Nice Mohawk Tadej. Mathieu Is Looking For Inspiration

forced to look miserable riding in pouring rain when you should be at the beach...

ggwp milo🫶🫶 you deserved that sparkly cape for sure. always feel free to reach out to me and talk cycling anytime :)

cycling fic rec list

basically everyone can ignore this, but as someone who got hyperfixated on professional cycling (even if I cannot ride a bike) and is now competing in cycling fanfic events, and I have just done an event for one of the 3 biggest races.

@wtfanworkclassification organised this amazing event, so massive thank you to them, so I thought i'd recommend some of the awesome fics (some stages are missing, which are the ones where I wanted to rec myself haha :)

stage 2 - magic au

“Nature” decided

Wout and Mathieu are stuck together. literally.

General

Mathieu/Wout, background tadej/jonas

I decided magic doesn’t work on jonas

1/1 - 503

stage 4 - mutual pining

E stands for… evenepoel

wout/remco

“I was just talking to Julian.”

“Remco.” Wout is not sure if he should laugh or be concerned.

“Hm?”

“Your screen. It’s turned off.”

Wout and Remco go to a rave. E stands for ecstasy Evenepoel

Mature

wout/remco

Fluff

1/1 - 1317

stage 6 - accidental baby acquisition

A nature break with a purpose

Edo & Wout

“Edo, what is this?”

A pudgy hand reached out and Wout smiled, cheeks and the corners of his eyes crinkling in brief adoration. “Hello, little one,” he cooed, reaching out his own hand and letting the infant grab onto his pointer finger with her whole hand

[or, Edo and Wout (and the adjacent rest of VLAB) become fathers. For VAEFC2024]

General

Edo & Wout

Accidental Baby Acquisition

1/1 - 1165

stage 8 - guilt

You are lucky you’re my boufriend

sepp/adam

I thought I was getting better

But Visma doesn’t want me at half health and I get that

But are you getting better

I don’t know

[or, the lieutenant boyfriends text throughout the length of the 2024 Tour de France. For VAEFC2024]

General

sepp/adam

Texting

1/1 - 900

stage 9 - 5 things

It only counts in Paris

tadej/jonas

Him, below on the cooldown bike, legs gelatin and Jonas, above on his muscular thighs, powerful calves, still smiling so modestly. He looked like an angel. Tadej wanted to devour him like the devil, leaving only the yellow behind for the taking.

[or, five times Tadej finished in the winner’s room and the one time he brought his victory to his own room. FOR VAEFC2024]

Mature

tadej/jonas

Tour de France

1/1 - 2053

stage 10 - accidental marriage

What happens in Monaco never stays in Monaco

wout/jonas, remco/mathieu

Remco smiled out of confusion, throwing up his hands. “Who? Was it, I don’t know, Wout Van Aert? Another cyclocrosser? Even fucking-”

His jaw set at Mathieu’s guilty expression. “You are married to Wout van Aert. The Wout van Aert.”

[or, Wout and Mathieu have to come clean to their boyfriends. For VAEFC2024.] 

Teen

wout/jonas, remco/mathieu

I can’t be mean to them

1/1 - 1469

stage 11 - patience

The wait/weight of a dying man

Sepp & primoz

“Go race Ben. Have some patience.”

“I-” Primoz went to retort, but nothing came out. He has had too much patience for one man to bear.

[or, Primoz can’t wait on himself much longer. For VAEFC2024.]

Teen

Sepp & primoz

Waiting

1/1 - 1320

stage 12 - take your fandom to work au

I hope this email finds you well

tadej/jonas

Get a glimpse into the daily life of TDF’s Slovenia based, busy as a bee Administrative HR team!

“Hello, subhuman resources, Jasper speaking”

Tadej wants to say hi but only manages to cough, right after his mic connects,

“Hey, uh. Sorry.”

“Lovesick much today?”

Not rated

tadej/jonas

Alternate universe - office

1/1 - 1543

stage 16 - huddling for warmth

Cervelo versus colnago

sepp/adam

He realised it was just Sepp, standing ominously in the doorway. “What do you want now?” He asked, swiping to another reel.

“It’s cold.”

“Thanks for the revelation,” Adam grunted.

[or, Jonas and Tadej set up their lieutenants, but things don’t go to plan when a snowstorm comes through. For VAEFC2024.]

Teen

sepp/adam

1/1 - 1798

stage 18 - escape

“I’ll leave a light on”

wout/mathieu

!!! detailed mentions of Wout’s crash in DDV + a lot of angst in general !!!

When Wout falls in DDV, Mathieu begins to understand how important Wout really is to him. In the Vuelta, he is there when Wout needs him the most.

“I will keep you safe, you hear me, I will go to fucking Lourdes if I have to. But you will be fucking safe.” he whispers more to any fate-related entity than to Wout.

Really a fic to try and comfort myself, but also for everyone out there who needs it.

Not rated

wout/mathieu

1/1 - 2550

Saitama Criterium 2022 💛 race

JONAS WTF

good morning freak nation (cycling rpf). i bear some troubling news

the cycling rpf tag on ao3 has been DEAD and this is unacceptable guys. like i cannot be the only person churning out new fics every 2-3 business days. wake the fuck up freak nation we’re Better than this

if anyone (18+ mandated) wishes to Join the fucking insanity known as purrgatory known as a void to scream into, reach out to me. it is Cycling RPF based but we tap about a lot of other things too.

you WILL be stuck there once you join bc i need some more friends, i’m an amazing person, we talk about gay european men on bikes, and we have really fun colors. we also have gayboy emoji for mvdp bigfans. and a few others. We are Cool. Trust

reach out to me in my dms or in comments, and we’ll get it sorted out😮‍💨

💞being normal isn’t an option for me with this two💞

specifically talking to cycling rpf: why do any of them continue to repeat the cycle

i am TIRED of the cycle repeating. *repeats the cycle*

owo u might know me as Atticsalt on Ao3, ive come to bother you on another platform

Soon ill just start appearing in your nightmares

Write more stuff, im holding Jesus hostage

(im sick so i have a weak threat game but it will be back)

i need you to leave me aloneeee (i’ve uploaded like. 6 other works to ao3 since lonely soul)

now how on earth do i use this shit

he just did the remcheer i will NEVER be recovering i’m afraid. mathieu and his boytoys plural