Tag: Tour de France
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Deja Vu
Almost a year back I had written about the doping scandals that had hit the last year’s Tour De France. And I was hoping this year would be better and cleaner. But no. Team Cofidis has pulled out due to Cristian Moreni’s doping saga. The doping scandals, like Dementors, loom large over the sport I…
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Tour De France
I have tried hating this event because of all the scams and controversies. But I just can’t. I love it. These men are amongst my favorites (in order): Andreas Kloden (team pulled out) Alexander Vinokourov (doped, team pulled out) Robbie McEwen (finished outside time limit) Michael Rasmussen (doped, team fired him) Wow! Now thats some…
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Stuff that legends are made of!!
What is it with Tour De France and superhuman people and superhuman performances? Why do people suffering from excruciating pain (read Landis) or ones with near death experiences (read Armstrong) keep winning it? I mean why can’t a normal guy win it, in a normal way. This Landis chap, in lead till stage 15, goes…
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Tour-de-Farce!!
The ~3700 km long Tour-de-France, the true endurance testing event according to yours truly, has always survived the doping allegations bound to hit it due to the limits to which the human body is pushed during the event. But it seems that this year may be the beginning of the end for the great event.…