Thank you for thinking of me, Feargal. Have a nice day.

Why, yes, Rupert. Yes, I am. And I’m very cross about it. Very.

Thank you for letting me know, Feargal. I will try harder in future to comply with your social media rulings. Or maybe I won’t. Depends how I feel, really.

Chapeau indeed regarding @giroditalia - but the tactics of UAE and EF were bizarre. Isn’t the point of a Mexican stand-off that someone does eventually pull a gun and shoot in the end?

There you go, I’ve given you an idea for your next column.

Something special, you say? Maybe like winning the first Women’s Paris - Roubaix, after attacking at the start of the first cobbled sector then riding solo to the finish?

Would be nice to see a Pavé Lizzie Deignan.

Of course this is not a true story, but I don't see how this is in any way different from what WBD / TNT have done.

To sum him up - the bike rider’s bike rider. Chapeau, G, and good luck with the rest of your final season and everything you do in future!

But to achieve what he has achieved over his long career has taken incredible qualities of hard work, dedication, commitment and strength of personality. And all of this combined with being such a nice guy, reliable and approachable, has made him a unique figure in our sport. To sum him up...2/3

True.

Are my Trees of the Day safe from this? 🤷🏻‍♂️