{"id":299689,"date":"2025-12-05T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/299689\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:27:10","slug":"olympic-torches-and-record-rpms-this-week-in-cycling-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/299689\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic torches and record RPMs \u2013 this week in cycling social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do pro cyclists get up to in the off season<\/a>? When races are a distant – but ever nearing – certainty. It\u2019s a time to strengthen team cohesion, to work on fitness<\/a> and improve technique<\/a> for a summer of back-to-back racing, and, in some cases, to go off-script – to carry the Olympic torch, or descend into the woods to heave around giant logs dressed in Celtic garb, or perform dramatic lip-syncs… Here is this weeks social media round-up.<\/p>\n

1. Four time world champion time triallist, Tony Martin<\/a>, swaps the bike for his first half marathon – his “first competition in four years,\u201d since retiring in 2021 over safety concerns. He says he\u2019ll be back to improve his time next year.<\/p>\n

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2. After last week\u2019s UAE Team Emirates<\/a>\u2019 group excursion to the Dubai autordrome, Soudal Quick Step’<\/a>s team-building has been decidedly more rustic, with photos showing them moving heavy logs and barrels in kilts, with Scottish flags fluttering just out of shot – in Belgium?<\/p>\n

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3. Uno-X Mobility, on the other hand, are wishing the down-season away, with this hotel hallway rendition of Raye\u2019s \u2018Where is my Husband!\u2019<\/p>\n

4. Forget Spotify Wrapped, here is our North American Editor, Anne-Marije Rook<\/a>\u2019s Sportify Wrapped: Cycling Edition. \u2018You overheard 52 Cat 4 men claim they could finish a Tour de France stage \u2018easily\u2019\u2019; \u2018you logged 90+ minutes of relationship damage control because \u2018I\u2019ll be home soon\u2019 remains your most-played lie.\u2019<\/p>\n

5. \u2018I slipped so many times watching this\u2019 wrote one Instagram commenter after spending twenty mesmerising seconds watching Wout van Aert <\/a>balance along this wet boardwalk.<\/p>\n

6. It\u2019s strange to think that every professional cyclist started off a novice, but in this reel from the 11 time Irish National Champion, Orla Walsh, she looks back on her journey from commuter to track champion.<\/p>\n

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7. Downhill world champion, Jackson Goldstone takes on Wout van Aert in a game of speed and strength in this tennis ball challenge from Red Bull – but who will win\u2026<\/p>\n

8. In the summer, Chris Hall cycled the perimeter of Britain<\/a> to raise funds for Movember. He\u2019s now on the other (drier) side of the challenge and revisiting unreleased footage – he\u2019ll be releasing the videos throughout December.<\/p>\n

9. Reckon you\u2019ve got the legs to outpace Jonas Abrahamsen<\/a>?<\/p>\n

10. Finally, Filippo Ganna <\/a>has swapped the lycra for an all-white tracksuit – and a flaming torch. He picks up the Olympic torch from tennis player, Jasmine Paolini.<\/p>\n

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