
It started with Thibaut Pinot, heartbroken after stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia to Crans-Montana, where the Groupama-FDJ rider ended up on the losing end of a three-rider mind game and described EF Education-EasyPost's Alex Cepeda as "a big thorn" in his side and rode against him.
On Sunday, the resentment spilled over onto social media with EF-EasyPost boss Jonathan Vaughters, and Pinot's reply, starting a lengthy thread of insults between fans that drew in none other than Lance Armstrong.