{"id":147418,"date":"2017-03-27T13:57:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147418"},"modified":"2017-03-27T13:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:57:35","slug":"cyclists-tougher-footballers-cool-news-world-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/03\/27\/cyclists-tougher-footballers-cool-news-world-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists Tougher Than Footballers and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Man United\u00a0in trouble<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just have to say 12 o&#39;clock kick off is no good for players. Trying to force pasta down at 9 in the morning is not nice.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wayne Rooney (@WayneRooney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WayneRooney\/status\/130343115243520001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2011<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Wayne Rooney took to Twitter to complain about playing football at 12AM, and the cycling fans quickly reacted.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jkblacker\/status\/844114193167122434<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Are cyclists tougher than football players?<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude02 try rice with your porridge <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WayneRooney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WayneRooney<\/a> , goes down easier \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v9BCyjQtIr\">https:\/\/t.co\/v9BCyjQtIr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisfroome\/status\/844115506751852544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Ouch!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BR0jgo-gc0t\/?taken-by=wlcmagazine<\/p>\n<h2><strong>No stress at the Volta a Catalunya<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have to love Catalunya. 2hrs before the first team starts and time to build the start\/finish line. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nostress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nostress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcwhXBoVTl\">pic.twitter.com\/XcwhXBoVTl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Martin (@DanMartin86) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanMartin86\/status\/844161633282899968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Sagan the commuter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People in the Netherlands go to work in a peloton&#8230; Maybe more people should be doing it around the world <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CycleToWork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CycleToWork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M1ivv9JHpV\">https:\/\/t.co\/M1ivv9JHpV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Sagan (@petosagan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petosagan\/status\/844173752673882112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Before losing in Ghent-Wevelgem to Greg Van Avermaet, Sagan found some time to praise the everyday pelotons of Amsterdam. Some inspiration for Slovakia perhaps?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Greipel\u2019s life after cycling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me in 30 years&#8230;.if I still fit in my @Lotto_Soudal jersey&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rxuhkdGOPh\">pic.twitter.com\/rxuhkdGOPh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andre Greipel (@AndreGreipel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreGreipel\/status\/844140658764005377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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