There's nothing more boring than watching a road race. Stand around waiting for some dopey buggers to careen across the finish line, watch the pretty girls kiss the winner, then off to the pub.

It's even worse when there's a big breakaway. One rider crosses line 10 inutes ahead of chase group. Waiting... waiting... chase group of three cross the line 7 minutes ahead of the main bunch... waiting... waiting... doctor attends to solo breakaway rider... waiting... main bunch stroll over the line. Now we can get to the pub