{"id":375143,"date":"2026-01-17T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375143\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:10:07","slug":"underwater-5ks-cats-on-team-camps-and-the-end-of-zone-two-training-this-week-in-cycling-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/375143\/","title":{"rendered":"Underwater 5ks, cats on team camps and the end of zone two training? This week in cycling social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

This social media roundup was rekindled in the heights of silly season. Every week Jonas Abrahamsen<\/a> supplied us with goofy Instagram laughs, and our social media feeds were awash with Christmas jumper-ed teams. Anyone remember Visma-Lease a Bike<\/a>‘s beehive knits?<\/p>\n

As the new year settles in, January team camps are finishing, and riders are gearing up towards a spring and summer of racing – if they haven’t already headed to Australia for the Tour Down Under.<\/p>\n

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While more serious times are on the horizon, fear not. The internet is still turning up some gold. Anyone fancy an underwater 5k?<\/p>\n

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1. The people\u2019s princes: Yves Lampaert<\/a> and Soudal Quick-Step<\/a> teammates helped one stranded driver get back onto the road. But who is this mysterious helmet-wearing driver?<\/p>\n

2. WTF is zone two? For time trial world Champion Marlen Reusser<\/a>, it looks like its a sit down and a frothy coffee.<\/p>\n

3. Robyn Clay<\/a> and her Picnic Post-NL <\/a>teammates hold Eleanora Ciabocco on a Calpe<\/a> shoreline in an idyllic end to a January camp full of cats, coastlines and strawberry smoothies. \u201cA couple more weeks of prep before we go racing,\u201d she writes in her Instagram caption.<\/p>\n

4. Lidl-Trek<\/a> are also calling time on their January camp, but not before they quiz their riders on their favourite Christmas gift (we\u2019re still flogging this horse). Felicity Wilson-Haffenden <\/a>wins hands down, after taking home the Australian National Individual Time Trial title, and the first win for Lidl Trek in 2026. Meanwhile, Anna Henderson <\/a>has been gifted an entire new set of kitchen utensils to use on her return to the UK – a peak adulthood pressie.<\/p>\n

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5. Pass through the Swiss town of Sch\u00f6fflisdorf and you might catch a glimpse of Swiss Olympian, Noemi R\u00fcegg<\/a> on a training ride turned grocery run, eggs tucked into her EF Education-Oatly jersey<\/a> \u2013 all to the soundtrack of panting breath and tweeting birds. <\/p>\n

6. \u201cIt\u2019s somewhere that makes sense to me,\u201d says Alice Towers<\/a> of the Cape Town<\/a> roads she rode on with her brother, Lucas, under looming clifftops and unravelling seascapes. This is another of EF Pro Cycling<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Beyond Your Universe\u2019 series, available to watch in full on YouTube.<\/p>\n

7. Taco van der Hoorn<\/a> soundtracked this post with Karma Police by Radiohead \u2013 we hope that’s not reflective of his mood.<\/p>\n

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8. Reckon you could cycle underwater? A cyclist\u2019s horror story or a feat of unmatched daring? 12 minutes is impressive regardless.<\/p>\n

9. Nothing will shame me out of Christmas day thirds. If you’re recovering from Christmas indulgence, we have tips on how to get back into training<\/a> and a break down on the science of detraining and retraining<\/a>.<\/p>\n

10. Welsh rider, Stevie Williams<\/a>, opens up about the struggles he\u2019s had after injuring his knee in 2019, followed by another operation six months ago. As the NSN team<\/a> heads out to the Tour Down Under<\/a>, Williams is hoping for a brighter 2026. Poor Stevie won’t be at the Adelaide Oval this year.<\/p>\n

11. Who needs a top-of-the-range bike when milliseconds can be shaved off from an aerodynamic head?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This social media roundup was rekindled in the heights of silly season. Every week Jonas Abrahamsen supplied us…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-375143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}