Revenge is best tasted with a cold glass of champers

If there is one thing Tinkoff-Saxo boss Oleg Tinkov brings to cycling it is trash talk on social media. When he's not firing off shots at race organisers and insulting the French, he's targetting the performance of his rivals.

Astana celebrate taking a hard fought stage win and the overall lead at the Vuelta a España (Supplied) Source: Supplied

Astana were incredible at the Giro d'Italia, won by Oleg's Tinkoff-Saxo pistolero Alberto Contador, not so good at the Tour de France, and was nowhere to be seen over the first 10 days of racing at the Vuelta a Espana, so naturally the Kazakh squad became a piñata for Oleg's party of one...

But Oleg spoke too soon, because on Stage 11, the hardest of this year's Vuelta, this happened...

Astana's Mikel Landa wins Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España (Sirotti) Source: Sirotti

And also this...

Astana'sFabio Aru celebrates on the podium after taking the race lead after the 11th Stage of the Vuelta a España (Getty) Source: Getty Images

Which then led to this...

@olegtinkov pic.twitter.com/vR5D96wfQ8 — Astana Pro Team (@AstanaTeam) September 3, 2015

Astana 1 - Oleg 0...