Friday, July 18, 2008

Feeling Cranky: Tour de France Thoughts

Being the opinionated cyclist that I am, you may like to know what my thoughts are on this year's Tour de France. Well, here they are...

*crickets*

Yup, I've seen all of 5 seconds worth of Tour footage via the interwebs. Nevertheless, I, like many cycling fans, have been shocked that the doping dramas continue, despite the concerted efforts of the ASO to assure a clean race. Most shocking was the revelation that Ricardo Ricco, rising Italian cycling star, was caught using the blood thickener EPO. Since then, I've read many opinion articles and op ed's about the incident. None were as sensitive, thorough, or entertaining as the following:



This concludes my obligatory Tour de France post.

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