Does the Tour de France Matter Anymore?
A half-dozen favorites kicked off before the start, every winner under drug accusation and now a win about to be taken away--does anyone really give a damn anymore?
Does anyone really care? This most elegant and awe-inspiring contest of individual will and physical endurance has so sullied itself in drug abuse, both proven and accused, that it’s falling apart under its own deficiencies.
Lance Armstrong may end up holding three records
Only man to win seven (consecutive) times
Most accused of drug abuse without proof
Titleholder at the collapse of the event.
Okay, maybe the last isn’t likely, although he may well be the last definitive winner. If Floyd Landis is put down for drug use, as is probable, Spaniard Oscar Pereiro will get the kissing-your-sister elevation to winner. A dreary way to tack up the prize in your trophy-room, as a default by drug-test.
No victory laps, no champagne, no kiss on the cheek by a French babe as the world cheers—just a win.
Pereiro seems, as does everyone who c…