Vern Pitt

Lover of metal, hip hop and shiny carbon things. Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth Uni, cycling and business hack. Half-baked opinions all my own.

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

First in an occasional series of Tweet’s I’m calling Cycling for Metalheads.

Milan-San Remo: Metallica playing a festival-headlining greatest hits set, but with a five hour-long support slot from your mate’s band who are “heavily influenced by Sunn O)))”.

#cycling4metalheads

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

This is something of a big deal.

[Peter Stuart @PeterStuart3]

Saddleback goes into administration.

Saddleback has historically been a true giant of the UK cycling industry. As well as holding major brands, it’s historically played a big part in advertising across the industry, substantially supporting many media businesses.

It seems we’re a long long way off from a cycling sector recovery.

[Peter Stuart @PeterStuart3]

Want to know when to tune into the Giro d’Italia Women to catch the key moments live?

We made an interactive tool which will show you when the key tactical route points will fall in your specific timezone 👀

Check it out here: https://t.co/RIhaO0LYBv

[Mihai Simion @faustocoppi60]

When you order a beer but you get an alcohol-free one. 🤬
#GirodItalia

[Benji Naesen @BenjiNaesen]

TNT Sports UK just had 6 minutes 40 seconds of ad breaks in the span of 14 minutes... on their PAID streaming service.

15:04:00-15:07:20
15:14:40-15:18:00

That is 47% of the last 14 minutes being ad breaks.

£30.99 per month by the way. 🤷 #GirodItalia

[Rúben Silva @EchelonsHub]

Just noticed that much like Chris Froome, Hugh Carthy has in fact retired without an announcement or anything in fact

[Jeremy Whittle @jeremycwhittle]

End of a remarkable story as Archibald stops racing 👇👇👇https://t.co/8hxlWe4GUE

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

@jeremycwhittle @decathloncmacgm He can't really lose, it's good experience and no one who's realistic will expect too much of him.

[David Bradford @DeeBeeCW]

Looking to speak to a cyclist who has had Lyme disease (for a Cycling Weekly piece)

If that's you, please get in touch

#pressrequest

[Dnlbenson @dnlbenson]

The weather is so bad riders are being driven from the buses to sign on

[Paris-Nice @ParisNice]

⚠️ IMPORTANT - ETAPE 7 ⚠️

Départ en convoi à 12h pour aller à un nouveau lieu de départ à 47km de l'arrivée. Le nouveau départ sera donné à 13h45 à cet endroit pour les 47 derniers km de la course.

⚠️ IMPORTANT - STAGE 7 ⚠️

We will depart in a convoy at 12:00 PM to head to a new starting point 47 km from the finish line. We will start the race again at 1:45 PM from this location for the final 47 km of the race. Finish line at Isola.

#ParisNice

[Peter Stuart @PeterStuart3]

Ineos Grenadiers’ new title sponsor is being framed as a budget boost to match the €60m superteams.

But the team’s public filings show it already had €50m sponsorship revenue in 2020.

So is Netcompany expanding the budget, or filling a gap Jim Ratcliffe no longer wants to cover?

My deep dive:

https://t.co/m16J0CoX5w

[Nick Harris @sportingintel]

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano

https://t.co/CFBWUTmWcq

[Escape Collective @EscapeCycling]

An amateur athlete – who is also the father of a current WorldTour pro – was just sanctioned for working with banned former US Postal Service trainer Jose Martí.

Read @cmbreports exclusive story on our website:

https://t.co/POg97ckxTM

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

Pog may have won on his own kinda terrain but I gotta say the Fish Monger of Jutland looked ominously good today.

MVDP was gassed while the Dane still had legs.

[Cyclingnews @Cyclingnewsfeed]

'Probably my best ever one-minute performance' – Jonas Vingegaard able to match Tadej Pogačar at Tour de France thanks to newfound explosivity https://t.co/GbB9o5KTRf

[Dan Deakins @DanDeakins]

Someone having to reverse off the road at Besseges.

Wow.

[Daniel Friebe @friebos]

Extremely worrying news: Óscar Freire’s family have reported him missing, according to El Diario Montañés, his local newspaper. He left his home without phone, wallet or keys & has been gone ‘at least since Tuesday’. https://t.co/JxR9YkgvpC

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

@BenjiNaesen

[Chris Marshall-Bell @cmbreports]

You can put football behind an astronomical paywall because there's so many fans that a lot of people plus bars will pay for it. But put niche sports behind an astronomical paywall and you don't grow but *kill* a sport. Capitalism at its worst right here

[Tom Davidson @t_davidson]

This is a big story. Here are the key points

❌ Eurosport is closing down in the UK & Irelan
💸 Move to TNT Sports puts cycling behind a £30.99 a month paywall
🇫🇷 NO free to-air live Tour de France from 2026

https://t.co/Zbau4vuezV

[Vern Pitt @VernPitt]

@cyclingweekly It's 40k ride. If you've got knees over 30 years old it could well be a 80km ride still.