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Rann Armstrong 2010 Love In

With a sag in the polls, SA Premier "Iron" Mike Rann unveiled a blockbuster new team to lead South Australia into a new era with the pairing of Lance "Tough as Nails" Armstrong with Rann for the 2010 Election.

Their first election event was held earlier today as Mike "I single handedly brought Lance back into competitive cycling here in South Australia" Rann revealed his secret plan and clever tricks to dump Grumpy Kevin Foley as his partner for the duping of the South Australian electorate in a years time.

Labor of Love Not!

Lance mania kicks in for the next two weeks. You would think that it was Paris Hilton, the way the non stop coverage is going. Nothing personal Lance, but I am bored already.

Bigger Better More Tour Down Under

This year the Tour Down Under professional cycling event held here in South Australia is higher profile with official UCI accreditation. This the first time that the professional tour has held an event outside Europe. All the big teams are here with their outrageously expensive carbon fibre contraptions and well honed human speed machines to pilot them.

I still wonder about cycling. All that expensive gear just to haul your way up the hills, weave through traffic and generally exhaust yourself. Not for me, lazy person that I am. My colleague is doing the amateur race tomorrow on sections of road that to my way of thinking are really designed for powered vehicles. Good luck to him. One of my other colleagues is going to watch it on Friday. I asked him why he would give up a day of work to see a bunch of young athletes whizz by in 30 seconds. That is what his partner did yesterday. At least it is free to enter.

I love the Tour De France, which they show live late at night here in Australia. So scenic. Great to participate in the event from afar and on the couch.

It reminded me of one of my first blog posts, which still holds true. I am those people except without the bike and the skin tight clothes.

Adelaide has many great sports events and the Tour Down Under is just one. Tomorrow is the fourth cricket test between Australia and India. My work task for the next two days is to drink beer and watch the cricket with some clients. Now that is my kind of sport.

Drug and Doping Cheats Spoil Cyclings Greatest Prize

After staying up late to see Thomas Rasmussen win the latest stage of The Drug Addled, Doping, Performance Enhancing Chemicals Tour of France by Bicycle, last night, I was more than a little surprised to read this this morning. He had been virtually annointed as the winner and the next thing, he is completely gone.

It really devalues the eventual winner.