There are disputes in cycling about when the season really begins. Some say it starts Down Under, with the Australian WorldTour events. Others argue it’s Opening Weekend, and the first taste of Belgian cobbles at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
For us at Cycling Weekly, though, the gun fires when Geraint Thomas makes his first dad joke.
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'The teams are asking us to do more than we can' - French stage race organiser hits back at safety criticism after car incidentsÉtoile de Bessèges organiser says full road closures were not possible for the event
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I'll never rate a performance '10', it's important to my delusions of greatness that I can always believe I could have tried harderProtecting your ego is as easy as pretending you didn’t try, writes CW's columnist 'The Doc'
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Tweets of the week: Wout van Aert reunited with lost watch, Bradley Wiggins catches some rays, and one cyclist opts for chain mailThere are mementos to be found at bike races, as long as it's not Wout van Aert's Garmin
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Tweets of the week: Eurosport's grave, Marianne Vos's jet washer, and Egan Bernal makes a surprise appearanceIt's all you could hope for in this week's social media round up
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Hope for Welsh velodrome where Geraint Thomas began career after plans for new site scrappedHistoric Welsh club Maindy Flyers CC express their relief after Cardiff council axe plans for new site elsewhere in the city
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Tweets of the week: Timothée Chalamet's Lime bike scandal, Wout van Aert rides on water, and Lachlan Morton confessesOur social media round-up turns to Hollywood
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Tweets of the week: Peter Sagan signs up for Strictly Come DancingHe's quick on a bike, but how good's his rumba?
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Tweets of the year: The 20 best and most surreal social media posts of 2024Wout 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
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Tweets of the week: Mark Cavendish's special message, Demi Vollering learns French, and a reindeer enters the wind tunnelThe Manx missile has a secret admirer, and you'll never guess who it is
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Tweets of the week: Tadej Pogačar's white shorts and the joys of new kit day
