As we all know, cyclists and Twitter is often a fantastic combination, allowing the fans a behind the scenes look at what goes on in and around the professional peloton.
Here are some of the tweets that caught our eye this week, including Chris Froome, Rigoberto Uran and Taylor Phinney.
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'What if I had hit a tree or a wall?' - Cyclist pushed off bike by van passenger hopes for more awareness of assaultA bike ride in the Surrey hills turned into a nightmare for one rider last month
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Lionel Messi could be launching a custom bike priced over €10,000 in 2025The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner will reportedly collaborate with an unnamed pro to launch the new bike
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Tweets of the week: What's next for Mark Cavendish?It's the question on everyone's lips
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'He understands speed' - Alex Dowsett hired as Astana Qazaqstan performance engineer, after Mark Cavendish recommendationBrit part of new fleet brought in to bolster WorldTour squad
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Mark Cavendish wins final race and officially retires'I couldn't have wished for a better send off,' says 39-year-old after sprinting to victory at the Singapore Criterium
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'I have achieved everything that I can' - Mark Cavendish confirms retirement and final raceBrit chooses Sunday's Singapore Criterium for his swan song
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Tweets of the week: Demi Vollering rescues a goat, Mark Cavendish does martial arts, and Wout van Aert sings as a squirrelIt's been a particularly surreal week on social media
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Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins to reunite on the bike to raise money for US hurricane reliefThe British knights will be joined by Jan Ullrich at the Gran Fondo Hincapie next week
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'One of the boys thinks I’ll be walking about in armour': Mark Cavendish knighted in ceremony at Windsor CastleManxman says he was “nervous” after being made a Knight Commander by Prince William
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21 things you didn't know about Mark CavendishFrom working in a bank to breaking records on the Champs-Élysées
