Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong duke it out in the 7th stage of the Tour. (pic from si.com)
Ah, the Tour de France. That bike race that we Americans only pay attention to when Lance races and when cyclists test positive. Now taking PEDs, that's something we Americans can relate to. Other than that, the world's most famous bike race is a thing for the Europeans.
Seriously, how many cyclists can you name in the tour besides Lance Armstrong? I'll bet you know Alberto Contador, and only because he's mentioned as the guy with the best chance to deny Lance of his 8th Tour victory.
But I'm glad that Lance is back in the race because it makes the average American fan, including myself, pay attention to the race. And the notoriously prickly French media and its countrymen are warming up to Lance saying that he is no longer the arrogant and cold winning machine of the past.
In my mind, cycling is very similar to race car driving. They zip around for hours and hours and the most interesting part is when there are massive crashes. Cyclist goes flying over and down a ravine? Huge pile-up that results in a car catching on fire? Now that's what I'm talking about.
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