So now Le Tour is over for another year. Farce or sport? Given the politics involved it may be hard for the truth to emerge but the race is in trouble. A poll in the daily sports newspaper said 58% of French readers were not interested in the tour. I understand there is serious rivalry between the French bike racing association and the International Cycling Union with Le tour organisors not happy that the union did not do its job properly to exclude Rasmussen before the tour started. Some say that other races or at least the international cycling union want July to organize their own race and to take the tour from France. Some say the French had their worst individual result ever because they are the only ones sure to be clean from drugs. Some want the tour to be run on national team lines. As I write this the sports Minister is meeting with players to set political direction for next year. Maybe we will have to come back next year to see it all again!! But if you want to see it, you can get close to the action and there is a buzz about the place as the race swings into action for another day.
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