Pro-cycling thread

More insufferable you mean.

Changing of the guard. Great to see Sagan TT away with it.

From 30km as well!

i'd like to say hats off to irmanol erviti - tops name and in the break for 220 k's ... then hung in for a top ten ... and .. never shirked his work on the front and on the climbs ... good lad

did Sagan do a deal with Kwaito to give him the win at E3 in exchange for help at the tough end in Flanders?

Kwaito started the crucial move to distance cancellara and did loads of work when stannard was already up the road. Either bridging to stannard in some super aggressive tactics or...?

Am I being a conspiracy theorist?

I almost felt sorry for Cancellara. I must be going soft. Great to see Sagan prove @andyp punditry right and in style too.

@sumo I think he didn't look happy because it was still sinking in. Winning a race like this for the first time is a real monument...

(Groan)

Sagan baby fist pump

i remember @andyp's (very) early comments about Sagan, so glad he's been proven (very) wrong ;-) xxx

Great to see Sagan prove @andyp punditry right and in style too.

Er?

andyp:

Personally I think Cancellara will win, it's his last Ronde, he's on form and he's the type of rider who's not going to want any regrets afterwards.

Yeah ITV really have it best, if Eurosport could get those three for the spring that'd be ideal.

What have these idiots got to do with spring? Kelly really woke up on that one earlier today.

Louison Bobet
Rik Van Looy
Eddy Merckx
Tom Boonen
Peter Sagan

Er..?

1 + 1 = 5

Sagan is the first World Champion to win RVV since lunchtime

Sagan this year way less ripped/cut than he was last year. weight loss not everything

Fabs wasn't with him at the selection point. That probably helped.

Kwiat gave Sagan such a helping hand, then totally disappeared.

Do a World Champions get a special handshake?

Trianglular handshakes.

Hmmm conspiracy theories I like! Sagan pulls for Kwia in E3, Kwia helps Sagan to first monument in return for help in the Ardennes #tinfoilhat

Sagan might ride Amstel*, but that'll be it for the hilly spring classics.

*which is not an Ardennes classic, as it's not in the Ardennes.

Great result for Rowe today. Surely Sky have to ride for him in Paris Roubaix?

Also, Cancellara on the last climb of the Oude Kwaremont was insane. Going past world class riders like they were doing a sportive.

I'm calling Cancellara for Roubaix.

Moto doping ja?