Tweets of the Week : Babies and bidons, washi tape and glitter guns

Mopping up the best tweets from the past two weeks of racing and on our way into the 2021 Tour de France in a few weeks. We have baby news, retirement news, #FreeRichie, jersey cookies, and much much more. AND, we have our TOUR DE FRANCE WALLCHART CHALLENGE! Get in on it!

Welcome, Nino!

Congratulations, @Roussemarion and @alafpolak1, on the arrival of your baby boy Nino Alaphilippe ❤️
Wishing you all good health and happiness 🤗 pic.twitter.com/OhmnPad0Jl

— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) June 14, 2021

Congratulations Julian Alaphilippe and Marion Rousse 🥰👶 Nino ❤️🌈 pic.twitter.com/KFaVu80kRY

— pro cycling trumps (@procycletrumps) June 14, 2021

It’s definitely human

Click on the walls of logos and you’ll actually see Remco teeny-tiny …

it's definitely human..

— maiki (@morrinhadomar) June 10, 2021

My, Big Tam has a way with words.

“Tom Dumoulin on riding a time trial: “It’s like holding your finger between the door for 45 minutes and slamming the door shut all the time.” This goes into 😉 the books”

Tom Dumoulin over het rijden van een tijdrit:

“Het is alsof je drie kwartier je vinger tussen de deur houdt en de deur voortdurend dichtslaat.”

Deze gaat de boeken in 😉

— Raymond Kerckhoffs (@raykerckhoffs) June 15, 2021

Retirement klaxon

Time to say goodbye at the end of the year….what a great time and pleasure for all the years…. pic.twitter.com/uCjH8831Dw

— Marcel Sieberg (@MarcelSieberg) June 8, 2021

Mom motivation

Please…I want to squish his cheekS

— midge (@pariswheels) June 5, 2021

Bidon delivery systems

The sweetest picture of the day … pic.twitter.com/LAlnRNHS5u

— VeloVoices (@VeloVoices) June 8, 2021

When the world-champ‘ plays bartender:@alafpolak @SamOomen @TolhoekAntwan @VelonCC @JumboVismaRoad @deceuninck_qst pic.twitter.com/kkLpsUUGZn

— Tour de Suisse (@tds) June 8, 2021

Tour de France Challenge

Forget the slick posters that come with all the special Tour de France mags out now, we’re interested in what fans make to keep track of the Tour. I have a working Tour wall planner to keep track of who’s writing what but Katy’s tweet has made me think that I need to up my game … I will be making a special, high-kickin’, highly personalised TdF wall chart this weekend. Post up yours and they go into the first Tour de France Tweets of the Week! Washi tape, glitter glue and star stickers AT THE READY

Just me, copying and pasting Tour de France route maps and stage profiles into a giant document that I plan to decorate my office walls with like some kind of criminal psychologist. I'm not alone, right?!🤓 #cyclingnerd #TourDeFrance

— Katy M, Bike Edition (@writebikerepeat) June 8, 2021

YES!!!! Unveil it on the first day of the Tour …

— VeloVoices (@VeloVoices) June 8, 2021

Oh fantastic I love this. I wish I was more artistic. Can't wait to see 🤩

— Katy M, Bike Edition (@writebikerepeat) June 8, 2021

Wallchart is still good, I used to be hugely into football and never got further than a wallchart so this just goes to show what a ridiculous obsessive I am 😅

— Katy M, Bike Edition (@writebikerepeat) June 8, 2021

Cookies are also a good way of expressing your love for the Tour

Starting to think that jersey designers aren’t considering my #poorlyicedbiscuits (looking at you and your grey icing JV 😒). #CouchPeloton https://t.co/H53JDxGCIr

— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) June 14, 2021

Underdog charm

Richie Porte Corner … on Twitter that is. He hasn’t been given one yet at VeloVoices Towers.

🏆🇦🇺 @richie_porte, winner at 36 years and 127 days.
🎥 A race broadcasted in 190 countries.
📺 26 broadcasts, 23 of which were live!

🤩 Thank you all for following the 73rd edition of the #Dauphiné! See you in 2022! pic.twitter.com/kt2bGBPYuU

— Critérium du Dauphiné (@dauphine) June 8, 2021

"I've got two kids under three at home…nothing's hard compared to that."
– @richie_porte

— FloBikes (@flobikes) June 7, 2021

That’s often the way

So all Richie Porte needed to do, to become one of the best riders in the world, was to stop worrying about trying to win the Tour de France? #Dauphiné pic.twitter.com/5hCBH0rUbF

— Neal Rogers (@nealrogers) June 6, 2021

dont jinx this. @CaleyFretz can advice you

— José Been (@TourDeJose) June 5, 2021

Shall we just start the #freerichie hashtag for Le Tour now. 😛

— John Galloway (@VelocastJohn) June 5, 2021

He needs that underdog surprise factor …

— midge (@pariswheels) June 5, 2021

"I mean, Roglic and Pogacar can’t chase everything can they?" – Richie Porte on the depth of the Ineos squad for #TDF2021 https://t.co/04tBbtIoia

— CyclingTips (@cyclingtips) June 8, 2021

It’s fine thank you but please do not ask again. 🙉

— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) June 5, 2021

And yet you understood perfectly yes? 😉

— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) June 5, 2021

The Gruppetto

Sprint between cyclists followed just a couple of meters behind by sprint between cars. 2 in 1. Crazy stuff. 🙈 https://t.co/nHfK8q0Li3

— Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) June 9, 2021

You might have missed the presentation, but you can buy the book >takes credit card from wallet<

For all the Roglic fans who are interested: English book presentation Kilometer Zero from his partner tonight. Lora will tell about the book and there is room for questions 😍 Don't know what to ask though 🤔 https://t.co/9VybRwduN9 pic.twitter.com/DY4c9zAY0H

— Debby 🖤💛 (@Bieke82710908) June 10, 2021

Mathieu van der Poel deciding which discipline he wants to dominate this month pic.twitter.com/AKFJvC38Uc

— Cycling Memes (@Cycling_Memes1) June 7, 2021

Are we going to have a #FreeCav campaign as well, I wonder?

Second place for @MarkCavendish in #Elfstedenronde, won by Tim Merlier for a matter of centimeters.
Photo: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/YJx2WN7kmF

— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) June 6, 2021

I sense a whole finish line camera saga looming.

— midge (@pariswheels) June 6, 2021

If a media partner cares to contact me, I’m willing to do Tweets of the Week for money …

Haha, Thanks. I think @velovoices Tweets of The Week have got that covered. #RookieRacingRecap is a 90% chance of returning though. 😬#CouchPeloton

— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) June 6, 2021