Looked after some bike riders, put on a few events, managed a cycling team, got involved in a bit of running. Now look after one of Britain’s most iconic brands
Nothing I write is going to match the brilliant writing all over the place about this kid since yesterdays heartbreak. I guess I just want to add my voice to say how proud I am of him. Being at this years Tour in the shape he was in was victory in my mind 🐐💙
#ThankYouCav
I can’t find the right words. Other than I loved him to bits. He was the soul of our team. I am heartbroken for his beautiful family whom he loved more than anything. RIP Nico x
🇮🇹 = 🇬🇧 💗
🇫🇷 = 🇬🇧 💛
🇪🇸 = 🇬🇧 ❤️
The three biggest races won by three different British riders? Pretty flipping crazy that no? 🤯
Huge congratulations to
@SimonYatess
and
@MitcheltonSCOTT
👍👏
The GOAT announces his retirement at the end of this season. I think cycling, and cycling fans, from 2006 to 2023 have been immensely lucky to have witnessed this kid's (and yes, he'll always be a kid to me) unreal career. He's one of kind - love you Youngster 🫶
@MarkCavendish
BREAKING NEWS:
@MarkCavendish
has today announced that 2023 will be his final year in the professional peloton. "There's no need to talk about my short and long term plans" he said "I'll always be a cyclist, that's for sure."
Seven stage wins and the overall... Dave Brailsford has now orchestrated 7 TDF wins, 2 Vuelta wins and 2 Giro wins - with 5 different riders (4 of them British) in the space of a decade. Take a bow Sir 👏
Richard Moore. I bloody loved you. My voice of reason and measure in some of the hardest times of my career. A colleague and a friend and a phenomenal journalist. Sensible, kind, funny as fuck, compassionate, thoughtful, clever as hell. Unreal. Unfair. RIP RBMoore x
If you follow me and want to understand who I am, how I got here, why I fought so hard for our riders and what is important to me then watch my big brother’s TED. I am beyond proud to be his sister. I am also epically pissed he got to do TED before me.
Wow. So many nice messages about my appointment to CEO.
@millarmind
says “your team aren’t your family France” but this team, and it’s people, are my 2nd family. I’m so proud to be progressing my career here and hope I do this incredible group of people justice in my new job
Also, as I am no longer the CEO of the team I no longer feel I have to tolerate all the trolls who come out when the team do well. So I’ve started a new policy...
#blocked
- it’s wonderfully freeing 🥰
I'm asked a lot "do you miss cycling" I always say "Nope. But I miss the people" These 2 were, and are, some of my all time favourites and I miss this, hard earned, long awaited, soul scraping, pure joy. Nowhere else on earth you get this 💙 Well done boys. So happy for you x
I don't know
@fred_wright0
but oh my god I've haven't wanted someone to win a stage of a grand tour so much in a long time. What a fighter. He gives some of the best didn't-quite-win-but-was-super-close post race interview chat ever too.
"We should have caught him!"
Pure frustration and disappointment from Fred Wright after missing out on the stage win AND the red jersey by just two seconds 🥺
#LaVuelta22
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@discoveryplusUK
Whilst the last few days have been truly brutal, I’ve spent all my spare time listening to, reading and watching all the tributes to Nico (not gonna lie, I’ve obsessively sought them out) What a joy to hear all the stories about him. ❤️
After a day of unmitigated hell - Pizza courtesy of
@theboz91
and war stories from
@Mitch_Bowen
They been the light at the end of the never ending tunnel on this event. I was sat in swampy kit, tears streaming down my face but feeling weirdly happy. Thanks team 🫶 One day to go.
The strongest, most resilient, most robust, most determined, most single minded (+ sometimes biggest pain in the bum 😘) athlete I’ve ever worked with. Love that you’re turning all that power to help those coming up behind you Froomey. A champion by every definition of the word
I’ve been through it & I am fortunate to have the experience & support system to deal with it, not everyone does. When I see young athletes, some still teenagers, receiving the abuse that they do it gets my back up. This type of response is exactly the problem I’m talking about.
The words 'end of an era' should not be lightly used, but when Mark Cavendish hangs up his wheels later this season the term will apply, absolutely.
By
@willfoth
No words. Cycling is so cruel and so wonderful and so brilliant and so tragic - goodness me. What a race. In 2020 I guess what else could have happened? Bravo Pogacar. Poor poor Roglic.
A million thank you’s to Dave B for everything you taught me, thank you to the staff and riders for the most incredible decade, you guys are the best of the best. Thank you to the fans who always had our backs - I will be cheering with you from the sidelines from now on. 💙 5/5
I remember having to scramble like a mad woman for pink t shirts when
@chrisfroome
won the giro on stage 19... I feel for UAE’s marketing team (but it’s also the very very best problem in the world to have 💛)
When David asked me last night for Rod’s job title (his actual one doesn’t do him justice) I didn’t realise what he was writing: A tribute to one of the most honourable guys in cycling, The Ginger Ninja. Or, as I have called him for a decade, Rodders 💙
Really love watching
@LukeRowe1990
look after
@Tompid
... however, it’s making me feel VERY, very old seeing Luke be the grown-up elder statesmen of the GB team. Like, it’s baby Luke, what’s going on 😂🤷🏻♀️💙
#wherehastimegone
When they are all growds up but your heart just bursts for the kid you’ll always see them as. As proud on the outside looking in as I was on the inside looking out. What a team. And what a boy 💙
Cape Epic ✅
London Marathon ✅
Proud of myself for the double header. Thanks to
@Petekennaugh
and
@supass_cc
for the coaching. And thanks to
@millarmind
for making me understand how deep I can go and still get through - the marathon was a relative breeze after 8 days in hell
Nearly 4 weeks into my
@CapeEpic
training. Not missed a session. Did a 3 hour pre work MTB ride yesterday (1st on the MTB)
@millarmind
is still deciding the paint job for his bike rather than training. Which feels like the adult equivalent of decorating your revision timetable
A huge thank you to the 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 and 🇨🇴 federations for letting us put our Orca on their National TT Champion suits. We think they look whaley good (sorry 🙈) Thank you also to 🇵🇱 for letting us have it on Kwiato’s road jersey with the 🦅👌
#PassOnPlastic
#SkyPod
#OrcaChamps
On my way to meet
@millarmind
at Heathrow to fly to
@CapeEpic
I'm as ready as I could have got. 13 weeks of training, 7kgs lost and god knows how much money spent on kit (😬) Huge thanks to
@Petekennaugh
for getting me here. He's been all kinds of brilliant. I love ya SLP 😘
I know everyone says it - but I genuinely couldn’t be happier for
@swiftybswift
. Deserves it so much and will do the stripes proud. Nice one Swifty 👏👊 (and Stannard too 😊) 📸
@swpixtweets
If I ever feel a little blue, I’m going to replay the sections of Never Strays Car podcast where Pete and Ned speak “Universal Language”. I can’t listen to them without crying with laughter. It’s normal.
@Petekennaugh
@millarmind
@nedboulting
👏
Is it wrong that I love the Trek Lidl kit? I thought maybe it was just cos Lizzie Deignan is so cool it was warping my perception. But no, I went and had a look. It's banging.
@lizziedeignan
is definitely elevating it as well though
Just sat here thinking "bloody hell, I finished
@CapeEpic
" and looking back on it wondering if it really did happen. Feels surreal, and borderline traumatic 🫣🤪
@millarmind
And this guy??? Look up warrior in the dictionary cos I’m pretty sure there will be a picture of him. A total hero, an incredible champion, it’s an honour to work with him.
#Frooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy
🙌
What a lovely lovely interview. And something I wholeheartedly agree with: Never let anybody tell you what you can and can’t do. It’s up to you to decide on your own life - well put
@MarkCavendish
💫
I am honoured to have been asked to become the CEO of
@Belstaff
- a brand who’s history and potential gives me the same butterflies the idea of a British rider winning the Tour did all those years ago 3/5
This is all heartbreaking. Whatever you think or feel about “dopers” we are witnessing an ever growing number of men whose lives have been ruined by our sport. They raced bikes ffs and many have ended up profoundly damaged or dead because of the generation they raced in. Shameful
The Ullrich story brings to mind something the former rider and whistleblower
@mentheour
said to me a few years ago, after the death of his friend Philippe Gaumont.
This provides an insight into why and how I fell in love with cycling: following a boy who loved it so much he got absorbed into the fabric of it and has spent a lifetime carrying the weight of the cruelty, wonder, brilliance and tragedy it would bring him.
The final stage of the
@LeTour
always gets me, feels all the more poignant after what happened yesterday.
@TamauPogi
will be wearing his first yellow jersey on this last day. This is what last days are like:
On the eve of his last ever Tour de France, we’re excited to announce new documentary MARK CAVENDISH: NEVER ENOUGH.
The film charts the rise, fall and resurrection of a genuine sporting great as he attempts to prove the doubters wrong and make cycling history. Coming 2 August.
Massive props to
@SportsOrla
for the women’s issue of
@rouleur
- Orla has blazed her own trail on so many things for so long, taken risks, stood up for herself, pushed on and pushed back against all kinds of resistance 1/3
60 seconds of pure wizardry on Glasgow Green 🪄
Kieran Reilly makes winning the rainbow bands 🌈 look FAR too easy in his winning run 👏 🔥
#GlasgowScotland2023
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#BritishCycling
And it is a reminder of why I am so passionate about working for Team Sky. I have personal experience of both sides of this sport and have seen the damage first hand the decision to dope had on my brother. I am proud that isn’t a decision athletes I work with have ever faced.
This is all heartbreaking. Whatever you think or feel about “dopers” we are witnessing an ever growing number of men whose lives have been ruined by our sport. They raced bikes ffs and many have ended up profoundly damaged or dead because of the generation they raced in. Shameful
Privileged to support such a brilliant initiative from our owners + incredibly proud to work for a company where getting stuck in to help is their first instinct. 3 production lines in 3 countries in 10 days + we are already shipping free product to hospitals 👊💪
#INEOStogether
Weirdly, the further I get away from working for a TDF team the more excited I get about the race. Can not wait for this years to start. And full to bursting with excitement for the kid to be there 🤗💙🐐
@MarkCavendish
So it’s confirmed. David and I are going to ride
@CapeEpic
together. I started my training with SLP last month .. and my mountain bike is being built this week. Exciting and daunting in equal measure 😱🤪
Today 2023 began and so did my training for
@CapeEpic
- my team mate will be
@franmillar
- and to say we’re both shit scared would be an understatement. I have never been as unfit as I am now, and I have 77 days to rectify that. So I rode up Rocacorba with Archie today ✅
#D77
RIP Paul Sherwen. The voice in my head when I think of my brother’s career (along with David Duffield) So many of my memories of watching David race, and win, are soundtracked by Paul and Phil. Terribly young to die - my sincere condolences to his family.
I know I say it all the time. But I genuinely, completely, totally and utterly could not be prouder. Even if I tried. It wouldn’t be possible.
#Six
#GWonTheTourdeFrance
🤯
He took third place on the stage and even had time to celebrate as he crossed the line. What a moment for Geraint Thomas! Tour de France winner in waiting
#TDF2018
David has a stomach bug. He’s man-down. I’m hoping beyond hope he’s man-back-up-again tomorrow. It wasn’t cool watching him suffer through todays 98km, 2600m of climbing in 40mph wind 🥴
@CapeEpic
- Epic by name, Epic by nature… and it’s only day 2 🫣
The last 11 years with Sky/INEOS were the dictionary definition of unreal. I have to pinch myself sometimes that it all actually happened. There’ve been some indescribable, mind-blowing highs and some heartbreaking, gut-wrenching lows. I wouldn’t change a single day of it. 4/5
I am biased but I think SLP is so impressive. How much he thinks about the development of his riders and how to help them progress, this is a tiny insight but he's always thinking about the little details and how to help them get better. It's lovely and I'm really proud of him
“I couldn’t have asked for any more… they come out of the race with so much more knowledge” 🙌
@TrinityRacing_
Team Manager
@Petekennaugh
reflects on the young team they are riding with at the Tour of the Alps 🎥
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🇮🇹
#TotA
Once Le Dandy, always Le Dandy. From the man who's mantra used to be "never sacrifice style for speed" apparently we are not allowed to look like dorks. (I'm not going to tell him what I wear to ride to work 🥸😬)
.
@millarmind
always used to say how he could lose weight, get fit and turn any bad lifestyle choice around in 3 weeks. As the chubbier, less fit little sister this was excruciatingly, annoyingly true. I am delighted how hard he’s finally finding getting fit. SLP I owe you one x
David’s first week with SUPASS involved utilising indoor training. As a busy family man with plenty of work commitments indoor training helps us maximise
@millarmind
’s available training time.
3 days. 1 bum bag. 42 Allen keys. 3000m of climbing and technical sections galore. Thanks for an epic 1st camp preparing for the
@CapeEpic
SLP. Everything hurts, but I know a bit more about how to ride a mountain bike 🫶🙏💙