We’re going over the cobbles, kicking up the dust for our second TOUR TWEETS OF THE WEEK! The Mighty Degs, QuickSteppers, fun videos from everyone from EF to Velon, SuperSagan, That Boy Phinney and much much more! Giddy up!
The dust and the drama
It was an epic stage … the GC wasn’t as shaken up as we all thought, but the dust was kicked up and the drama was high.
You have to love Thomas De Gendt
I’ll accept interpretative dance https://t.co/zjrqJuaOTC
— tourdecouch (@tourdecouch) July 15, 2018
EF Everyone is doing a cracking job on Twitter this Tour.
“Let’s go Taylor Phinny, you are totally gonna winny!” @EF sending the good vibes ahead of a big day 😂. pic.twitter.com/2sCGlccNvP
— EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale (@Ride_Argyle) July 15, 2018
PHOTOS: The first batch of photos are in from yesterday's #TDF2018 stage 9 where we managed to avoid the drama & guide leader @AdamYates7 across the line in the main GC group. More: https://t.co/0DRLHjmqwd
📷 @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/T8F0OPQO4Q— Mitchelton-SCOTT (@MitcheltonSCOTT) July 16, 2018
Pierre Rolland goes crazy with the tape
Well, Pierre Rolland is certainly prepared for today… #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/QLwNjCPLjp
— Daniel Ostanek (@LVCKV) July 15, 2018
It’s all about the dirt. Get out the loofahs …
Auw pic.twitter.com/iMofebXsAh
— Ramon Sinkeldam (@RSinkeldam) July 15, 2018
before and after the roubaix stage!
just happy this one is done and we could limit our loss!#tdf2018 #roubaix
📷 @kevinbottin pic.twitter.com/RwM1newAky— Silvan Dillier (@silvandillier) July 15, 2018
War hart heute. #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/ePesRfHi4Q
— Moritz Cassalette (@MCassalette) July 15, 2018
Post-pavé #mood at #TDF2018 today ⚡️ @taylorphinney pic.twitter.com/kUd6cvQTCi
— EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale (@Ride_Argyle) July 15, 2018
What a day on the cobbles. Not needing to do that again any time soon 😄
— Simon Geschke (@simongeschke) July 15, 2018
That. Was. Awesome pic.twitter.com/5XBqqHF4e0
— Dan Martin (@DanMartin86) July 15, 2018
Dan Martin insists fight for Tour de France podium place still alive https://t.co/lzuFhj7w5l#TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/qwlneeur2S
— Sticky Bottle (@sticky_bottle) July 15, 2018
That was definitely a experience I never will forget. So hard but also fun I have to say after finish it 🤟💪 pic.twitter.com/3GBNQnmoFz
— Tobias Ludvigsson (@tludvigsson) July 15, 2018
#TDF2018 A Sunday in July can be just as brutal as a Sunday in April.
📷 @ChrisAuldPhoto pic.twitter.com/fI9jnHk4Ez
— BMC Racing Team (@BMCProTeam) July 15, 2018
🇫🇷 #TDF2018
📸 Cobbles and dust ➡️ #BAHRAINMERIDA🇧🇭 riders' faces pic.twitter.com/0udNCV8T9k
— Team Bahrain Merida (@Bahrain_Merida) July 15, 2018
🇫🇷 #TDF2018 – Etape 9 / Stage 9
Les pavés ont été impitoyables. Romain ne perd que 0'07 après un énorme travail d'équipe !
The cobbles were pitiless. Romain has lost only 0'07 after a huge team effort! #ALLEZALM pic.twitter.com/KKhFiAiiwa
— AG2RLM Pro Cycling Team (@AG2RLMCyclisme) July 15, 2018
Think I just saw the AG2R blacksmith van to remake Bardot’s bikes #couchpeloton
— rockin ryoko (@rockinryoko) July 15, 2018
Tour faces, Roubaix edition.
Everything 👍@TeamSky @LeTour pic.twitter.com/3jHHvv2I1U— Michał Kwiatkowski (@kwiato) July 15, 2018
Cycling is the new golf. #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/5TDQo9y5Cg
— Mihai Cazacu (@faustocoppi60) July 15, 2018
Is this the 'new golf' I heard about? pic.twitter.com/D2WLvz9x2e
— Dave Smith (@ffflow) July 15, 2018
This fall during the harvest, Roubaix farmers will unearth 4 or 5 climbing domestics.
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) July 15, 2018
Epic win
One of the most emotional wins I’ve ever seen – the Mighty Degs takes a magnificent win on Roubaix day and made everyone cry with his heartfelt reaction.
Beautiful win today, well deserved! https://t.co/6F5G3wHhOx pic.twitter.com/KatMVJpkWk
— Geert Besten (@geertbesten) July 15, 2018
You never quit, you never give up on your dream. #TDF2018 #TourdeTFS pic.twitter.com/jGOX5hXaJr
— Tsgabu Grmay (@TsgabuG) July 15, 2018
A wonderful moment between Cav and Degs after that amazing win
Your challenge is to watch this and not get a lump in your throat. Congratulations @johndegenkolb and @TrekSegafredo. What an emotional win! #TDF2018 #VelonLive pic.twitter.com/hzhxCaWbf6
— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 15, 2018
I can watch this 100 times and I’ll cry every single time. This is what I watch cycling for. This.
What a ride. What a man.
An emotional @johndegenkolb dedicates his victory to one of his best friends #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/zhEDhCTUV3
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) July 15, 2018
This is why I love this sport. Passion, emotion, fire, human stories. That interview said it all.
— John Galloway (@VelocastJohn) July 15, 2018
That emotional interview with John Degenkolb is why I love sport. One very hard-earned win.
— Christina Frangou (@cfrangou) July 15, 2018
Seeing @johndegenkolb in the post race interview…Roubaix always brings tears to my eyes… really, it does… #Tdf2018
— Cadel Evans (@CadelOfficial) July 15, 2018
I think I didn’t breathe those last 200 meters
— Susan Westemeyer (@WestemeyerSusan) July 15, 2018
Yeah I’m not done with cycling 😭
— Christina (@colourlovestory) July 15, 2018
Degenkolb’s recovery and win was the definition of the Tour’s power. Just wonderful he got that win.
— tania (@zippdog) July 15, 2018
Cobbles or rain… This guy simply does not give up, regardless of the conditions. Congratulations, @johndegenkolb👏
Tour de France 2018 ✔️
Tour de Pologne 2012✔️Tour de Pologne🇵🇱 04-10.08.2018 pic.twitter.com/Q7TsfgjXLF
— Tour de Pologne (@Tour_de_Pologne) July 15, 2018
I got teary watching the post race @johndegenkolb interview today. This sport can be so cruel and so hard, but it makes those rare successes that much greater.
— Michael Woods (@rusty_woods) July 15, 2018
The gang’s all here
Here are just some great tweets since last Tuesday – not in any particular order. But they’re fun!
We aren't the only ones seeing Tour de France cyclist dopplegangers! https://t.co/wQEwRJvNas
— NBCSN Cycling (@NBCSNCycling) July 14, 2018
Meanwhile, Steve has something to say
Was wondering today if people will ever stop calling me Tony. But after talking to @tonymartin85 it seems he gets called Dan all the time. I guess we do look alike. Kind of. Not really
— Dan Martin (@DanMartin86) July 10, 2018
On July 14, we give you some brilliant pictures of home favourite @alafpolak captured by Sigfrid Eggers on the previous days of #TDF2018. pic.twitter.com/6BUuTxWGUg
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) July 14, 2018
Guess Loulou was right.#TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/RBmkVLhMMd
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) July 15, 2018
I just like this picture
For today's stage I'll have an extra coffee ☕ #Cobbles #TourDePhil #TheWolfpack
📸 Sigfrid Eggers pic.twitter.com/NkEILTqokA
— PHILIPPE GILBERT (@PhilippeGilbert) July 15, 2018
#TDF2018 #BobJungels pic.twitter.com/90DkcDxJnE
— Bob Jungels Fans (@JungelsFanpage) July 12, 2018
Like a little baby bird
Pierre Rolland, who apparently “pulled a gel out of his own pocket and opened it and squeezed it into Craddock’s mouth so he wouldn’t have to take his hands off the bars.” (From a piece by @CaleyFretz.) That’s pretty charming.
— talk less/smile more (@starfishchk) July 13, 2018
Seriously, I have no idea why they’re cozying up to CyclingWeekly – THIS is the original and best Tweets of the Week. Come on, EF, get on board!
Tweet of the day. Maybe even tweet of the week. What do you say, @cyclingweekly? https://t.co/ilW5PRZomI
— EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale (@Ride_Argyle) July 11, 2018
Mur de Bretagne… You don’t scare me at all! 😎👊#Stage6 #TDF2018 #DO #DanielOss #borahansgrohe #iamspecialized #sportful #bikelife #cycling credits @bettiniphoto pic.twitter.com/U3oFB2Acv4
— Daniel Oss (@Daniel87Oss) July 12, 2018
No reigning 🥇 Olympic Champion had ever worn the #MaillotJaune before Greg Van Avermaet. The 🇧🇪 Belgian champ makes it 5 days in a row with stage 8 of #TDF2018 #TDFdata pic.twitter.com/BhRFfhYafL
— letourdata (@letourdata) July 14, 2018
“The biggest thing I see is the Tour make a lot of people really happy. Everyone on the sides of the road waits in anticipating, cheering us on, enjoying their picnic. That makes me happy, too.” – @tomscullytwiter on his first @LeTour pic.twitter.com/A0bvJWxvvE
— EF Education First – Drapac p/b Cannondale (@Ride_Argyle) July 14, 2018
Oops
Pierre Latour pulled out his radio earpiece and did his own race yesterday. Julien Jurdie asked Vuillermoz to wait for Bardet but he didn't hear the message either. (Via L'Equipe)
Just like I said, it didn't look good. My bet is that it won't hapen again. #TdF2018
— Mihai Cazacu (@faustocoppi60) July 13, 2018
Cool vids
There are a lot of videos coming out over Twitter every stage – Sunweb, Peter Sagan, Adam Hansen, Cav, PhilGil, and Bernie Eisel
There's a lot going on behind the scenes at a race like #TDF2018! Check out this time lapse of our stage 8 @LeTour! #KeepChallenging #DoWhatYouCant pic.twitter.com/vRw4MTsaWi
— Team Sunweb (@TeamSunweb) July 14, 2018
#InsideOut with the role of a road captain at @LeTour. @NikiasArndt looks ahead to tomorrow's Roubaix stage and shows us how he prepares for a stage of #TDF2018. #KeepChallenging pic.twitter.com/qw9GmgaDVz
— Team Sunweb (@TeamSunweb) July 14, 2018
I'm getting ready for my biggest race of the year. Watch on @iamspecialized on Tuesday pic.twitter.com/9mu34VWwFB
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) July 14, 2018
So @MBurghardt83 went solo to applause his fellow friends in the peloton ! 👏😅
Donc @MBurghardt83 est sorti pour applaudir ces compagnons du peloton ! 👏😅#TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/453sXHQhEZ— Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 14, 2018
Found out how you go downhill on these things…. mad work… scary.. respect!!! pic.twitter.com/ITXyvUGUK3
— Adam Hansen (@HansenAdam) July 13, 2018
Zeker! https://t.co/4RRYzZa4AD
— laurenstendam (@laurenstendam) July 15, 2018
"Once Quick-Step and Bora go I can't match that speed; I can't go that fast"
Thanks to @MarkCavendish for an impressively honest interview… (although we would like to know those power stats 😉) pic.twitter.com/cbFKbODvI5
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) July 13, 2018
🤷♂️ @PhilippeGilbert 🤷♂️
"Did you bring some stories for today? Because there is not a lot to talk about"#TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/KVJLsHaMQv— Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 13, 2018
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. It's not one of those nights.#TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/T9ReoU8duQ
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) July 10, 2018
That hair! THAT HAIR! Gorgeous
As the peloton winds its way to Chartes, why not put yourself in with a chance of winning a @BORAhansgrohe cap signed by current green jersey leader @petosagan? Watch this interview, then take the quiz >>> https://t.co/4u4hsUCpqZ #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/VpEDNeRAyK
— Velon CC (@VelonCC) July 13, 2018
Always good to see (and hear) The Ladies’ Favourite
A little health update and some thoughts about today’s stage @LeTour https://t.co/T0JxuMb03O
— Bernhard Eisel (@EiselBernhard) July 13, 2018
Who wants to try this for the remaining stages of the @LeTour @VelonCC @TdFLanterne @VeloVoices @inrng good job @Ride_Argyle @EF https://t.co/FSU3svVIzK
— The Athlete Clinic (@AthleteClinic) July 11, 2018
Interesting
Did something a little different for this episode of @whenorlamet, chatting to @Vaughters about the philosophy of clean sport. Does it exist? Can it exist? And why does it even matter, to fans and wider society? First, how do athletes get to the stage of doping? 👂 👇 pic.twitter.com/I18tlrleQC
— Orla Chennaoui (@SkyOrla) July 10, 2018
Fans …
@petosagan tomorrow is your day ! We are with you !!!! pic.twitter.com/umVscNBDAy
— Beñat Agirre (@Bagirre) July 14, 2018
Les jeunes reporters du Tour pic.twitter.com/twmArZtIAW
— The Cycling Podcast (@cycling_podcast) July 14, 2018
Mavis is living the life of Riley
This retirement lark is so hard going, my morning so far, a bike ride to the library & Post office and now @LeTour
— mavis Evans (@MaveEvans) July 13, 2018
The gruppetto
Included just because I think it’s very funny – and charming
My brother told me that the stuff they keep spraying on injured footballers is "pressurised kisses".
— Amy Kinsman (@shemolrows) July 11, 2018
Eye in the sky 🚁@TeamSky @LeTour
📷 @therussellellis pic.twitter.com/kDvB1qvcvc— Michał Kwiatkowski (@kwiato) July 13, 2018
and that is how you do a Nats Champion Jersey https://t.co/FePE6dvQ4H
— Velorooms (@Velorooms) July 12, 2018
Coupe de @LeTour! #marginalgains pic.twitter.com/jRDGnWmnAG
— Bauke Mollema (@BaukeMollema) July 10, 2018
Very saucy. And – wow – those are some kind of tattoos on Koen de Kort
When hotel rooms are too small to fit a massage table we use a meeting room for team building massages https://t.co/05E7kJQY83
— Koen de Kort (@koendekort) July 12, 2018
It’s not a Tour tweets without the tractor section, courtesy of NYVelocity
COMBINE P0RN! pic.twitter.com/UtXFPiOZn4
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) July 12, 2018
“Oh, that’s a nice pic of your kids.” *swipe* why *swipe* do *swipe* you *swipe* have *swipe* so many *swipe* pictures *swipe* of tractors on your TV?
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) July 15, 2018
An agriculture sign with only one tractor seems like a half-hearted effort.
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) July 11, 2018
Just catching up, but the Endives folks are doing some solid work here. pic.twitter.com/YffwqIHhrw
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) July 15, 2018
Ever notice how @petosagan waves at each team car when he comes back into the peloton? #class #tdf #TDF18
— Coach Justin (@jbowes72) July 14, 2018
Stage 7 was a long long long stage … some stuck with it, some didn’t
The definitive verdict on yesterday's "too long" stage by @inrng #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/R69nqfZqXk
— Michael Grant (@parsley76) July 14, 2018
Oldest rider in this year’s race is 40 years old. He’ll be 50 by the end of this stage #sbstdf
— K (@dzurlady) July 13, 2018
Long stage….spanned a few birthdays #sbstdf pic.twitter.com/1MSArNbICJ
— Robbie McEwen (@mcewenrobbie) July 13, 2018
On the other hand, dinner afterwards will be amazing. Look at what we had yesterday after stage 7: Dates-figs-honey salmon – Beetroot hummus – Panko crusted goat cheese with berry apple salad – Mango flan 👌 #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/uSkQfOw8qN
— Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) July 14, 2018
Um … champagne showers? Yikes!
Champagne showers, six-kilo sausages and post-sprint suffering… our eighth and final @TourOfAustria image gallery is now online. Check it out!
➡️ GALLERY: https://t.co/keNu4Ll9a4 | 📸: @eddie_km pic.twitter.com/ZZwywRdNPR
— Aqua Blue Sport (@AquaBlueSport) July 14, 2018
Well, hello there, WaWa. We’ve not seen you very much this season
Merci @WarrenBarguil du passage dans #LesRP numéro 184
Prochain passage avec le maillot à pois ou 1 étape ou 1 top 10…🤞
📺Rdv demain 12h30 pour la dernière étape de cette piègeuse première semaine#LesRP | #TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/51bzKl90jP
— Rois de la Pédale (@RoisDeLaPedale) July 14, 2018
No one loves you quite like a grandma …
Sekula beste inork baino gehiago maite izan nauen pertsona, amama, amaginarreba eta bigarren ama bat izan zara. Neure zati bat zurekin doan arren, beti izango zaitut nirekin. Plazerra eta ohorea zure biloba izatea. Muxu haundi bat amama Bixenta ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Yb5LyouTBp
— Markel Irizar (@Markelirizar) July 14, 2018
The last word
"All right, you machines! You're not going to intimidate me! Do you hear me? You are not going to intimidate me!"#ZoneQuotes #S2E4
"A Thing About Machines" by Rod Serling is on @netflix, @hulu, Amazon @PrimeVideo, and DVD/Blu-ray. pic.twitter.com/mF34TWN7fQ
— The Twilight Zone (@TheNightGallery) July 13, 2018
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