In the Tour de France this year there have been some things that have been genuinely dangerous and unnecessarily risky. For example the much publicised and covered TV car and barbed wire fence incident was shocking and shouldn’t have been part of the three week race.
What should definitely be part of the race however is difficult and possibly technical riding that shows just how good the riders are and separates those of them who are simply able to hang on for the entire distance (in itself a massive achievement) from those who can race it and win.
In light of this I was surprised at the reaction of Andy Schleck in a post-stage interview to some of the finishes in the Alps. Surely difficult routes are exactly what makes the event so good, and so important to the riders themselves, otherwise you might as well just spend three weeks riding miles around a velodrome.
Maybe it was just more of a case of a cyclist who has started to lose time blaming everything but himself?
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