Take it to the streets they say when time comes to protest.
  
  Well, the complete opposite happened, or rather has been happening for the past few days.
  It all started in a sunny day in Germany (or did it??) when riders just refused to go on the road for a Germany Tour stage. Ever since, races all over the world have been delayed, some didn't even happen. Bosses have been going crazy, fans left empty handed, and OCM officials swimming around in a cauldron over the fire.
  
  But "what the hell is going on?" asked an angry fan to one of our reports on the roads of Netherlands.
  
  Well, there is still some fuzziness about it. A kind of mist hanging in the air blocking the whole picture. It's like somehow the clouds came down to hide the real truth of the matter.
  
  We sent out all our reporters in search of the truth. Even some of our deep undercover operatives were forced into action to find out the real deal behind these actions. And even now that we know what is going on, we still don't quite know what set off this chain of events.
  
  All over the world managers have been talking about. Some must have know the real story, but only gave glimpses of the truth, others must have been too drunk to even know what they were saying.
  
  Things are slowly going back to normal. There are still some delays, but mostly due to organization issues rather than the riders. The OCM tour staff are just struggling to get to places on time still recovering from all that backed up work.
  
  But going back to our fan from the Netherlands, what's the story?
  
  A few names have arisen to the spotlight. Gregory Levis is supposed to be linked to it.
  The Equipo Easy On rider injured himself badly after crashing into a photographer on the Prologue into Germany. Slowly pacing himself to the finish, he was taken to hospital and told advised to go home. But an OCM official is said to have been to Levis' room and threatened to expel him from the

OCM circuit if he quit. OCM had apparently done a deal with the Cayman Islands tourism board and it stated Levis had to finish the Tour, or severe financial action would be taken against OCM.
  
  Vasco Assis from redop was one of the first to rise up and call out a strike. Or at least it looks like that.
  "The reasons have been there for a long time, and we just could not take it any more..." ; "We could not let it happen for any longer, we have rights and we stand for them!" Said the man from Portugal.
  
  Also on the same wave length, Halbert Helferich from johny2 spoke against OCM and team bosses in general."The forced finishing while injured was just one of the many insults to riders rights. We the riders need to be heard.
  There are managers who let us race and race and race without getting any rest. Other managers just see us as moneymakers. Good for a job or 2 and then releasing us again. Even some managers do not respect the 1 month contracts. We call it slave trafficking organised by the evil F5 company. On top of that our manager ordered a tactical retreat to div 8. Div 8 is for retired riders and newly amateurs."
  
  
  "Gregory Levis’ injury was probably just the spark which caused the explosion, I think. OCM officials just accepted the strike, on the first moments. It was something big, unexpected. My riders were extremely serious then. They talked only with his team mates, and used their laptops with secrecy. They were sending and receiving lots of emails. When day 77 arrived (Strike: Day 2), TV was reporting the strike, and the riders never touched the bikes." said Holger Czukay from Asymm Project.
  
  Having a strike and not much to write about, some colourful publication started poking around for stories.
  
  After a newspaper printed a grim story of theft and shady dealings, Royals boss Finz resigned and the riders all moved away, leaving the team with no one at the helm and only a bunch of poor amateurs who really have nowhere else to

go.
  
  Also on strike but for other reasons (or maybe just added 1 and 2 and went for it), riders from THE DUTCHIES refused to take part in racing and help Henry Lampkin and Sancho Bricenos in races. According to our sources, the main reason for this was apparently a wild night or sex, drugs and debauchery in the hills of Italy were the duo attended a party the day before a race. One of the teams mates is quoted to have said "Now you have to choose we will not ride anymore races for those two Casanovas"
  
  On the wake of this, the two riders look like leaving the team for good in the very near future.
  
  Among other stories, there is a grim rumour of race fixing by Mefistophulus of Faustus, involving a member of cult band ZZ Top, and even bribery and kidnapping by Bywater CT.
  
  These rumours are yet to be confirmed, but OCM is said to be investigating them.
  
  After all this confusion, many police raids, a lot of fist fighting and many races unresolved, OCM boss Nick Lissner stepped up to defend his organization, but on a very surprising twist, he sided with many of the riders demanding chances.
  And boy, did changes come.
  
  To start off with, there was a complete overhaul of the OCM structure. Some fired directors, others hanging on but with the police on their heels and, most importantly, an immediate rule change that no rider could be forced to ride injured. Apparently, OCM organization had no official knowledge of the Levis incident and it was all a "private" deal involving probably the same organization that has been linked with the Faustus affair: This organization reportedly called F5, is said to run a worldwide network of human trafficking, prostitution, drugs and 5 cent coin forgery.
  
  With things still only starting to get to normal, the world championships could be the event needed to close this dark chapter in OCM history.
  
  In the words of Holger Czukay from Asymm Project, “What a week!"