Tour of Flanders team video round-up - behind the scenes at last Sunday's race

Last Sunday's Tour of Flanders, won by Trek Factory Racing's Fabian Cancellara, kicked off one of the most eagerly anticipated weeks of the cycling year, with Paris-Roubaix bringing it to a close tomorrow. Ahead of that, here's a behind-the-scenes look at last weekend's race through videos from IAM Cycling, Orica-GreenEdge, and Omega Pharma-Quick Step.

In the first, Martin Elmiger and Roger Kluge of the Swiss UCI Professional Continental outfit IAM Cycling talk to team partner Muc Off about the challenges riders face on the Tour of Flanders, with Elmiger also explaining how his race came to a premature end.

IAM Cycling at the Ronde van Vlaanderen from Muc-Off Media. on Vimeo.

Orica-GreenEdge’s latest Backstage Pass video includes the eve of race team briefing, a rider’s point-of-view of the sign-on filmed through a helmet-cam sported by Canadian Svein Tuft, and how the race unfolded for the Australian team. The film was put together by its sports director, Matt Wilson.

Here’s the full-length video of that helmet-cam footage, which shows a couple of things  - how far it is from the team buses to the sign-on area, and the huge crowds the race gets for the start in Bruges. The rider is the Canadian, Svein Tuft.

Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s video follows team staff as they supply the riders with food and drink during the 259km race – there’s a certain art to handing out three musettes within a couple of seconds as the peloton speeds by – then settle down to watch the finale. Silence underlines the collective disappointment at Stijn Vanderbergh finishing fourth and missing out on a podium place.