{"id":345057,"date":"2025-12-13T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345057\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:26:08","slug":"tadej-pogacar-takes-to-the-padel-court-bike-towed-planes-and-christmas-jumpers-this-week-in-cycling-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/345057\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar takes to the padel court, bike-towed planes and Christmas jumpers: this week in cycling social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been the week of the jersey reveal<\/a> – NSN unveiled a patchwork blue and orange jersey, and SD Worx<\/a>-Protime released what our news editor, Adam Becket, <\/a>has already hailed the ‘kit of the year’. I’m not so convinced.<\/p>\n

In a week where fashion met pro cycling, other activities were underfoot, too – Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> unleashed his skills on the paddle court as Jonas Ambrahamsen<\/a> showed us how well his off-season is going.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps, perhaps, people are running out of serious steam heading up to Christmas, so there’s a lot of nonsense.<\/p>\n

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1. This video of nine Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/a> riders towing this glider to take off has to be the reel of the week. Why they did the stunt, who knows – it\u2019s Red Bull after all, but the online chatter around it has been loud.<\/p>\n

2. Actually, maybe this video is the reel of the week. A late contender sent in by Anne-Marije Rook<\/a>, this dad towing both his son – and their Christmas tree – by bike is a feat worth celebrating: \u2018Tennessee Dad saves Christmas!\u2019<\/p>\n

3. On the festive theme, team Visma-Lease a Bike <\/a>took a break from training to don their honeycomb Christmas jumpers and see who could blow out a line of candles – whilst saying Merry Christmas in their native tongue.<\/p>\n

4. Mathieu van der Poel <\/a>was back on the road with a gravity defying – the result of a skipping hub, one commentator has speculated.<\/p>\n

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5. After Tom Davidson\u2019s<\/a> feature on Olympic runner Georgia Hunter Bell\u2019<\/a>s training regime that combines running with cycling, she\u2019s been out on the bike with fellow middle-distance athlete, Keely Hodgkinson: \u2018Sign em\u2019 up Maap.cc<\/a>\u2019 one commenter writes.<\/p>\n

6. It\u2019s new team kit time, and what\u2019s a more perfect runway than the Col de Rates<\/a>, in Spain\u2019s Costa Blanca? UAE Team Emirates <\/a>sport a simple white jersey, while just ahead the Lidl-Trek<\/a> team set off in technicolour.<\/p>\n

7. What\u2019s the opposite of ASMR? This American cyclist tested how many skids it takes to destroy a tyre. I can\u2019t say it\u2019s a joy for the ears, but it is a satisfying watch. Points to whoever works out what tyres he\u2019s running.<\/p>\n

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8. A new off-season activity has entered the chat. Tadej Poga\u010dar <\/a>and ex-pro Thor Hushovd <\/a>battle it out on the paddle pitch. Who won remains a mystery.<\/p>\n

9. How cold does it have to get before you switch out shorts for leggings<\/a>?<\/p>\n

10. From chilly legs to dodgy tan-lines. This is how Jonas Abrahamsen<\/a> is is spending his off-season.<\/p>\n

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