Donald Trump with some of the stars of the sport at the time at the Tour de Trump in 1989.
Some of the biggest names in pro cycling and a number of journalists who cover the sport have been reacting to news of Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential elections.
Taylor Phinney is first up, below, because we think he says it best.
Oleg Tinkov is at the bottom of the list below...
How the pro game sees Tronald Dump
What. The. Fuck.
— Taylor Phinney (@taylorphinney) November 9, 2016
Everybody has his opinion about Trump, but in the 80's they had Reagan. Lots of people were afraid that time. In the end he wasn't that bad.
— Johnny Hoogerland (@zeeuwseleeuw) November 9, 2016
I wish our leaders wisdom, forgiveness, and empathy.
— Jonathan Vaughters (@Vaughters) November 9, 2016
I suspect Toblerone are wishing they'd held off with the redesign press-release for 24 hours.
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) November 9, 2016
Tour de Trump... I'm afraid cycling is implicated in this too. https://t.co/vw5tw3KONB
— Michael Hutchinson (@Doctor_Hutch) November 9, 2016
The UCI have added a Chinese race to the 2017 World Tour calendar. For a moment I thought they were going to say the Tour de Trump was back.
— Lionel Birnie (@lionelbirnie) November 9, 2016
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Donald Trump sponsored a bike race once .. the Tour DE Trump .. cmon .. give him a break .. He's one of the lads !
— Matt Chester (@mattcmattc) November 9, 2016
@philgaimon would've been funny if you'd said "pussy" instead of "coward"
— Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) November 9, 2016
Here's a suggestion for future political candidates: don't call the people you need to win over 'Deplorables.' They probably won't like it.
— Jeremy Whittle (@jeremycwhittle) November 9, 2016
A lot of things have to go wrong for the plane to go down -- there is a lot of "blame" to go around for this crash #epicfail
— Andrew Hood (@EuroHoody) November 9, 2016
@realDonaldTrump resurrecting the Tour de Trump would make great start to your Presidency https://t.co/3UrKbV3Dtf
— Oz Wheels (@Oz_Wheels) November 9, 2016
Bringing back the Tour de Trump. ASO will be very very concerned with this.
— Greg Henderson (@Greghenderson1) November 9, 2016
For those of you not aware, here's everything you need to know about the Tour de Trump: https://t.co/siGjD0GZIN https://t.co/PcaHSaU3JP
— Trevor Ward (@willwrite4cake) November 9, 2016
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