteo Jorgenson
Bloody loves Orangina
7. Grace Brown ought to have truly ridden the highway race with the gold medal on, in my view
8. Big Biniam retains guard over the individuals of Wanty
9. Not a nasty return for Ineos Grenadiers’ two-strong mountain bike group – as many gold medals as doable. Disgrace it might need 0 riders subsequent 12 months…
10. What present would you get Tadej Pogačar when you had been president of Slovenia? Sure that is proper, some espresso
11. In case you acquired bored of all of the athletes banging on about their cardboard beds, South Africa’s Vincent Leygonie has the reply. Tom Davidson wrote the story
12. Why not take a nasty bike to the observe centre?
13. Ahhhhh the Blackpool Olympics, who might overlook?
14. Annemiek van Vleuten won’t be using on the Olympics anymore, however she is using in Paris nonetheless?
15. Actually, that is simply displaying off. She ought to experience the entire Tour de France Femmes with these on now
16. Actually, is there something extra Belgian than genuinely terrible digital music? All props to Remco Evenepoel, although
