The doyenne classic

The spring classics are over for another year and thank goodness for ‘the doyenne’ which replenished my obsession with the events following a Milan-San Remo disrupted by snow and two rather processional cobbled classics. Liege-Bastogne-Liege took place yesterday over a slightly altered route – reassuringly changed due to road works – and the racing was excellent.

Excuse me, coming through

Dan Martin came through in the end with a perfectly executed mugging of Joaquim Rodriguez in the final few hundred metres. The normally sedate Sean Kelly was uncontrollably excitable as Dan crossed the line: he said ‘yes!’ with all of his worldly emotion while commentating for Eurosport. 

A classic year?

Spring is definitely in the air at the moment after what seems like months of winter, it's finally feeling a bit warmer.
And, of course, the spring classics are in full flow. I was pleased to see somebody other than the nailed on favourite win the Amstel Gold yesterday. The racing was much more enjoyable than the fayre we were served up at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

Amazing performance from Cancellara but surely the other riders have got to take the race to him and disrupt his plan?
Still, there's the Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday and Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday to look forward to before the big tour stuff starts.
Not a classic year for the classics yet!