Tadej Pogačar makes podium blunder, Edward Theuns bears painful road rash, and a track stand for the ages – the best of cycling social media
Here's our selection of the best social media posts from the past week


Welcome to Tweets of the Week, our none-too-serious seven-day delve into the world of cycling on social media.
Milan-San Remo feels like an age ago, right? Already, we're at that time of the year where the races tot up fast. One Classic bleeds into the next (literally, in Edward Theuns's case). As this past week has shown, a lot can happen in seven days in cycling. Especially if you're Tadej Pogačar.
The world champion, as he so often does, returns as a protagonist again in our weekly social media round-up. First there was San Remo, where he showed himself fallible, and a little bit confused about podium procedure when he doesn't come first. So used to winning is the Slovenian, that he didn't know which step belonged to third place. It took Vincenzo Nibali to politely point him in the right direction.
Then came the Paris-Roubaix announcement, and the badly-kept secret that Pogačar will make his debut at the Hell of the North next month. Why the delay in making the news public? We all saw him training on the Trouée d'Arenberg. Was UAE Team Emirates XRG planning an exciting release? Not quite.
The team buried the big reveal at the bottom of a website entry titled 'UAE Team Emirates-XRG announce teams for E3 Saxo Classic & Gent-Wevelgem'. If you were hoping for confetti cannons, there wouldn't be any.
I do wonder why UAE Team Emirates XRG didn't go big on the announcement. Pogačar will be the first Tour de France winner to race the Monument since Bradley Wiggins in 2015, and the first reigning Tour champion to do so since Greg Lemond in 1991. That's more than three decades! It's exciting news.
I figure, deep down, the team bosses perhaps don't want their serial winner getting battered on the sharp, French cobbles. I wouldn't either if I were them. He's got another yellow jersey to win in a few months, after all.
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Perhaps, too, they were worried about scaring his rivals. For the other riders, it may have come as tough news to take. I can only imagine the look on Wout van Aert's face when he found out the man who wins at will is going after the same prize as him.
Elsewhere this week, Lorena Wiebes becomes an anime character, Filippo Ganna is on the hunt, and Lidl-Trek take team announcements to the next level.
1. It's Tadej Pogačar's world and we're all just living in it
A post shared by Troll Cyclist (@trollcyclist)
A photo posted by on
2. "Third place? Never heard of it."
A post shared by TNT Sports Cycling (@tntsportscycling)
A photo posted by on
3. Is Milan-San Remo going to elude Pogačar for his whole career? Not if he unleashes his hair tufts
A post shared by Troll Cyclist (@trollcyclist)
A photo posted by on
4. It's a simple strategy, really
A post shared by Cosmo Catalano (@howtheracewaswon)
A photo posted by on
5. *Jaws theme plays*
A post shared by INEOS Grenadiers (@ineosgrenadiers)
A photo posted by on
6. I'd watch a Studio Ghibli film about Lorena Wiebes. It did always feel like My Neighbour Totoro was missing a sprint finish
A post shared by Team SD Worx - Protime (@teamsdworxprotime)
A photo posted by on
7. It's been quite the career trajectory for Kristen Faulkner, who has gone from venture capitalist, to Olympic champion, and now bank robber
A post shared by Kristen Faulkner (@arcticfaulks)
A photo posted by on
8. Carys Lloyd may be the youngest rider in the peloton this year, but she can track stand longer than most
A post shared by Movistar Team (@movistar_team)
A photo posted by on
9. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, may you win the Tour de France, Primož Roglič
Poor Rogla had so many crashes over the years that the organizers brought a priest on stage just for him. 🙏 The TDF victory is guaranteed, guys.#VoltaCatalunya104 pic.twitter.com/KokdpCSR3TMarch 27, 2025
10. Petition for all team announcements to come in supermarket receipt form
A post shared by Lidl-Trek (@lidltrek)
A photo posted by on
12. And finally, spare a thought over the weekend for Edward Theuns, who I imagine has screamed his way through every shower he has taken since his crash at Brugge-De Panne
A post shared by Edward Theuns (@edwardtheuns)
A photo posted by on
Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and holds a master's degree in International Journalism. Since 2020, he has been the host of The TT Podcast, offering race analysis and rider interviews.
An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill, and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition, albeit out of 40 entrants.
You must confirm your public display name before commenting
Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.
-
Lorena Wiebes surges to 100th career victory at Gent-Wevelgem
The Dutch rider continued her near-unbeaten 2025 with SD Worx–Protime
By Alex Lancaster-Lennox Published
-
“It is crazy”: Mads Pedersen takes historic victory at Gent-Wevelgem
The Lidl-Trek rider's dominance marked the second successive men's winner in more than 30 years and becomes the seventh member of the Club Trois.
By Alex Lancaster-Lennox Published
-
Peter Sagan makes dance show debut, Remco Evenepoel reps Pizza Hut, and Lotte Claes is boss: Tweets of the week
Get your dancing shoes on, it's time for your weekly social media round-up
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Disaster at the Volta, Tadej Pogačar's special warm-up, and GB's cyclists go to the footie
Behold the memes from Filippo Ganna's chalked off stage win
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Wout van Aert's Valentine's stunt, Tadej Pogačar scares his rivals, and Lorena Wiebes makes winning look easy
Saddle up, it's time for your weekly dose of the best of social media
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Wout van Aert reunited with lost watch, Bradley Wiggins catches some rays, and one cyclist opts for chain mail
There are mementos to be found at bike races, as long as it's not Wout van Aert's Garmin
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Eurosport's grave, Marianne Vos's jet washer, and Egan Bernal makes a surprise appearance
It's all you could hope for in this week's social media round up
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Timothée Chalamet's Lime bike scandal, Wout van Aert rides on water, and Lachlan Morton confesses
Our social media round-up turns to Hollywood
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the week: Peter Sagan signs up for Strictly Come Dancing
He's quick on a bike, but how good's his rumba?
By Tom Davidson Published
-
Tweets of the year: The 20 best and most surreal social media posts of 2024
Wout van Aert's squirrel costume, Demi Vollering's ominous croc challenge, and Tom Pidcock's face in cake form are among the best content of the year
By Tom Davidson Published