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"I do not like it" - Attila Valter left unimpressed by Thomas De Gendt's social media joke
CyclingThursday, 09 May 2024 at 15:00
On stage 5 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Hungarian National Champion Attila Valter was one of a number of Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders to hit the deck. As such, the 25-year-old wasn't in the mood for jokes afterwards.
Posting a picture of a fallen Valter on his official X (Twitter) account, Lotto Dstny's Thomas De Gendt captioned the image "Wie valter", a play on words, using the name of the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider, which translates in English to "Who falls?"
Seeing this, Valter himself was left unimpressed and made sure that De Gendt knew so. "It’s a joke with your name. Your dutch teammates will explain," the Belgian stage hunter responded to a questioning smiley face by Valter. "They explained. I don’t like it."
De Gendt is known as something of a jokester on his social media channels, previously retweeting images of Team Visma | Lease a Bike's striking time-trial helmet and assessing he'd made the right call to retire at the end of this season.
They explained. I don’t like it
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