We’ve gone from Australia to Argentina – and it’s still really really hot. But we have some faces in the peloton that we’ve not seen for a while – Petr Vakoc, back from a broken back (!) and Mark Cavendish, hopefully recovered from the Epstein-Barr virus that kept him out of 2018 season. We, of course, have the usual irreverent tweets and observations from the best of procycling Twitter …
The Tour Down Under has ended and therefore the Tour de France breathless predictions have begun, right on schedule. We also have Mathew Hayman‘s retirement video with music by Freddie Mercury. We also seem to have collected a lot of tweets about Daniel Oss – and his hair isn’t the same in any one of them! Just settle back and enjoy TWEEEEEETS OF THE WEEEEEEEEEEK
A special day at the Tour Down Under. Richie Porte makes it six Willunga Hill victories on the trot. Daryl Impey becomes the first rider to claim the ochre jersey back to back, and the cycling world says goodbye to one of their very best.