"The robots are gone. Everyone is suffering."
B. Lafferty
"I've been reading what you said about having no interest in the race," he
says. "Well, actually, John, that's changed," I reply. "This has been the
most interesting Tour de France for 17 years. Did you see the stage today?
Fantastic. Floyd Landis exploded on the final climb and lost 10 minutes!
When is the last time we saw that happen to the yellow jersey in the Tour de
France? I like a lot of what I see in this race. The robots are gone.
Everyone is suffering. It reminds me of the way the sport used to be."
And an OLN tribute.
I've found an antidote for my cynicism. From now on I'm going to watch the
Tour de France on Gee-Whizz TV, also known as OLN, the Outdoor Life Network.
I watched Floyd Landis's amazing win today from one of their outside
broadcast units, just behind the finishing line and I'm a changed man
tonight. They've got Phil "the voice of cycling" Liggett and Paul "the
former pro" Sherwen and Bob "the Bobke" Roll working for them and you rarely
hear those guys ranting about cheats and drugs. If I can get my act together
I know I can turn this round. I've got to learn to say "gee-whizz". I've got
to practise my enthusing. Repeat after me: "This is an amazing race!"
RicodJour
There's a fine line between reasoned cynicism and being a
douchebag...you may have missed it when you stepped over it. :)
R