This is for sure the most impressive list of illegal drug users I ever saw in my life! I mean are you really that blind or just ignorant?
Ben Parr
· 9 months ago
Wow, that's one hell of a list. Good job!
Javaun Moradi
· 9 months ago
All I can say is WOW! As a cyclist/mountain biker, this might be the most important blog post I've read in, I don't know... forever?
A few cycling buddies just signed up for Twitter last week and asked me what it was good for. I think you may have just made Twitter the most important communication tool in their lives.
TourDeTweets
· 9 months ago
What is Twitter good for? Well, to begin with... some of the finest pro cycling race coverage from all over the world tweetcasted to the nearest computer or mobile phone. Have them follow @TourDeTweets and all those listed here and they'll never ask the question again.
Hank Trisler
· 9 months ago
A really delightful article, Chris. The personal insights and vignettes add full dimension to these remarkable athletes. Thanks for your good work and dedication to the sport.
Fiona
· 9 months ago
Have been following most of these as they are added. Nice to see them get some attention since @LanceArmstrong has converted many riders & others to the religion of Twitter. For enthusiasts there are also several charitable bicycle rides that use Twitter as well like @RedRibbonRideMN
Julie Gallaher
· 9 months ago
Great list but one correction (or should I say exception). @AmgenTourofCali hasn't updated since December. With over 1500 followers, I think that's a FAIL.
Richard Masoner
· 9 months ago
This is a fantastic article -- I'll tweet it immediately :-) using your handy dandy Twitter button.
Thanks so much for mentioning Cyclelicious to your list. I second Josh's suggestion to add Carlton Reid @carltonreid to your list -- he's the real bicycling social media guru and he's personally convinced some of the pros on your list to sign up.
TourDeTweets
· 9 months ago
Also highly recommend @carltonreid as a follow.
Martha Van Inwegen
· 9 months ago
*HAVE* to add @carltonreid!! @marthavan
Lyne
· 9 months ago
A few more pro cyclists:
Tim Johnson of Team OUCH: @johnswah Roman Kilun of Team OUCH: @RKilun Jon Chodroff of Team OUCH: @jdc647 Brad White of Team OUCH: @bwcycling Scott Nydam of BMC: @ScottNydam Jeremy Powers of Jelly Belly: @JeremyPowers Tom Peterson of Garmin-Slipstream: @TomIPeterson Christian Meier of Garmin-Splistream: @christianmeier Chris Jones of Team Type 1: @cjonez Phil Southerland of Team Type 1: @PhilSoutherland Coryn Rivera; @ CorynRivera Koos Moerenhout or\f Rabobank: @kmoerenhout
and last but certainly not least: @FatCyclist
- @podiuminsight
Christy Nicholson
· 9 months ago
Great list! It has been awesome interacting with fellow cyclists and cycling fans as well as actually meeting some of our followers at the Amgen Tour of CA through twitter.
Hmm, now if only could find a list of professional mountain bikers... @jasonhilimire, btw :)
Chris Spagnuolo
· 9 months ago
Here's one more for you:
Dr. Allen Lim
Who he is: Team exercise physiologist, training advisor, psychologist and utility man for Team Garmin-Slipstream. Basically he's Mr. Everything for Team Garmin-Slipstream, the man responsible for coaching to rice cakes and performance innovations like ice vests and space boots.
Also @KoosMoerenhout of Rabobank. He actually has replied with quality tweets.
electromute
· 9 months ago
Definitely +1 for Allen Lim. His posts are really fun to read.
saddlesore
· 9 months ago
Awww, c'mon, that is NOT the real @emerckx! FAIL!
TourDeTweets
· 9 months ago
If I remember correctly, which is about 52 % of the time, @lancearmstrong was the one that talked @emerckx into tweeting and he then put a tweet out directing people to follow. It was a while back... could be wrong.
John Murphy of Team OUCH: @jpmurph8 Rory Sutherland of Team OUCH: @rorysutherland1
AND DRUM ROLL, HOW CAN YOU FORGET... LAST YEARS TDF WINNER
@carlossastre ohhh maybe this is twitter accounts who actually tweet... maybe enough followers and we'll get classic tweets from interview catch phrases like "ahhh yes, thee, sensations were very good today." Pure-tweeter-pressure...
@templatecascade
Brent Soderberg
· 9 months ago
As a fan, it is great that so many in the world of cycling are using Twitter. Since cycling is basically a "mobile" sports that isn't covered as well by the traditional sports media, Twitter lends itself well as a medium for communication in a way that wouldn't be as compelling in other sports. Fans taking Twitpics from points along the race course, Tweets from team directors and mechanics within the race caravan allow for up to date information that you just can't get by any other medium.
Martha Van Inwegen
· 9 months ago
Paul Sherwen is getting the hang of Twitter too! Follow him @paulsherwen. Take a peak at his, @philliggett and @johanbruyneel's sense of humor - very cool men! http://bit.ly/GHo2O
Ryan
· 9 months ago
Next up is the builders and innovators of cycling
A few that I know of
@gary_fisher @chuck_i @philwoodco
Kris Thompson
· 9 months ago
Please consider adding 303cycling.com to your list of cycling Bloggers/News websites
Dr. Charles Martin
· 9 months ago
Congrats to Team Type 1! We'll be following their tweets from the circuit.
- Charles Martin, DDS Founder, Dentistry For Diabetics
Julie
· 9 months ago
Thanks Chris, I just got back from volunteering the whole week with the Amgen Tour of Cali and Twitter saved me. Sometimes it gets boring waiting on the course for 3 hours in the rain just to do your job for 30 seconds as the riders go by. Tuning in to Twitter kept me informed of what was going on during the race and made the whole week more fun. I came back telling all of my friends about this new form of instant reporting. TourDeTweets, BikeRadar and others did bang up jobs with continuous tweets. It will be interesting to see how this medium grows in the future. Great article.
danhhoang
· 9 months ago
I'm a cyclist, add me @danhhoang and my new project I'm trying to start @bikeamarillo
Philanthropy Family
· 9 months ago
You guys missed Robbie McEwen, who is new on twitter, so send him some twitter love and follow him @mcewenrobbie. Looks like he'll be updating this weekend from the Belguim classics.
Philanthropy Family
· 9 months ago
You guys missed Robbie McEwen.
He's just joined twitter - @mcewenrobbie - so give him some twitter love and follow him here http://twitter.com/mcewenrobbie
He's racing the Belgium Classics this weekend, and it looks like he'll be tweeting from there.
Great list thanks for the inclusion, even a few that I haven't seen and will be adding, we also added a new account for Tour de France specific info @tourjohnnys where we'll tweet live from Le Tour the last 2 weeks of the race, any TdF question welcomed, especially travel related
carltonreid
· 9 months ago
Hey, Josh, Martha, Richard and Tour de Tweets...thanks for plugging me!
This is a great top 50 and I love the way Chris has given his own views on who is funny.
My list of 370 bike folks on Twitter is a list, broken down into categories, there's no running commentary. http://tinyurl.com/biketweeps
PS Chris - I set up both of these accounts, @philliggett and @paulsherwen I did it to protect their names, and to nudge them to Tweet. Yes, I'm a Phil fan but I'd prefer to be called a friend! In fact this is official. Every year I'm one of the friends on the Phil and Friends ride, a challenge ride in the UK Lake District. I got to tell you, Phil is a demon descender...
Mitchell
· 9 months ago
That's a great list! Though I seriously don't need more reminders of how much I need to get some good mileage in.
Eddy
· 9 months ago
This article gave me an idea. I put together a website that is a feed aggregator of all things cycling from Twitter. This is turning out to be a big chore. Should have 400 feeds in by the end of the week. Take a look at the site and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Where are the females in this group?! Check out @mtbikemary if you are interested in a woman who is riding the continental divide trail AGAIN this year and regularly races 24 hours in a row...
Scott
· 8 months ago
I actually made a blog feed of the big names in cycling on Twitter, most of the people on this list are included and all come in to one feed for easy reading.
Humf! You forget our cycling BLOG! LOL ---- Thanks for the handy list Scott.
Mark Parker
· 8 months ago
Is it just me or did you miss the runner up from the last two Tour's? @cadelofficial - Cadel?
Les Faber
· 8 months ago
I love it ---- Thanks for this. As an avid cyclist, I am always looking for cycling "tidbits'. I get them when I need them --- and "Retweet" at will.
Can you believe that Lance Armstrong actually got me on Twitter?
Bryan
· 8 months ago
This is a great list for the Twitter cyclists. I was already following many on the list but found some new ones. Wish I would have thought to write this article.
I race for the UCI Continental Planet Energy professional cycling team, you can follow me on twitter at http://keirp.tumblr.com
HV
· 6 months ago
http://www.procyclingfeed.com just updated content. Now you can get twitter, video content, Blog RSS and Flickr all on one place!
Robyn
· 6 months ago
Only one person has mentioned @CadelOfficial / Cadel Evans in the comments. Certainly one to watch out for this year in the Tour De France. Give him a tweet and also check out his website cardelevans.com.au.
Mat Eastlack
· 5 months ago
Great Article. Check out www.velod.com. Click on the PRO TWEETS tab, they have pulled all of these Pro cycling twitters' into one site. Also a free social cycling diary.
brook
· 5 months ago
Levi Leipheimer's verified twitter account is actually @LeviLeipheimer. The account mentioned in the article (@Levi_Leipheimer) has been suspended.
Nessa
· 4 months ago
brook,
Just for the record, Levi switched his account from @Levi_Leipheimer to @LeviLeipheimer. That's why the account is now suspended.
Alejandro TenorioJr
· 4 months ago
I support this idea, for the first time, cycling fans are getting the real skinny about the behind-the-scenes happenings of professional cyclists as they travel the world!!
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I mean are you really that blind or just ignorant?
A few cycling buddies just signed up for Twitter last week and asked me what it was good for. I think you may have just made Twitter the most important communication tool in their lives.
Thanks so much for mentioning Cyclelicious to your list. I second Josh's suggestion to add Carlton Reid @carltonreid to your list -- he's the real bicycling social media guru and he's personally convinced some of the pros on your list to sign up.
Tim Johnson of Team OUCH: @johnswah
Roman Kilun of Team OUCH: @RKilun
Jon Chodroff of Team OUCH: @jdc647
Brad White of Team OUCH: @bwcycling
Scott Nydam of BMC: @ScottNydam
Jeremy Powers of Jelly Belly: @JeremyPowers
Tom Peterson of Garmin-Slipstream: @TomIPeterson
Christian Meier of Garmin-Splistream: @christianmeier
Chris Jones of Team Type 1: @cjonez
Phil Southerland of Team Type 1: @PhilSoutherland
Coryn Rivera; @ CorynRivera
Koos Moerenhout or\f Rabobank: @kmoerenhout
and last but certainly not least: @FatCyclist
- @podiuminsight
SoCalCycling.com - Your Cycling Source
@SoCalCycling
@jasonhilimire, btw :)
Dr. Allen Lim
Who he is: Team exercise physiologist, training advisor, psychologist and utility man for Team Garmin-Slipstream. Basically he's Mr. Everything for Team Garmin-Slipstream, the man responsible for coaching to rice cakes and performance innovations like ice vests and space boots.
Follow him here: http://twitter.com/allencolim
We're small, but growing quickly.
Rory Sutherland of Team OUCH: @rorysutherland1
AND DRUM ROLL, HOW CAN YOU FORGET... LAST YEARS TDF WINNER
@carlossastre ohhh maybe this is twitter accounts who actually tweet... maybe enough followers and we'll get classic tweets from interview catch phrases like "ahhh yes, thee, sensations were very good today." Pure-tweeter-pressure...
@templatecascade
A few that I know of
@gary_fisher
@chuck_i
@philwoodco
- Charles Martin, DDS
Founder, Dentistry For Diabetics
He's just joined twitter - @mcewenrobbie - so give him some twitter love and follow him here http://twitter.com/mcewenrobbie
He's racing the Belgium Classics this weekend, and it looks like he'll be tweeting from there.
This is a great top 50 and I love the way Chris has given his own views on who is funny.
My list of 370 bike folks on Twitter is a list, broken down into categories, there's no running commentary. http://tinyurl.com/biketweeps
PS
Chris - I set up both of these accounts, @philliggett and @paulsherwen I did it to protect their names, and to nudge them to Tweet. Yes, I'm a Phil fan but I'd prefer to be called a friend! In fact this is official. Every year I'm one of the friends on the Phil and Friends ride, a challenge ride in the UK Lake District. I got to tell you, Phil is a demon descender...
Thanks,
Eddy
Still have lots of work to do, but it's a start......
Includes links to websites(if the Tweeter supplied it) and Twitter pages for each feed.
Also has Cycling News feeds from about 30 organizations.
Check out @mtbikemary if you are interested in a woman who is riding the continental divide trail AGAIN this year and regularly races 24 hours in a row...
You can find it on BikeBlogCollection at http://www.bikeblogcollection.com/blog-feeds/
Check it out, makes it easy!
Can you believe that Lance Armstrong actually got me on Twitter?
Just for the record, Levi switched his account from @Levi_Leipheimer to @LeviLeipheimer. That's why the account is now suspended.
Awesome!!
Alejandro TenorioJr
Alejandro TenorioJr
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