Comments on: Why The Tour de France Sucks http://norlablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/why-the-tour-de-france-sucks/ From Northwest Louisiana, A Blog Of All Subjects But An Expert At None Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:10:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wheeler http://norlablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/why-the-tour-de-france-sucks/#comment-820 wheeler Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:38:52 +0000 http://norlablog.wordpress.com/?p=235#comment-820 "Just imagine a ’shroom inspired descent down the Tourmalet hang out with the mtb crowd and you won't have to imagine. “Just imagine a ’shroom inspired descent down the Tourmalet

hang out with the mtb crowd and you won’t have to imagine.

]]> By: draftsonyou http://norlablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/why-the-tour-de-france-sucks/#comment-815 draftsonyou Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:15:23 +0000 http://norlablog.wordpress.com/?p=235#comment-815 Point taken. However, I think you can still enjoy the race. You just have to go into it with a different set of expectations. Instead of seeing it as the greatest sporting event on earth, think of it as "reality tv"....drama with pain (see Bill Strickland's blog on Ricco http://sittingin.bicycling.com/2008/07/of-course-he-wa.html). I still watch with hopeful anticipation, but I also think there can be great sport (maybe even with odds) in trying to identify who rides too well to be clean. And you talk about cahonies...you can descend an Alpine slope at 60 mph and you might lose your life, but if you get busted doping, you live in shame. Now that's risk. What I don't understand is why they ousted Boonen. I mean, coke isn't performance enhancing, is it? When these guys start using real drugs, the sport will be awesome! Just imagine a 'shroom inspired descent down the Tourmalet. Point taken. However, I think you can still enjoy the race. You just have to go into it with a different set of expectations. Instead of seeing it as the greatest sporting event on earth, think of it as “reality tv”….drama with pain (see Bill Strickland’s blog on Ricco http://sittingin.bicycling.com/2008/07/of-course-he-wa.html). I still watch with hopeful anticipation, but I also think there can be great sport (maybe even with odds) in trying to identify who rides too well to be clean. And you talk about cahonies…you can descend an Alpine slope at 60 mph and you might lose your life, but if you get busted doping, you live in shame. Now that’s risk. What I don’t understand is why they ousted Boonen. I mean, coke isn’t performance enhancing, is it? When these guys start using real drugs, the sport will be awesome! Just imagine a ’shroom inspired descent down the Tourmalet.

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