The Tour de France 2021 is well underway and the riders have been giving it everything during the opening week.
But luckily for us there has still be plenty of time for the riders to tweet some insights into their lives.
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Tweets of the week: Disaster at the Volta, Tadej Pogačar's special warm-up, and GB's cyclists go to the footieBehold the memes from Filippo Ganna's chalked off stage win
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Polarised and polarising: the Ombraz Viale sport a quality lens, a comfortable fit but the armless design won’t be for everyoneArmless glasses aren't for everyone but I've truly loved these as a piece of crossover gear for running, biking, kayaking and casual wear.
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'There's no bull****, that's what I've always liked' - Geraint Thomas's first BC coach Rod Ellingworth on the retiring WelshmanThe 2018 Tour de France winner will step away from professional cycling at the end of the season
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'I never really had a Plan B' - Dan Martin on his cycling career and getting into running after retirementThe two-time Tour de France stage winner takes part in Cycling Weekly’s Q&A
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'It is time to change goals' - Egan Bernal's coach confirms Ineos Grenadiers exit'I want to thank all the cyclists I have had the opportunity to coach over the past ten years' Xabier Artetxe says in LinkedIn post
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Geraint Thomas represented 'all the best things about the golden era of British Cycling' - tributes paid to retiring riderFormer and current teammates and other figures from within pro cycling react to the Welshman’s decision to retire at the end of the current season
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'You can’t keep doing it forever' - Geraint Thomas confirms retirement at end of 2025'It would be nice to go to the Tour one more time' Welshman says
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'I'm doing 1,000km more than Lachlan Morton' - Cycling influencer to ride every stage of the 2025 Tour de FranceAmy Hudson plans to ride the entire Tour route, including the transfers, totalling 6,300km
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'A stage win in the Tour de France really changed my profile': Steve Cummings on working as a chef, idolising Michele Bartoli, and playing football like Trent Alexander-ArnoldJayco-AlUla Sports Director discusses his most significant career victory and how he got into cycling
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Cycling coverage is getting much more expensive in the UK – tell us what you thinkEurosport is closing down in the UK and there will be no more free-to-air Tour de France coverage in Britain from 2026
