Resuming domestique duties 
...we've raced away from the broom wagon that is a miserable winter and the dudes are up and racing on the Continent.
Milan-San Remo is first up with Cav looking to get his first race win of the season and with Petacchi and Renshawe in his lead out train (and one climb removed for safety reasons) this is where he could do it. It's live on Eurosport with highlights on Euro and Sky.
There are six other one-day classics before the Irish Giro in May, so rather than doing all the research, I'd commissioned the Beeb to do it for me!
So here is a nifty guide to all of them in one easy go
The Irish Giro may get a bit of pure local interest traffic, so I'd started a new thread just for that celebration of all that is green, lycra and on two thin wheels, here...The Irish Giro
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MN Pro-Cycling Peloton - Spring Time Classics!! Starting with Milan-San Remo Sunday 23rd March
PansBigChainring · 22/03/2014 10:41
Jeeez. 
Oh and it's raining, and cold. Not good for the sprinters.
I do NOT like that wet tarmac at the end.
It all looks awesome on my new shiny HD TV though. Because of the overall interest in cycling now and the lovely G being a contender S4C covered Paris-Nice, I cannot say how bizarre the commentary sounded in Welsh .
Did you see Cancellara's comments on the Paris-Roubaix and Wiggo? I initially looked at the article for the lovely pictures but actually the words were quite good too . Do you think Cancellara is scared?
I know I remember hearing my H on the phone to his mum when I first met him burbling on in an alien tongue then the words 'magic carpet' and then on with the burbling . Conversley there are some Welsh words it would take a paragraph of english to even start to convey the meaning. It's a very weird language. My sons are all equally fluent in both languages and it's insane watching them speak it when I don't really understand.
Those tiny little seat mudguards are a tad optimistic looking at the weather. It does not look at all fun today, poor riders. Still at least it isn't snowing this year!
I always get twitchy watching the wet down hilling. I've lost the rear wheel in the wet and using brakes on the way to work a few times - so going pretty slowly - I'll trust they know what they're doing.
Dunno, Wiggo wasn't so awesome last year down hill in the wet was he?
Oooh, what's going to happen, I want a good sprint finish or Spartacus using his lovely thighs to speed past everyone whilst looking like he's out for a Sunday ride.
Not just Cancellara's but they are quite fine 
I love this bit, nothing is decided all those hours in the saddle and yet the game is still on. Best sport ever.
Cancellara not looking pleased with that .
Right well apparently WW3 has kicked off in the boys room, back to being a parent. Humph.
You could see Cav was freezing on the coverage, you're right, I bet his body just didn't have it in there to go any faster after that. Poor Cav. 2 in the top 5 and it was a bit of a disappointment one of ours didn't win, yes can't imagine that 10 years ago . Weirdest coverage language was watching the end of the tour when we were on holiday and I think it was Stephen Roche doing the commentary, I can't understand his accent at the best of times but he was commentating in Italian! Cav won that day though so it was good .
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I know, thank goodness for the Sky+ box. I record the races then hog the TV in the evenings.
The race I look forward to most of the Classics is Paris-Roubaix. The combination of mud & cobbles makes for fun viewing, but probably not much fun riding
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