Pro-cycling thread

Betancur still huge though! Ben swift in shorts too... Northern

Yeh would be great if wellens got it. Always attacking

Sky with multiple riders at the front in a spring race? Might need to recheck my stream.

Ans should be renamed 'anus'. Horrible place

Come on Bardet! Then they can play the song.

I like Sky's kit now. The broad white and blue bits make it a lot less boring.

They haven't all fallen over in the rain either.

Have a moan about how the classics are horrible, a waste of time, but then go on to win thing. I love the man.

You leave Hinault alone!

Excellent Banana-skin glove attempt by Poels there.

Ignore

Oof, he celebrated a bit early then, thought he was going to get pipped.

Wow - brutal day. Well done Poels. Felt Albasini deserved it, but he did too much in the finale.

Well-timed final move

Does that mean I called it? Nice move by Wout.

Okay, I've had my fill of one-day races. Bring on the Giro!

Thought the sly old dog Rui Costa might nab it. #nevervalverde

Thought rui costa may have taken it... Pleased he didn't

Perfect timing Wout - FA cup about to kick off - thank god it wasn't Valverde.

The others played Albasini like a fiddle. He was clearly the strongest so they let him show it.

I loved how Poels sat up and took off his gloves at 2k from the finish. And he dared to take on the sprint from the front. Well done, much proud of the first Dutchie to win this since 28 years.

I bet any remaining Rapha shadow jerseys sell out tonight...

All monuments so far won by first time winners.

I think Sky deserved that, their tactics this spring have been much improved and they've used their strength in depth aggressively rather than defensively. I think they've the best record of any team in the monuments this spring, 2nd, 5th, 3rd and 1st.