2014 Pro-cycling season thread

Some excellent writing by Inrng as per usual

"As the crashes kept falling the bunch was nervous in another way too, it refused to let the lead group get much of a lead. Six minutes was all Phinney and Impey would get. Behind OPQS seemed to be on the front all the time, their tall riders resembling pallbearers with their sombre kit and stoic faces. But as much as we saw OPQS we hardly saw Boonen, Niki Terpstra and Zdeněk Štybar who were well hidden behind their workers. Little did the team know they were the ones who’d be buried alive later on."

http://inrng.com/2014/04/the-moment-the-race-was-won-the-tour-of-flanders/

Too many black/dark kits in the Peloton lately, i find it hard to tell 'em all apart these days.