Gerrans Licks 'Em at Liege

I have to admit, I've not managed to watch a lot of the Classics this year. Annoying inconveniences like work, trips to the shops and the most annoying of all, a trip to church last weekend, have all hampered my viewing pleasure. But as luck would have it, Mrs Pance had a baby yesterday, meaning that I could catch Liege-Bastogne-Leige today while sitting in the hospital and pretending to watch the boy.

Shame it was a bit of a snooze-fest then. Once again there were some breaks and such - Matteo Bono was away for much of the race but he still hasn't found the big win he's looking for - however, as tends to be the case at Liege, it all came down to the last climb. For a little while it looked like Dan Martin might pull off a repeat victory. Then he fell off on the last corner.  

It was left to Valverde and Gerrans to fight it out for the win and for once the Australian Champion got the better of the Spaniard.

A clean sweep of the podium left me feeling pretty pleased with myself and sure enough, when the scores went up, the Bile Beans came out on top.

League Standings - Race 11

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1	168
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	2	138
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	3	138
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	4	128
	Rouleurs	tdm911	5	96
	Evil Chicken Bots	King Chicken	6	82
	Only here to have the P taken	Drew	7	64
	WACA`s wilters	Warwick Anderson	8	58
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	9	0

And a win in the overall (for the second year in a row I might add) made me feel exceedingly pleased with myself. Some might even say smug.

League Standings - Overall

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	1	1029
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	989
	Rouleurs	tdm911	3	925
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	4	892
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	5	860
	WACA`s wilters	Warwick Anderson	6	599
	Only here to have the P taken	Drew	7	575
	Evil Chicken Bots	King Chicken	8	468
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	9	132

So, Leige-Bastogne-Lieige brings the fun of the Fantasy Classics season to an end. Don't worry though, the Giro D'Italia is just around the corner and the big guns will be starting in the most Italian of all cities, Belfast.