Sunshine and Light

Say it isn't so, Joe

I am Jack's raging cynicism...

So last night Michael Rasmussen, the leader of the Tour de France, was pulled from the race by his team. Supposedly for missing doping tests, but I'm not buying it. I have this suspicion somewhere deep down inside that eventually more will come out, and they'll find out that he really did some serious doping. (Hubby: "So the man spends 6 months in Mexico and suddenly he can time trial?")

As my friend Tammie puts it, it's almost not worth watching the Tour any more. Except that now it's got that train wreck quality that keeps me watching. Who's going down next? Especially with whole teams pulling out. It wasn't just Alexander Vinokourov that pulled out two days ago, but all of Astana. Yesterday Cristian Moreni returned positive results and all of Cofidis is out. It's still up in the air whether Rasmussen's team will carry on (although since he was pulled by the team on a "technicality" and not on a doping charge, they may get to stay). At this rate, the guys at the back of the field have to be getting excited about their chances.

Labels: cycling

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 7:34 AM