tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479678344451550699.post2394248501760521926..comments2019-01-12T22:37:46.676-06:00Comments on The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: RASMUSSEN OUTIndybikehiker@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15563000617922396164noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479678344451550699.post-59603792669062882662007-07-26T16:40:00.000-05:002007-07-26T16:40:00.000-05:00Bikehiker,Re. Wednesday's Historical stage,I watch...Bikehiker,<BR/>Re. Wednesday's Historical stage,<BR/>I watched the very latest replay after the Rasmussen news broke, and can't ever remember having such an eerie, dramatic feeling during a sporting event: witnessing #1,2,3,& 4 Tour riders dueling it out, "one of or the most classic battles in the history of Col de Bisque", while knowing what the announcers did not know at the time; Rasmussen was/is dirty!<BR/>It's been an historical shock-per- day this week, and I now agree with your earlier assessment: no time like the present to clean up cycleing!<BR/>Here's to new beginnings. I can only pray that Discovery Team is clean, that way the celebration this weekend of having 9 strait years of Discovery riders on the podium (and all possibly wearing yellow/possibly American!)will be all the more sweet!<BR/>What a stage, the effort by Levi, Contador & Evans, hanging with and pulling a cheater most of the way up that hill will forever be burned in my memory.<BR/>Cycleing is great, Cycleing will survive, Viva le Tour!Ron S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09846834380866252710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479678344451550699.post-7076479275088819112007-07-25T19:03:00.000-05:002007-07-25T19:03:00.000-05:00I'm happy about this. Gut feeling but I think Con...I'm happy about this. Gut feeling but I think Contador, Leip, and Evans are not only great riders in this sport but also drug free. I feel like the best and clean riders are going to win this tour. That's good. Testing and other controls have worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479678344451550699.post-25695113596658985372007-07-25T17:47:00.000-05:002007-07-25T17:47:00.000-05:00Yes, jeffrey g., there is a silver lining. Yes, h...Yes, jeffrey g., there is a silver lining. Yes, here's to hope!Indybikehiker@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563000617922396164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479678344451550699.post-49931582147931412842007-07-25T17:35:00.000-05:002007-07-25T17:35:00.000-05:00This gets sadder by the day ... I came across one ...This gets sadder by the day ... I came across one of your pre-race posts in which you were hopeful about this tour like me:<BR/><BR/>"So, with this I mind for the sake of keeping reality somewhere on the horizon, I'll reengage the Tour de France. I do so with hope at heart. It may take years for the integrity and luster of the Tour de France and professional cycling to be restored...so let the restoration begin."<BR/><BR/>Little did you know how prophetic those words have come to be. No doubt its going to take many years after this tour for restoration. Ahh! But that's what hope is all about (especially from a biblical perspective). <BR/><BR/>So here's to hope!Jeffrey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00819039093064093535noreply@blogger.com