The men’s and women’s editions of the Tour of Flanders produced some enthralling racing on Sunday.
Lizzie Armitstead narrowly edged out Emma Johansson in the women's race, while Peter Sagan claimed a supreme solo victory in the men's edition.
Here, we discuss the main talking points…
Sagan looks better than ever
Could Sagan be at his peak? At 26 years old and with possibly another eight to 10 seasons of racing ahead of him, it would be bold to say that he definitely is.
But given that he now has two wins and eight podiums this year, given the way he cruised up the notorious cobbled climbs of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg on Sunday without so much as a grimace on his face, and given the way he held off the combined efforts of Fabian Cancellara and Sep Vanmarcke on the flat run to the finish to triumph by a comfortable 25 seconds, it's difficult to see how and where he could get any better.
If the world champion completes the double at Paris-Roubaix next Sunday, we can surely say his potential has been 100 per cent fulfilled.
And is Armitstead at her peak?
With four wins from her six races this season, not a sign of the 'Curse of the Rainbow Jersey' to be seen and rivals seemingly powerless to beat her, world champion Armitstead makes an even more impressive case for being at her peak than Sagan.
Physically, her dominance over the rest of the peloton is plain to see in the ease with which she initiates or chases down attacks (as she did on Sunday) and in the way she almost always figures in the final dash for the finish line, usually crossing it first (as she did on Sunday).
But perhaps even more telling is her mental strength and determination, both of which are currently at daunting levels. Not only has she self-coached herself to become the undisputed No 1 rider of the world, but she also has a knack of producing her very best performances on the biggest stages.
Armitstead's ultimate test will come at the Rio Olympics in August, and on current evidence, anything but gold would be a surprise.
Cancellara got his tactics wrong
It's not often you can accuse Cancellara of getting his tactics wrong, but on Sunday there was a credible case.
With a record-breaking fourth victory in his final Tour of Flanders appearance beckoning, the Swiss great made a crucial and ultimately fatal error when he allowed Sagan to escape up the road alongside Michal Kwiatkowski with 33km to go.
In seasons past he could be forgiven for allowing Sagan to go clear, but this year, with the world champion looking so strong, it was a risk Cancellara should not have taken.
But he did, and he then compounded the oversight by opting not to follow Vanmarcke in bridging across to the front two.
Perhaps he was fooled by the fact Sagan and Kwiatkowski's move came on a false flat rather than on the Oude Kwaremont or the Paterberg, or maybe he had too much faith in the ability of both his own and rival teams to chase them down.
Either way, in that moment he surrendered Flanders history.
What has happened to Etixx - Quick-Step?
For arguably the strongest classics team in cycling, Etixx - Quick-Step's spring is turning into somewhat of a disaster.
They are winless so far and the only time they threatened a victory was when Zdenek Stybar finished a well-beaten second to Cancellara at Strade Bianche last month.
Their problems were encapsulated at the Tour of Flanders: Niki Terpstra and Stybar weren't at their best, 35-year-old Tom Boonen wasn't the force he once was and no one else in the team's core classics squad emerged to fill the void.
Win Paris-Roubaix next Sunday and their spring will be salvaged, but if not, their cobbles campaign will be one for the scrapheap.