patnicholls
20th April 2010, 01:02
So, hot on the heels that @TwitGP is going to take the place of the Japanese GP this weekend in the wake of the, er, volcanic ash cloud currently preventing lots of flights out of Europe:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2010/April/april19-Motegi-MotoGP-replaced-by-internet-phenomenon-TwitGP/
Let's follow up with a useful list of some bike racing folk who you can follow on Twitter: (search by the name given or just http://www.twitter.com/eugenelaverty for example - most are self-explanatory who they are)
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MotoGP, Moto2 and 125
Davide_Brivio - Fiat Yamaha boss
fiatyamahateam
TeamAspar
Alex__Briggs - Aussie Mechanic for Valentino
LambrettaRacing
BatiFans - fan page for Alvaro Bautista
NickyHayden69
box_repsol - something to do with Repsol Honda
robertinopietri
lorenzo99
BradleySmith38
BenSpies11
Press/PR/former riders
TwitGP - TwitGP weekend of 24th/25th April
TwitGPpr - TwitGP weekend of 24th/25th April
suziperry - ex BBC MotoGP presenter
tobymoody - Eurosport MotoGP commentator
Spalders - Neil Spalding, MCN and Eurosport technical expert
MotoGPJules - Julian Ryder of Eurosport
Alex_66 - Alex Hoffman
motomatters - Kropotkin's excellent site
mattnroberts - BBC MotoGP reporter
carlfogarty
MatMladin
alexbarrosrider
didierddr - Didier de Radigues
World Superbikes & Supersport
andrewpitt88
realleonhaslam
67Shakey
jonathanrea
leoncamier
eugenelaverty
chazdavies
GinoRea
British Superbikes
racingellison - James Ellison
JLAV - John Laverty
stuarteaston
MichaelLaverty
JoshBrookes
AMA
BenBostrom
JakeZemke
hayes131 - Josh Hayes
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I may add to these and eventually incorporate them into the 'official sites' thread. I'd say Twitter is mostly a bit of fun, sometimes the quickest source of news, but not really a substitute for proper journalism or watching races!
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2010/April/april19-Motegi-MotoGP-replaced-by-internet-phenomenon-TwitGP/
Let's follow up with a useful list of some bike racing folk who you can follow on Twitter: (search by the name given or just http://www.twitter.com/eugenelaverty for example - most are self-explanatory who they are)
-----
MotoGP, Moto2 and 125
Davide_Brivio - Fiat Yamaha boss
fiatyamahateam
TeamAspar
Alex__Briggs - Aussie Mechanic for Valentino
LambrettaRacing
BatiFans - fan page for Alvaro Bautista
NickyHayden69
box_repsol - something to do with Repsol Honda
robertinopietri
lorenzo99
BradleySmith38
BenSpies11
Press/PR/former riders
TwitGP - TwitGP weekend of 24th/25th April
TwitGPpr - TwitGP weekend of 24th/25th April
suziperry - ex BBC MotoGP presenter
tobymoody - Eurosport MotoGP commentator
Spalders - Neil Spalding, MCN and Eurosport technical expert
MotoGPJules - Julian Ryder of Eurosport
Alex_66 - Alex Hoffman
motomatters - Kropotkin's excellent site
mattnroberts - BBC MotoGP reporter
carlfogarty
MatMladin
alexbarrosrider
didierddr - Didier de Radigues
World Superbikes & Supersport
andrewpitt88
realleonhaslam
67Shakey
jonathanrea
leoncamier
eugenelaverty
chazdavies
GinoRea
British Superbikes
racingellison - James Ellison
JLAV - John Laverty
stuarteaston
MichaelLaverty
JoshBrookes
AMA
BenBostrom
JakeZemke
hayes131 - Josh Hayes
--
I may add to these and eventually incorporate them into the 'official sites' thread. I'd say Twitter is mostly a bit of fun, sometimes the quickest source of news, but not really a substitute for proper journalism or watching races!