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.
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We have followed the Tour de France for years, watching day after day for the month of July and loving every moment of it.
But it is getting harder and harder to get excited about it as one celebrates a great effort only to find out that it was drug enhanced.
The question this year is who is going to be left to win.
I was so sad to see Robbie McEwan disqualified for not making the required time. At least on the flat stages it was always exciting to wonder where he was and if he would burst out of the pack.
We are still watching but with less interest now.
jmb
Very true. Here in Australia, the locals are backing Cadel Evans. I wonder if the Scot, David Miller is still involved?
Could not agree more!
Taking the kids on saturday to Angouleme to watch it but my heart is not there!
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Sylvie
I've given up on most sports.
If they don't cheat with drugs, they cheat with technology.
Cyclists with their wanky teardrop helmets. Puke!
More carbon fibre anybody?
Special suits to slip through the air faster.
Anything to get an advantage.
If I had my way they would be given a standard 3 speed bike bought from Target or KMart, all identical.
They'd all have a standard helmet from KMart as well, and they can all wear identical cotton shirts and pants.
THEN rigorous drug testing, for a month before, every day, and every single day of the race. One transgression - OUT.
THEN we'll sort the chaps from the chaps.
And the same goes for the Olympics. Hurrrrrrrummmmph!
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