Tour de France Twitter wrap: Prologue

 
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    Social media has become such a huge part of sports coverage in recent times. In particular, Twitter has become a personal favourite of cyclists and cycling followers.

    As such, throughout the Tour de France this year, I will be covering some of the Twitter comments of the peleton’s more charismatic members, in particular our Aussie favourites.

    This should give you some insight into the ups and downs of the Tour and a little more knowledge on the athletes’ thoughts as they tackle the most difficult race in the world.

    Amen to that, Jensie. And kudos on beginning another Tour de France at 40 years of age. What a champ. Although, he might need some help from his fans in regards to this…

    TT time for prologue: 7:34 over 6.4km; Number of Tour de France starts: 1; Having a crack at Alberto Contador’s “steakgate” doping scandal: Priceless. Well played, Marcel!

    Koen de Kort is a bit too focused on tonight’s stage rather than his TT performance.

    Stuey starting to show his age somewhat. Still the workhorse of the Orica-GreenEDGE team.

    David Millar does make a good point here. Hesjedal is very much the darkhorse.

    Laurens Ten Dam sharing his Strava file on Twitter. 6.4km can’t hurt that much, can it?

    Brett Lancaster actually took a tumble before destroying the 6.4km course to finish 6th. Thankfully, it wasn’t too serious and he managed a great result:

    Great one here from Renshaw. What a save by Sagan! Not surprised that Renshaw wasn’t boasting about finishing 159th on the day.

    Some wise advice by Gerro that I’ve conveniently ignored.

    Richie Porte having a dig at his British teammate Chris Froome.

    Cadel not overly happy with his prologue result (despite it being his best ever at a Tour prologue). Still, you can’t win the race after 6.4km…

    For those of you doubting whether Mark Cavendish would race all the way through to Paris, I rest my case…

    Fabian’s English might not be that flash but he certainly was on the stage. What a ride by the champ. Just goes to show that no matter how hard you hit the deck, you can always pick yourself back up, dust yourself off and become a winner again.

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