Best of Twitter: 25 October

It's been a weird week. As I said last time, the season proper has ended, but there's still a few Continental events running to keep riders on their bikes, one of which was the Saitama Criterium, an invitational exhibition race organised by the Tour de France. John Degenkolb won it, but what we're interested in are the slightly (very) condescending publicity photos of riders taking in a totally stereotype-free Japanese culture.

You may recall a fortnight ago we saw Joaquim Rodriguez masquerading as a referee. Well let's keep with Joaquim, and see him as... a martial arts expert!


...and an archer!
There have been more, obviously, most notably Chris Froome's garish yellow getup, his 'reward' for winning the Tour itself. Homework is to find it for yourselves, you'll appreciate it more.

Big news elsewhere, the UCI WorldTour and Women's WorldTour have been rebranded! Sort of.

Yeah, really all they've done is drawn a circle with some lines. They're parading this as a massive event, with all the colours being symbolic, particularly the three extra ones in the women's logo. Draw your own conclusions, or even your own logos!

Do you get bored when cycling's not on, and are you a sucker for a painfully weak tie-in? Then we have you covered. The Giro d'Italia's Twitter admins made their own fun this week, using Back To The Future as a paper-thin excuse to entertain themselves by live tweeting a stage from 1999. Spoiler: Marco Pantani won.

One last thing before we go, and it's time to bust out the Cute Child Klaxon. Mark Cavendish's daughter, Delilah, is riding a bike. The entire Women's WorldTour better start watching their backs...


That'll do us for this week's Twitter update. Don't forget to follow us (@Laughing_Group), and we'll see you next week.
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