Tour De Georgia and a Can of Worms

Salut,

At best, a dull Tour of Georgia. My only exposure to the race was indirect -the results sheet and the cyclingnews play by play. The tone of the cyclingnews.com guy was not-so-inconspicuously negative throughout the race, and I can't confirm if it was warranted or not. Given the sparse crowds, sponsorship issues, and the rapid ascension of the Tour of California, I think the clock's ticked for the TdG. The first (or second?) one was great...with Lance beating Ivan Dominguez in that sprint. It's been downhill in terms of excitement since. I think Ivan said that it was both the "best and worst moment" of his long career. Unreal. If you've seen Ivan in person...you wonder "how do you lose a sprint?"...and to a guy that wins stages on tops of mountains and junk. how? how? how??? Homage

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Another curious element of the race -Monsieur Adam Bergman. I didn't know he was riding professionally this year. He's goin well, looks like. Lots of mentions on the live coverage. He takes a two year break for kicks, comes back as an amateur with no real results (I saw him on a Superweek results sheet), and is awarded with a pro-contract with the Colavita team. C'est Bonne!

Hmmm? Is our talent pool in the United States SO depleted and just complete utter-shite that admitted users get the green light before more deserving younger riders who've never had a chance in the first place? No really, I'm asking, pleading for an answer. I don't understand the rationale here -at all. Does anyone? I sincerely hope that there's at least a couple of pissed off amateurs on the east coast (or wherever Colavita's based) who are turning pedals in anger after being scoffed at in this guy's favor. David Millar he is not.

I'll hold back and stop myself there. This blog isn't a "lets all hold hands and clean the sport!" diatribe. I'm all for that, of course, but don't want to share the onus at this point -for obvious reasons. The only reason i'm slipping here is that I felt this was too glaring an issue not to address, and hopefully people become privy to what's going on in this strange, strange game. Fin.

What? An entry with no France pulp? Yeah...i'll give you guys a break....


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