For three weeks, the splendid landscapes, roads, cities, and people of France were brought to us through the amazing Tour.
Last Sunday, a naïve newcomer finished first place —winning both the white and the yellow jerseys—, after a handful of veterans were, one by one, expelled due to lack of sportsmanship and fair racing. Though Contador won with his own merit, it felt a bit like it happened by default, and it shouldn’t have felt like so.
The extent which riders are willing to go just to win is scary. Yet scarier is the wide acceptance of this —not just in bicycling, but in many other sports as well. Frankly, winning is too overrated, leaving good and exciting competition as a thing of the past. Winning no matter what, I think, is dishonest and unethical —and bad karma. Nevertheless, it looked as though the organizers are being stricter in an attempt to save the event because, with these kind of incidents and the readiness of participants to go around the rules, Le Tour is doomed.
But, we’ll always have Paris…
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