Le. Tour. De. France.
The reason these elbow and collarbone injuries are such a big deal is that you actually spend a lot of time with your weight on the handlebars.
Today’s 112 mile stage from Chambery to Gap has the one category 1 climb that might change things but is unlikely to since everyone seems to be writing their Champs Elysees scripts and excuses.
Unless Schleck uses it to drop Contador which he keeps threatening to do.
As I mentioned way back a week ago the problem with unlimited racing formulas is that small time gaps tend to magnify and there are not a lot of what NASCAR types call ‘passing opportunities’. Now sometimes there are flaming chunks of twisted metal and the prospect of seeing that live may suit your Madam Defarge sensibilities and will certainly cement your revolutionary credentials on sport.
If it were popular like the World Cup everyone would be watching.
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I salute George who took the best franchise in sports history which was losing money and languishing in neglect and turned them into predictable profitable winners because he cared about winning more than he did about money.
Don’t bring it on the water if you’re worried about losing it over the side.