Jon Bateman

Mountain biker, cyclist, dad (soigneur/mechanic), climber, ex-mountain rescuer... work is for @HNYCancer improving cancer outcomes in Humber and North Yorkshire

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@friebos I was thinking about how many of the jr and u23 riders have parents with doping pasts... but that's probably a generational coincidence with the age of riders living through the peak doping period

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@friebos I think access and opportunity are at least as influential as genetics. It's a much easier path for young riders if their parents know cycling, know the system, and the system knows their name. Opens the door for maximum support (and also pressure!)

[DECATHLON CMA CGM NewGen @DCT_NewGen]

🇨🇭Grand Prix Rüebliland

Pour clôturer ces 4 jours de course en Suisse, Ezra Batman prend la 16e place du classement général 🙌🏼

#NewGen

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@RhysAUS @BenjiNaesen Absolutely - my son is racing in Switzerland right now and there's no live stream. I'm a nervous wreck but I can live with it if that's the sacrifice for a safe route!

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@CiCLEClassic @BenjiNaesen This is true and it is a fantastic race... but it is an exception. I guess the big question is why aren't more races run like that - course? Logistics? Cost?

[DECATHLON CMA CGM NewGen @DCT_NewGen]

🇧🇪 Liège-Bastogne-Liège U19

Pour entamer ce week-end belge, Evander Wishart termine à la 11e place, suivi de près par Ezra Bateman, 16e !🙌🏼

To kick off this Belgian weekend, Evander Wishart finishes in 11th place, closely followed by Ezra Bateman in 16th! 🙌🏼

#NewGen

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@saddleblaze @CasinoCapital Older Fenix here, but I use GPS+GLONASS and every second (I don't trust the 'smart' stuff). I also have auto pause off (also because I don't trust it!). Tree cover can be a real issue with GPS drift though

[Velofacts @velofacts]

Effort of the day by Ezra Bateman. #dailystrava

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@mrendell Venturing back to X/twit just to say thank you so much that feature which is so important in sport now. That's on top of everything you've done to enrich the ITV coverage. Tonight's show was all the things the paid 'sport' coverage can't be and it will be missed!

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

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[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@Aviemoron TWENTY YEARS?? Some mistake shirley?

[SRMRT @scarrescue]

Four VERY varied incidents this week

Lower leg injury, car in water, crashed aircraft, medical emergency.

https://t.co/7D8Sz4pnPe

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

If you're watching @LeTour and wondering why Saint-Martin-Vésuble is surrounded by a moonscape it's the aftermath of storm Alex in 2020 😬

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@EllieWildbore Great to chat with you briefly - that was a fantastic effort on that 'fully loaded' bike! 😂

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@LifeplusWahoo Fantastic news! Good luck today :-)

[Rouleur @rouleur]

"Gino was something more than a cyclist, not just worried about performance, a complete person"

I still really miss Gino, by Pello Bilbao

Read more: https://t.co/4Y9AMJVID2

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@jessphillips It takes about 12 months to train a search and rescue volunteer. Not only do these people have no idea about young people, they have no idea about 'volunteering'

[Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf]

Stage 17 of the #GirodItalia passes along one of our favorite geo-landmarks of Italy, the Sella Pass, and the the famous Sella Massif! This massif is a Triassic (240 million year old) atoll!

In the early to middle Triassic, the continental crust of (Greater) Adria continent broke up in two in the northeast, on the Balkan side. This was probably related to subduction processes that occurred in that region and that are now long-gone, but in any case, it was associated with formation of large volcanoes, also in the Dolomites.

Once the volcanism went extinct, the region subsided and because it was close to the equator, limestone and dolomite deposition occurred. At the location of the Sella Massif, is a ring-shaped, high ridge made of reef limestones and dolomites formed, with in the center a flat area: a lagoon. The Sella Massif is an atoll! And it was uplifted, and eroded, but not much deformed, so you're looking pretty much at the original thing!

Atolls are best known from the Pacific Ocean, where they form on top of seamounts - underwater volcanoes that reach shallow water. Reefs then form on the crater rims, and grow upwards to compensate for the subsidence of the volcano. It wasn't quite that setting here in the Dolomites, that may have looked more like volcanoes on the modern eastern margin of Australia. But an atoll is an atoll, and you can still imagine the white beaches and palm trees!

Enjoy a cocktail at the pass today gentlemen!

@UniUtrecht @UniUtrechtPE @UUGeo @UUEarthSciences

[Jon Bateman @jonbateman]

@TheScarboroNews This was last year (29/4/23)