David Millar
@millarmind
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What I think… Living @chptIII - talking bike racing with @itvcycling and @neverstraysfar - creating experiences with @sportstoursint
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G is a Tour de France winner. 🙌🏻👏🏻🤗 I cannot think of a better poster boy for our sport.
@GeraintThomas86
NICE ONE
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Up there with my favourite TdF moments this, I noticed them on the climb yesterday with a type of unified wave movement towards Quintana. FIVE STAR SUPPORTING 👏🏻
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Well, another year done working alongside
@nedboulting
@Petekennaugh
@mrendell
& the legend that is Gary Imlach. It's been emotional, as ever. Thank you for following on
@itvcycling
- We'll meet again at the Vuelta. Lovely.
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So we’re done -
#tdf2022
finished. Thanks
@itvcycling
for making it happen for us, and my wingman
@nedboulting
for being pro, and pretty
@Petekennaugh
for bringing the freshness; and thank you to everybody who sends lovely messages. Tour de France turns my Twitter happy. 🙏🏻
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I hope Jan Ulrich's friends and family can help him stop the descending spiral he finds himself in. I couldn't stop it alone, the damage is real and he needs help to repair it as best he can before he writes himself off. If you see this, Jan, I'm up for sharing what I've learnt.
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No way should
@petosagan
be DQ'd from
@LeTour
- kudos to
@MarkCavendish
for handling it so well after the finish. Come on
@UCI_cycling
🤦🏻♂️
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The Giro was supposed to start today. More importantly nine years ago today Wouter Weylandt died. I took the Maglia Rosa that day, I’ll never forget it. I wrote about it afterwards in order to make sure it existed outside my mind:
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I’m doing this because i loved my time in the peloton, even though it fucked me up at certain levels and I have to deal with keyboard warriors forever, yet deep down it’s love and I don’t like watching it get treated like shit. So yeah, doing this
@millarforcpa
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It’s the wrong decision on so many levels for
@qst_alphavinyl
not to take
@MarkCavendish
to the TdF. I’ll explain tomorrow.
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” CS Lewis
Thank you for the support, Twitter can be a good place. 🙏🏻
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Thank you
@chrisfroome
- Not caring what people think & doing what you have to do, that's panache. 👏🏻
#tdf2016
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This is the best news professional cycling could have right now - if they’d shut down it would’ve been back to the dark ages - and chapeau on losing the biggest sponsor in professional cycling and replacing it with the biggest sponsor in professional cycling 👏🏻
@franmillar
et al
Team Sky will become Team INEOS from 1 May. The launch of Team INEOS will take place at the Tour de Yorkshire.
📰 >
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I wrote something about
@MarkCavendish
and a lovely meeting 200m from the finish at the end of the stage.
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QOTD:
@nedboulting
regards Sagan, "It's like BREXIT; just a shit decision and nobody knows how to correct it." 👏🏻
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8. One of those walks we took for granted at the Tour de France.
@nedboulting
@thejensie
@PhilLiggett
@PaulSherwen
ADIEU PAUL, ce fut un plaisir de te connaître, vieux con. 🖤
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1. Found out last night
@PaulSherwen
died. Didn’t want to believe the Twitter so waited till this morning, seeing
@PhilLiggett
confirm it meant it was real, I’m sorry Phil, I know you guys were like family to each other. Bear with me, bit of a thread here...
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My heart and blood will always be Scottish. I’m proud to be British. I live in and love Catalonia and Spain. I grew up in Hong Kong and France. Each and every country I’ve lived in welcomed me as an equal, albeit with lesser linguistic skills, and improved me all the same. 🇪🇺
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Tomorrow it happens:
@nedboulting
turns 50.
@Petekennaugh
& I have given him the gift of a race up La Planche des Belles Filles. He has 30secs advantage for each year older he is than us. More info to follow, this is the PLANK ATTACK 💥⚡️✨🍾 🤮
📸
@therussellellis
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This is awesome viewing. From my approx calculations
@alafpolak
took EIGHT seconds out of
@GeraintThomas86
in final 500m. He’s a weapon. Question is, how many bullets does he have left? ‘Cause he’s been shooting from the hip for nearly two weeks now - bike racing at it’s best.
Alaphilippe blazes the final climb as France loses its collective mind.
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I know it shouldn’t have been a surprise, but
@MarkCavendish
announcing his retirement caught me off guard all the same. He’s going to be missed, end of an era in more ways than one. So many memories…
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Taking a little break from the social. Deleting IG and Twitter off my phone for a while. Being away and working and not being social reminds me once again that being on my own I end up just wasting hours a day scrolling through this stuff with no objective, let alone purpose.
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Just yes.
Justin Gallegos, a runner at Oregon with cerebral palsy, thought he was just finishing another cross country race. Little did he know, Nike was waiting at the finish line to offer him a pro contract (via
@kabdullah360
/ Elevation 0m)
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What a day. What a sport. So many stories, so sorry for all those who were broken today, physically or psychologically, or, for some, both.
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The
@nedboulting
50th birthday Plank Attack run (no wheels) begins at 09:30 CET at the foot of Les Planches des Belles Filles. Pete & I have gifted him 30 secs for the years of age difference. Therefore I start at 09:34 and Pete at 09:40. It is a pursuit to the summit. No gifts.
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I know the French police well, yet I can safely say that my overall impression is that the Gendarmerie are phenomenal at their job. And their job at the Tour de France is to protect the riders. During and after the race. Mistakes happen. Let’s not cast them in shadow.
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So, this is it. Captaining my national team in my final race. Thank you Dave B, Rod E & Shane S for this. It's an honour beyond words.
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My letter to Pippa.
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When I posted this yesterday I had no idea it would touch so many people, thank you for sharing that with me, it reminded me it’s important we write things down, because some things need to be remembered.
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For Sale. Been raced, not much. Battery fully charged (I think). Good condition. Reasonable offers please.
http://t.co/aFuGc5P5aB
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I’ve met and shared conversations with many of the most influential (and historical) people in pro cycling - yet somehow I’ve managed to avoid ever sharing one word with Patrick Lefevere.
Looking back, I guess I did that deliberately.
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Well,
@GannaFilippo
just destroyed the Hour Record, and finally resets it to a properly scary place. 👏🏻
56.792km
🥜
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Discovered something more painful than treading on LEGO. Bending down onto one knee to speak to my 2yr old daughter & placing nearly my entire body weight on rogue marble through my patella tendon. Sweetjesusmarymotherofgod. The horror, THE CONTAINED STOIC PROFANITY FREE HORROR.
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On this, the final day of one of the greatest ever Tour de France, I thought I’d reminisce about my last day in the race back in 2013. An unknown goodbye and farewell:
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When my 6yr old son found out I was coming to Scotland he had three questions:
1. Is that where
@danny_macaskill
is from?
2. Is
@danny_macaskill
real?
3. Daddy, are you going to talk to
@danny_macaskill
?
So yeah. I know my place. 🤷🏻♂️
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I really like the fact that Pogacar and Vingegaard appear to really enjoy racing with and against each other.
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I’ve got a car if any professional cyclist’s in Innsbruck want picking up and brought up to Mutters to vote? Could take me a few runs to tally up a good count, but hey ho, worth a go!
*Note to self - rent bus next time.
@millarforcpa
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Bang on from
@Chris_Boardman
Cyclists aren’t the ‘scourge of the streets’. They are mothers, fathers, grandparents and children all doing their bit to make Britain a healthier, greener and more liveable place.
Share this video from
@Chris_Boardman
to help us make our message loud and clear to
@channel5_tv
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Bloody love Pog
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This is
@petekennaugh
fanboying
@ThibautPinot
off the descent of La Planche… ❤️
Now for the transfer pod.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr
@lancearmstrong
- great at talking about it on a podcast, shit at actually doing it. 🙄 On behalf of the peloton, thanks for the support 🤦🏻♂️
Lance Armstrong: David Millar is ‘last person’ who should lead cyclists’ union. Story:
@jeremycwhittle
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I met Murray Walker once. I wanted to talk to him about motor racing, yet he wanted to talk to me about bike racing - and he knew more than I could tell him 🤯🥰 RIP
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My father sent this through to me this morning - he was a pilot and understands airflow better than most - his comment?
“Drag ! Why aerodynamics matter !!!”
My parents never rode bikes yet they still teach me the science of it 🙄🤷🏻♂️🥰
Inertia, rotational energy, air suction and lots of luck...
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Randomly gave
@SimonYatess
a lift from Barcelona airport back to Girona once: when he was even younger.
Was actually
@AdamYates7
- TBH I can’t remember which one of them it was; what I do know is that they represent a weird form of gentle weaponary.
Brothers in arms. 💪🏻👏🏻
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It is
@Chris_Boardman
who should be Secretary of State for Transport not Chris Grayling - what an embarrassment that man is.
.
@Chris_Boardman
has responded to transport secretary Chris Grayling's comment that “cyclists are not road users”
💬
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My two little boys have a sister!Welcome to the world Maxine Frances Jacqueline Millar - MY NYE BIRTHDAY GIRL. 🍾🎉❤️
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Was a joy to watch
@GeraintThomas86
in full flight up close and personal. Didn't work out but hey-ho, he did good.
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Today
@SimoClarke
shows not only sportsmanship but friendship in helping
@richie_porte
out when he needed it. That is cycling to me...
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Thank you Scotland. That was an amazing day, wish I'd been strong enough to race for the win. Happy G won, he's nice.
http://t.co/rXZN52LgKZ
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Rewind 17yrs 😱 This is me in the prologue of my first
@lavuelta
- I was like steampunk-future-shit. Fortunately I won. I’m writing stories about my history with that most favourite of races:
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BOOM - supremely proud of my sister. 🙌🏻
We’re delighted to announce that
@franmillar
has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of
@TeamINEOS
🙌
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My wife ran the West Highland Way, started Tuesday, finished today. I was supposed to do it with her, I couldn’t because of injury, so it was all down to her. And she did us all proud, and for a cause close to our hearts:
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More I think about it more I realize that what
@AG2RLMCyclisme
did today was one of the coolest tactical moves I've seen in a long time. 👏🏻
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Pro cyclists tend to know when they break a bone, I think
@albertocontador
did, yet it didn't stop him trying. Love my sport for that.
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Thank you to the brilliant
@GDiGrazia
for sharing this with me: at 44 seconds you’ll find a little boy, his name is
@ThibautPinot
- 🥰💔
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I was selected for TdF last week, then they pulled me last night. Wiggo, Dowsett, Pete, Swifty, fancy a city break? I hear York's nice.
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Bloody hell, this race is BONKERS - like Moto GP on bicycles 🤯
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@Faust0w
@seppkuss
In grand tours the leaders rely on their team mates to get them through the days they’re weak. That’s Sepp’s job. Tables have turned here. I like the idea that sport isn’t all rational number crunching, that occasionally emotional decisions win over. They’re the greatest stories,…
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It is with great relief I discover that my sister -
@franmillar
- isn’t just excellent at bossing me around.
#affirmation
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I wrote about this day: made me well up watching this just now as I’ve not seen it till today.
Damn you
@itvcycling
- yet ❤️ for what you’ve given me since:
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Today world sees Britain as being separated from Europe. Scotland is distanced more from England. And older British lose respect of young.👏🏻
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Thanks to
@SubZeroWolfUK
I met a bit of hero last night. Mr
@GaryLineker
- when I was a young boy I loved football, and he was one of the greats. He’s since built another career and stands strong and proud in his opinions, and his opinions matter. 🙌🏻
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LEGEND
Today,
@LeTour
goes on the pavés for a stage that some call a mini
@Paris_Roubaix
... Do you want to know how it feels to ride on the pavés and win in Roubaix? I try to explain it without using any words.
@iamspecialized
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My thoughts on
@chrisfroome
#justsaying
If Chris Froome rode for Kenya he could be a global superstar - the public should give him more credit |
@millarmind
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Imagine how much fun bike racing must be for Tadej Pogacar? I mean, proper fun, all the time.
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I think I’m have existential crisis watching this years TdF. For all the right reasons.
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"When Pidcock appeared from nowhere on the descent of the Galibier the energy of the whole race changed. I've never seen a racer descend as beautifully, it was poetry in motion, and what was most striking was the elegance with which he rode."
#TdF2022
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Tony Martin said 'Sorry David' when he caught and passed me in a TT. He's that nice.
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When I was a young professional cyclist, and the internet barely seemed to exist, I used to visit cathedrals on my travels, which was weird, but needed at the time.
@nedboulting
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Once upon a time I won a race in Toledo and was given a sword by Federico Bahamontes, he turned 93 today, the oldest living TdF winner...
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For the record, I was going to be ready for the Tour, so sad my team didn't believe in me, after everything we've been through. Not cool.
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Another phenomenal ride by
@TeamGB
. Congratulations to Brad, Ed, Steven, and Owain. That was INTENSE. 🙌🏻🏅
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Jesus Christ, I’ve been listening to podcasts at 1.5x speed for a few months, no wonder my brain is melted and I think all of them are mental. Thank you Twitter.🙌🏻
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Cut off before saying how much of
@BritishCycling
massive success is owed to 4 people: Chris Boardman, Peter Keen, Sir Dave B, SHANE SUTTON.
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