Team Quickstep rider Steven De Jongh pedaled his DeFeet socks across the line ahead of everyone else to win last weekend's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. That's a race that always gave me the willys. Even the name sounds nasty. With the timing on the calendar and where it takes place, there's always the chance it can get ugly.

Plus, you have to deal with some really hard-core guys getting steamed up for the Spring classics. All you racers out there, take a good long look at the quote from the race winner. There's a special lesson in it you should get a good grasp on:

"Sometimes you need to be an asshole and sit on the wheel of someone."

- Steven De Jongh explains how team tactics made him sit behind Rabobank's Sebastian Langeveld.