It’s the start of the Grand Tour season … yes, it’s time to go all pink for the Giro d’Italia. That means it’s the first of the Giro Tweets of the Week for 2022. We have Mathieu van der Poel – on the bike, in the weeds, doing heinous things to pasta; we have Robbie and Adam being their effervescent selves as they commentate the race; we have Mark Cavendish touching the face of his teammates in gratitude.
First pink of May
Just as he did last year at the Tour de France, Mathieu van der Poel takes the leader jersey on his Giro debut.
🤯 What a finish
A chaotic end to Stage 1 of Giro D’Italia 🚴♂️
Another fine display from Mathieu Van Der Poel 🇳🇱
👏 What a season he is having so far #Giro | @giroditalia pic.twitter.com/kjmBT0FOA0
— Eurosport (@eurosport) May 6, 2022
Giro stage 1 was great. https://t.co/SbqTy3mqQm
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) May 8, 2022
He really had to work for it, though.
ICYMI: Mathieu van der Poel on Giro d’Italia win: ‘There was no energy left to put the hands in the air’#girohttps://t.co/iccLQpteSD
— VeloNews (@velonews) May 7, 2022
Pop goes the weasel
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) May 6, 2022
Ketchup. On. Pasta. What fresh hell is that!?!
Throw him out the race
— Nairo Quintana Fanclub (@NairoInGreen) May 6, 2022
TT anyone?
We miss Ganna …
Saturday afternoon, a rider not named Filippo Ganna will win a Giro d'Italia ITT for the first time in three years.
— CafeRoubaix (@CafeRoubaix) May 6, 2022
Details, passion, concentration. Ready? Go.#Giro pic.twitter.com/CMoHKvQsRo
— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 7, 2022
What might occur, as the GCN team talk about the TT results
Come for the analysis of @INEOSGrenadiers tactics and riders from Robbie McEwen.
Stay for the Richie Porte impression from @AdamBlythe89. #Giro pic.twitter.com/eVgMaG8y1v
— Eurosport (@eurosport) May 8, 2022
The longest stage ever
It was a long stage, made much longer by the fact that the peloton was going slower than a slow thing from Slow Town. It was painful
I'm all in favor of eco-friendly measures, but #Giro105 exaggerated a bit by forcing riders to travel from Hungary to Sicily by bike, it's taking ages! 😒
Wait you're telling me this was a stage and we're still in Hungary? 🤯
— Cycling What Ifs 🤌 (@cyclingwhatifs) May 8, 2022
Halfway. #Giro105 pic.twitter.com/teSzl0reyQ
— Kit Nicholson (@kit_e_nicholson) May 8, 2022
Watch this video again and tell us this wasn’t an unreal sprint of @MarkCavendish at the #Giro! pic.twitter.com/7YM3wPUCS8
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) May 8, 2022
How long was that sprint?
Wow!!!#GiroPhoto: @BeelWout pic.twitter.com/P7Y2i33H7n
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) May 8, 2022
What I really liked about today’s sprint win is that Mørkøv rightly gets praise for being the best lead out in the world, but there is no such thing as an armchair sprint win. Can’t deny that was a supreme effort from Cavendish, as well as the team. pic.twitter.com/6WZpinKgqd
— Orla Chennaoui (@SportsOrla) May 8, 2022
The Wolfpack’s 20th victory of the season!#Giro #WayToRide pic.twitter.com/lPAnWCZl5i
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) May 8, 2022
I rarely use the word “legend” when I talk about cycling… but Cav is a Legend.
— Chris Carlson (@Kiss_my_Panache) May 8, 2022
Monday was the rest day. For some.
Anyone calling tomorrow a rest day is not a soigneur herding riders from Hungary to Sicily. #Giro #CouchPeloton pic.twitter.com/lV1KiEGR9m
— Belinda (@reallyspoketome) May 8, 2022
Pink pink pink
Hungarian cycling fans came out for Mathieu and Mark …
This was just a bit too much. Maybe after the @giroditalia 😉 pic.twitter.com/JAYQLn6cJ3
— Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team (@AlpecinFenix) May 8, 2022
Fans love @MarkCavendish 😃#Giro pic.twitter.com/jAMIQNqDZH
— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) May 8, 2022
He did it bc of the Giro https://t.co/ipLGbs1rvk
— janina (@jeanine______) May 8, 2022
Something we didn’t expect to see. Ever.
🔵 @ZabelRick makes the Maglia Azzurra official
“We have Mt Etna on Tuesday so I’ll enjoy one more day in the jersey on Tuesday. But my focus for the rest of the race is my role in the sprint train and delivering a stage win with Giacomo.”
More 👉 https://t.co/vpyE38MnfZ#Giro pic.twitter.com/1cDGQn9L79
— Israel – Premier Tech / Israel Cycling Academy (@IsraelPremTech) May 8, 2022
I’m unsure about Lupo’s bike position …
#Giro 💞
Lupo Wolfie on his way to his 2 team mates on the team bus 🐺@giroditalia #AlpecinFenix #MVDP #Giro #Giro105 #Hungary pic.twitter.com/jiZUw2dgaC
— Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team (@AlpecinFenix) May 8, 2022
what goes on here???
Not all boring today then 😂 #Giro105 https://t.co/zpYRH8DwU1
— Katy M, Giro Edition (@writebikerepeat) May 8, 2022
Girmay in the ciclamino … totally gorgeous.
#Giro 🇮🇹🇭🇺
Discussing some last details about how we'll be tackling the sprint as we entered the final 50km of the stage 🤔
The gap to the early breakaway is down to 45sec
📷 @cyclingmedia_ag pic.twitter.com/q6SuL5ocAm
— Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (@IntermarcheWG) May 8, 2022
Robbie and Adam
Because why not. We’re loving GCN’s Giro roster. Long may it continue.
Good Morning, @mcewenrobbie & @AdamBlythe89 #Giro pic.twitter.com/9JyfyScIcV
— GCN Racing (@GcnRacing) May 8, 2022
Enjoyed doing this with Robbie !! https://t.co/LaXm4ln3sz
— Adam Blythe (@AdamBlythe89) May 8, 2022
Good news from LouLou
Julian Alaphilippe says he is breathing better and in less pain as he recovers from Liège-Bastogne-Liège crash. Alaphilippe suffered two broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a hemo pneumothorax in the crash.https://t.co/XOfY6RGqDm
— VeloNews (@velonews) May 8, 2022
The last word
they all disappeared far to leeward, still in bold, hopeful chase
— Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) May 10, 2022