Alex Howes
@alex_howes
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Professional Cyclist for Velocio-Cannondale. Mountains. Desert. Adventure.
Colorado, USA
Joined August 2009
Haters, “@EFprocycling made ridiculous team kits to get attention because they knew they couldn’t do anything at the Giro. ”
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Tossed bottle to a kid today AFTER the race because I’m a rebel 😎.
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Consider this an invoice @TirrenAdriatico. 5000CHf for unmarked road furniture. Payable to the @TheRidersUnion.
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Hot cup of coffee ☑️ Sunny skies ☑️ Quiet roads ☑️ Magic shirt ☑️ Perfect morning ☑️
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Pro is not a constant state. Every year it must be relearned. Every day it must be reinforced. Every second it may disappear.
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In protest of today’s ridiculous final, I will not be starting tomorrow. Never mind the fact that I’m not actually racing le Tour this year 😘.
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You can ride with me & for $20 this Sunday. Proceeds go to @ecocycle to help with the current recycling crisis.
It will cost you $30,000 to ride with Lance Armstrong for a week. Banned former rider teams up with George Hincapie to offer Mallorca holiday for 12 guests.
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We get pretty caught up in searching for that last 1% of speed at the highest level of the sport. However, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter what bike you're on, if you're on a bike and moving forward, you're winning at life. #gorideabike.
'I felt like a kid on my dad's bike' - Howes calls on neutral service at Flèche Wallonne. American champion explains why a team car wasn't there, and how a Cannonodale was returned to him in breakaway.
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STOP HOLDING YOUR BREATH!!! THE MAGIC SHIRT HAS ARRIVED!!!!Full kit reveal on Friday @rapha Boulder. Come celebrate with us!
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After reaching the limit on the bike, there’s always another limit to reach on foot 🤣
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.@EFNorthAmerica heard I wasn't racing at moment and decided I best be put to work. I must admit, the transition to office life is a real challenge.
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One of the very few times in life where a crotch selfie is almost acceptable.
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Also, nice to see one of today’s, “green zones” where riders are allowed to discard bottles and trash, passing over a bridge with a nice river below. Someone clearly didn’t think that through. Poor fishies.
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.@danifmartinez96!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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This aged well 😂.
Super tuck banned. Dropper post time? 😈.
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@laflammerouge16 With the new rules, riders are no longer allowed to drop jackets for the team car to collect. Rider gave Com car a jacket and the bike exchange was collecting that jacket. Definitely a WTF situation but a product of the new UCI rules.
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Not how I wanted to start my season but after a couple stitches & a very unpleasant shower I’m on the mend. Onward.
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So inspired by @AlbertoBettiol ‘s win at @RondeVlaanderen! Huge ride by @EFprocycling. The teamwork displayed today was 100% flawless 🍻.
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Podium 😘 for @EFprocycling here in Colombia! First race back and straight to the top step of the podium! HUGE thanks to the staff & fans!.
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My 💩 little video does zero justice to the beauty found in San Sebastián on a sunny summer day. Truly a special place.
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More like 14.5 years old but who’s counting? 😂 Happy to announce I’ll be staying with @EFprocycling❤️.
Fun fact: Alex Howes has been with this team, in all its iterations, since he was 13 + has spent his entire professional career with us. Even more fun fact: He's signed on for another two seasons. Bring on the stars, stripes and argyle! . Read more:
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Learning fast here at the @EFNorthAmerica office. #keepitontheroad #shoudhavedonetheTourinstead #♥️EF
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Laying down the LAW! Bummed @EFprocycling missed out on the W today but not a bad consolation prize for @lawsoncraddock 😊
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Nooooo! Weight of the extra leg warmer was too much to carry. 😭.
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!!!!!!!!!! So excited about Megan Jastrab’s win in the Junior Women’s World Chanpionships this morning!!!
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Turns out just riding my bike made me want to ride my bike even more. Mapping a dirt route to Wyoming right now.
It just makes me want to ride my bike. That's what top-level teams should be moving fans and cyclists of all kinds to do, whenever we can . CC @EFprocycling @alex_howes
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.@Vaughters vs. @nealrogers was a blast. Neal brought the pain but JV threw down on the hardest part and gold fished it home for the W.
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💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕.
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We’re incredibly frustrated with the current state of affairs & asking for a one rider one vote system. There’s nothing fake about that.
David #Lappartient press conference at #Imola2020: “I can’t accept the use of fakenews to destabilize the #CPA, that is doing its job and will remain the official body recognized by the #UCI for the #riders”. #WeAreTheRiders #Cycling @DLappartient @UCI_cycling @Imola_Er2020
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New race in the USA!!! YES!!!!!!.
Today's Daily News Digest: Michael Woods wins Milano-Torino ahead of Alejandro Valverde and Adam Yates, Baltimore, Maryland, will host a UCI Pro Series one-day race in 2020, Lawson Craddock extends with EF Education First, and more.
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When I turn on the TV & see the guys racing the @LeTour wearing rain jackets, I pour out a little hot coffee for my soggy homie Lachlan.
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WOODSY! So happy to see the hard work of the whole @Ride_Argyle crew rewarded by this result!
First Ardennes Classics podium for @rusty_woods who wins a two-up sprint from Bardet to take second place at #LBL. Chapeau to Bob Jungels on soloing to victory off the back of his long range attack. Proud as punch of #PinkArgyle today.
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100%.
This from @EFprocycling's Hugh Carthy at the 2019 @tds is one of the most underrated rides of the past few years 👏
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What. A. Race. País Vasco never disappoints. Real love hate with @ehitzulia. But to the Basque fans I have only love love love. 💚♥️💚♥️.
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You know it’s starting to sting when the nostrils are flared 🤣
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covid-19: where the whole world acts like a pro cyclist on a fight to the Tour de France. #donttouchme #handsanitizerbaths #whojustsneezed?.
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The gas pedal definitely works even if it blew the motor. 😂 I don't know about you, but this is what I love to see in cycling. All in, full send, victory or full implosion. Alberto, you're a legend.
Bettiol absolutely BOMBING up the Nokereberg, holy smokes! One of the more dominant accelerations I can remember seeing on this iconic berg 🇮🇹🍝🚀. Hate seeing Alberto with a mechanical almost immediately after this, what a fantastic attack this was!. 🎥: @flobikes
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“The team will flip the script on the calendar . fixed gear criteriums, ultra-endurance races, and mixed-terrain events.” SIGN ME UP!.
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Iconoclast.
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Only took 6+ hours on the bike to get this mediocre photo. Nice day out with the @EFprocycling crew. 💕
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Honored to be selected for the World Championships in Norway! USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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So happy to see @rusty_woods take the W today but so bummed to see @GeraintThomas86 on the floor at the end. Highs and lows! The emotion!
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If you said in January that @rusty_woods would break his femur at P-N & win a stage of @TirrenAdriatico in 2020 I’d laugh right off my chair.
WOODS FOR THE WIN! Woods takes stage 3 of @TirrenAdriatico today after .brilliant teamwork all day. Chapeau, Mike! 🍾
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Custom numbers at the local $10 evening crit. 😍😍😍 @RuthWinder we have officially made it ⭐️
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Is there an altitude setting for @GoZwift??? Riding the trainer at 8500ft is pure torture 💀 🥵 💀.
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Am I the only person with this problem 😂😂😂 It hasnothing to do with @POCSports. It has happened with every helmet I’ve ever worn. 🤯
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Incredibly humbled by the support so far. When it's all said & done, I can't wait to see pics of all of you sipping from #SaveArgyle mugs!
#SaveArgyle is now live. Huge shout-out to our friends @Fairly_Group for their $2 MILLION match challenge. Donate:
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Happy 4th friends ❤️🇺🇸❤️ Love to you, love to the USA, love to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Packed @ ready for camp. Hopefully we finally do some actual camping this year 😜
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Always special to see my dad before the start of the race. Crazy to think he’s been wishing me luck at bike races for over 20 years now.
#SaveArgyle donor and @alex_howes' dad Joel gave some great advice to #PinkArgyle before the start: "Go fast. Don't be last." . Thanks, Joel. We're on it! 😜 💨🏁
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Surly I’m not the only one happy to see @PierroooRolland back at the front of big time bike racing. 👏👏.
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So pumped for @SimoClarke ‘s big ride today @Amstelgoldrace! The whole @EFprocycling crew was on point today! 🎉.
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Totally in awe of the @usacycling junior men’s team. So pro. @MattRiccitello @QuinnSimmons9 @giannilamperti @michaelg903 @MagnusSheffield.
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2/2 it’s not as grave as it sounds. We’ve got top docs on it & I should be back with a bang in 2019. But for now, rest & @lavuelta on TV. 🤙.
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96 degrees & just like that I’m the guy with a bottle on his top tube. #globalwarmingishorrifying #myownworstnightmare #slice
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Thing is, when one wears pink everyday, the feeling of aging seems to disappear. #dontactyourage.
Today @alex_howes turned 31 and embarked on his THIRTEENTH season in argyle. Happy birthday, buddy! You embody the things we appreciate most about this sport and this team.
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Kisses to all those who voted for me today in the fan favorite comp here @TourofUtah. If you didn’t vote for me, kisses to you too. 😘
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My unborn child's favorite artist seems to be Dire Straights.
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The Rocky Mountains are the marrow of the earth. Thank you Colorado. 💚.
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Can’t wait to see what this guy can do this year and beyond. Already a legend on the bus and at the dinner table.
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