It has been a big week for cycling and social media. It started with Tadej Pogačar being seen drafting behind a race organiser's car, which set Twitter alight, with EF Education-EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters adding fuel to the fire.
Not to be outdone by their team's greatest opponent, Jumbo-Visma decided to break the internet - well, the cycling internet, briefly - with the announcement of Jonas Vingegaard's contract extension. This vaguely interesting, but largely prosaic, news was not the cause of pandemonium, but instead the video that accompanied the release.
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