What do pro cyclists get up to in the off season ? When races are a distant - but ever nearing - certainty. It’s a time to strengthen team cohesion, to work on fitness and improve technique for a summer of back-to-back racing, and, in some cases, to go off-script - to carry the Olympic torch, or descend into the woods to heave around giant logs dressed in Celtic garb, or perform dramatic lip-syncs... Here is this weeks social media round-up.

1. Four time world champion time triallist, Tony Martin , swaps the bike for his first half marathon - his "first competition in four years,” since retiring in 2021 over safety concerns. He says he’ll be back to improve his time next year.

Tony Martin

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2. After last week’s UAE Team Emirates ’ group excursion to

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