E3 Harelbeke - Give him an inch and he'll take a mile

I may only be a Fantasy Cyling team manager, but if I was a real team manager, there is one piece of advice that I would give my boys before they left the bus in the morning, "Don't let Cancellara get away on his own".  Unless I was Cancellara's team manager - whoever that is now that Johan Bruneel has been ditched - in which case I would say "Just get a gap and time trial to the finish Fabian". When Spartacus decides to go, there doesn't seem to anyone able to stop him.  So with about 35km to go, he went. And he pulled out a nice gap by the line.

There was no lack of class in the chase group, and despite a plucky attempt to catch him, they had to settle for fighting it out for second - which went to Peter Sagan ahead of his former team-mate Daniel OSS and Geriant Thomas.

There was a pretty large helping of Bile Beans in the top ten today. A good score for me, but the Kloefekappers did nicely too.

Bile Beans    85

Kloefekappers     71

Enrico 666    71

Rouleurs    71

Evil Chanbots    70

Fulgas    61

Bodged Blaggards  60

Synergy    51

Vicarious victors   43

Caffe Americano   43

Mungo    40

In the overall I'm the Kloefekappers are still out in front, but the Bile Beans are not far, behind.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		KLOEFEKAPPERS	Jan Van Belleghem	239
2		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	235
3		ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	215
4		Evil Chanbots	Danny Chan	200
5		Rouleurs	tdm911	190
6		synergy	Adrian Leggett	161
7		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	159
8		vicarious victors	eddy wu	131
9		Caffe Americano	Sherwood	124
10		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	113
11		Bodged blaggards!	Warwick Anderson	82

Next on the menu is Ghent-Wevelgem, which is usually one for the sprinters.  Is it worth swapping in a few fast finishers into the team?  I made a drunken substitution last night, I hope it works out.