Is anyone else as pissed off about this whole thing as I am? Ulrich? Basso? Manceba? Beloki? Is there any high profile rider not implicated? Even Vinokourov is being punished by this scandal. The guy is clean, but his whole fucking team is pulling out. I don't like this guilty until proven innocent crapola. Let them ride, if anything comes up, pull 'em mid-race.
The one up side is that the entire race has just opened up. I have no idea who is going to win, I don't even know who is going to do well. There are some "favorites" according to the various sports news agencies, but none of these favorites have done anything spectacular at this level.
Who's left?
Floyd Landis is getting some press.
Alejandro Valverde was praised by Armstrong as being the man to beat in future tours, lets see how he does.
Cadel Evans has done well in recent years, he could be the first Australian to win.
I'm really not sure who else stands a chance.
One thing I'm really hoping for is a non-American win. An American has one 10 of the last 20 races. And this is a sport Americans don't even care for. It'd be like if we dominated the FIFA World Cup. Another interesting thing about the last 20 races is: Lance Armstrong has won 7 of them, Miguel Indurain has won 5, and Greg LeMond has won 3, between them that's 75% of the last 20 years of Le Tour de France. I think a nice spat of one time winners would be nice.
I have one last thing to say about Le Tour.
They call Soccer "The Beautiful Game." Games are for children and the weak. Sports are for men, which is why cycling is "The Beautiful Sport."
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