The peloton has been very vowel orientated in their racing this past week – Andalucian Ruta del Sol, Volta ao Algarve and Tour of Oman – and we have the tweets to prove it. Big news of the week was the #Bala100 (sounds like what they would race in Breaking Away), a Schleck wedding, Belgium starts putting out Classics decorations and our gruppetto is filled with the joys and hard graft of cycling.
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Twitter is brilliant, is it not? You can engage with cyclists, see pictures of their weddings, of their road rash, of their tattoos. Plus we have some of the best and funniest commentators as well. Here’s a hearty mix of both in the nominee list for Best Social Media User. (I need to think of a catchier name for this award!)
It’s part of the natural order of things that the torch is passed from one generation to the next. But before our retiring heroes ride off into the sunset, those who have decided to hang up their lycra skinsuits this year are recognised in our shortlist for our Lifetime Achievement Award.