The 2021 Giro d’Italia has ended. Egan Bernal took home the maglia rosa and the Twittersphere ended that tough third week with a blistering stretch of tweets. No one was left behind!
Ganna ♥ 4ever
It might have been a closer run thing than we expected (12sec to Remi Cavagna) but Ganna did what Ganna does and won stage 21 to bookend another successful Giro.
Calm under pressure in @INEOSGrenadiers car for the Filippo Ganna bike change. #Giro #sbscycling #couchpeloton pic.twitter.com/rVeIqxauK5
— Matthew Keenan (@mwkeenan) May 30, 2021
Just catching up on TT.. Ganna should've ridden it in on the rim. Sparks, rubber, carbon exploding everywhere. Bike bucking all over the place. Leg out speedway style round the corners. And then still won by the skinsuit of his pants. Any true swashbuckling Grenadier would've..😁
— Big ring, bridge pup (@140CharTerror) May 31, 2021
Ineos car trying to follow Ganna through the streets of Milan right now…. pic.twitter.com/TjmSiAzR6l
— Cycling_Eve (@CyclingEve) May 30, 2021
Ganna stopped at a service station, visited the local museum, had a coffee, rebuilt his bike from scratch, restarted and won the stage#Giro
— F Λ B R I Z I O (@fabrizioviani) May 30, 2021
Breaking: Live shot of Fillipo Ganna and a few mates at Intermediary 2 #SBSCycling #couchpeloton pic.twitter.com/hsGPFw8BTp
— Ms Trickles-Downe (@RCresearch2) May 30, 2021
If Ganna was riding the ITT on a city bike with his dog in a basket whilst wearing a heavy winter coat, how much time would he still win by?#CouchPeloton #Giro
— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) May 30, 2021
The last time a Giro d'Italia 🇮🇹 time trial wasn't won by Filippo Ganna (Stage 21, 2019):
🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel hadn't won a professional bike race
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogačar hadn't raced a Grand Tour
🇧🇪 Wout van Aert hadn't won a WorldTour race
📸: @therussellellis pic.twitter.com/VrfiRAHZlj
— The Road Book (@CyclingAlmanack) May 30, 2021
Let’s just cut to the chase : put some Barry White on your headphones and feel the Ganna love
Ganna seems impossibly nice! pic.twitter.com/a7BnsYa0dg
— John Galloway (@VelocastJohn) May 30, 2021
Need i say more 💗 pic.twitter.com/PkYpedd82n
— Issie 💙 (@IssieAtch) May 29, 2021
This is brilliant from @IainTreloar!
Also, I think its safe to say, Mia's face is all of us when we see Filippo Ganna (aka Everyone's Favourite Pro Cyclist™️) #Giro https://t.co/lqIuFdGunb pic.twitter.com/lElWDNMe4V
— Issie 💙 (@IssieAtch) May 31, 2021
Un #bigmac per @GannaFilippo https://t.co/srnCFlQZxU
— bici.PRO (@biciPRO1) May 30, 2021
The champion
Prosecco all round
Long swig, thirsty work. pic.twitter.com/E4n933pni2
— daniel (@cyclingreporter) May 30, 2021
"It was special… an incredible feeling" @eganbernal is amost lost for words after winning the #giroditalia pic.twitter.com/rCrnpJm2DN
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) May 30, 2021
— Laticia Waclawik (@sdbeachgirl9) May 30, 2021
In fact, Egan Bernal and his girlfriend might have got to the Barry White playlist before we did. (No pictures necessary. Trust me.)
Not even 9a here in California, the mrs and I still working on our coffee, when we glanced up to see the tongue wrestling by those two.
— Zach (@beervinylbikes) May 30, 2021
Wife: "Um, what exactly are we watching? I thought you had the Giro on…"
— Zach (@beervinylbikes) May 30, 2021
Pizza time!
Pizza and beers all round!
🎥 @scarr_98 was one of 34 Grand Tour debutants at this year's @giroditalia.
Listen as he shares his thoughts on finishing the gruelling 21 stages with @EFprocycling on his first showing 🏁
________#Giro104 #Giro2021 #Giro 🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/iVw3DXmZ1W— Velon CC (@VelonCC) May 30, 2021
Pizza time 😁 pic.twitter.com/cw5jOr8p25
— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) May 30, 2021
The #Giro finish – Milano style 🍕🍺 pic.twitter.com/KmO1o9PFE0
— Team DSM (@TeamDSM) May 30, 2021
Most memorable images I think I’ll take from this Giro:
1) Caruso back pat
2) Bernal jacket removal
3) Ganna signal S1
4) Cold Remco
5) Remco/Bernal sprint
6) Dani’s simmering visage. He’s a tiger.Not my favorite GT, but enjoyable and that’s what I think I’ll remember.
— Always bet the break (@BreakAlways) May 29, 2021
Voici le dernier compte-rendu du @Giro 2021 :
👉Attila Valter : "Ça fait désormais partie de ma vie"
🇫🇷 https://t.co/dX4UVF9xtn
🇬🇧 https://t.co/aSYaOQ1WtQ pic.twitter.com/qNSaORV5sZ— Équipe Cycliste Groupama-FDJ (@GroupamaFDJ) May 31, 2021
Talkin’ fast
‘It’s a Chris copter …’
🎥 BACKSTAGE PASS 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟮𝟬 🎥
The boss calls in 📞 the boys gear up for the final road stage 💪 Chris misses out on a helicopter ride 🚁 Yatesy feels the fatigue 😤 and Whitey and Macca need to work on their handshake! 🤝
Full Video 🔗 https://t.co/QH0HteBiia #Giro pic.twitter.com/A10fScuwXj
— Team BikeExchange (@GreenEDGEteam) May 29, 2021
Often the most obvious answer is the correct one.
Because he’s too tired
— Tricky Hawes (@trickyhawes) May 29, 2021
A Martin montage
Incredible day and a nice little montage thanks to @SEGcycling Thankyou for all the messages and support. https://t.co/HBOP7eMLkO
— Dan Martin (@DanMartin86) May 27, 2021
It just takes that one guy to help change the race for another guy (or a couple other guys)
Find someone who pats you on the back like Damiano Caruso. https://t.co/r5Ln3FOyvg
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) May 29, 2021
Yes, although Pello Bilbao has been immense also. Remember he got Caruso off the front today, and then made enough of a gap to give him a shot at the stage.
— Tricky Hawes (@trickyhawes) May 29, 2021
Every Giro stage looks like Martinez is getting a nicer Rolex from Bernal.
— Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) May 28, 2021
Seems very typical of Landa's career to crash out early and one of his domestiques go on to outperform his best-ever Grand Tour performance. 😳
— Freddie Shires (@fshires) May 29, 2021
wasn't it just. I'm delighted. EVERY DOMESTIQUE should get his chance to shine
— midge (@pariswheels) May 29, 2021
It was Team DSM with Romain Bardet who changed the script on Saturday.
DSM woke up and chose chaos #Giro
— Issie 💙 (@IssieAtch) May 29, 2021
Bardet hype train has left the station! Next stop – Alpe Motta.#Giro104🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/0Io0qbIlbn
— Will Newton (@InsidePeloton96) May 29, 2021
They still love them some Bardet. https://t.co/F5b89ANkGX
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) May 29, 2021
The reward is "panache". https://t.co/LUH8XYcL8P
— nyvelocity (@nyvelocity) May 29, 2021
The Gruppetto
Meanwhile, back in France
Hard day at the office, boys? 😂 pic.twitter.com/xyghAITH2O
— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) May 28, 2021
I’m sure we had one of these threads for Prince last year. But they’re always welcome. I suspect that anything EF throws at us in the way of kit change, Elton John could match it! He’s already got the duck helmet
Deceuninck QuackStep pic.twitter.com/q8I3q4dikW
— tom owen (@tomowencc) May 25, 2021
EF Eltucation First pic.twitter.com/LsZABFlLOw
— tom owen (@tomowencc) May 25, 2021
Owners who don’t read cycling press … or have no idea at all to what big cyclists ask for in contract negotiations
How did they not know this? 🤷♀️ https://t.co/hxFNwLASph
— Laticia Waclawik (@sdbeachgirl9) May 30, 2021
Honey, what’s happening, what’s going on, what’s *this* all about? Click on the picture for the full effect.
I've got to ask, have all his trousers shrunk in the wash, or is that the fashion?
— tucano (@tucano2) May 30, 2021
We have a saying in Latvia that when God came by to give people a brain, cyclists were out training. https://t.co/H2EuqweHH6
— Toms Skujiņš (@Tomashuuns) May 30, 2021
He’s going to run out teams pretty soon
Gazzetta: Rohan Dennis is leaving Ineos. UAE and Jumbo-Visma are interested in him. (spotted from @veloropa's tweet)https://t.co/ExuZBxonLG
— ammattipyöräily (@ammattipyoraily) May 30, 2021
The last word
What other marvels might have been rummaged out of this monstrous cabinet there is no telling.
— Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) May 30, 2021