I kinda wanted to write something about the Tour de France as it came to a close about how great it had been.  After the first couple of weeks that was definitely on, it had been one of the greatest races in recent memory and I was looking forward to an article about racing.  Then in the last few days that was brought to a sad halt when two of cycling’s big names Vinokorov and Rasmussen let us and even more so their sport down.

My opinion?  Cycling deserves credit and should be praised; it shouldn’t be ridiculed like some areas of the uninformed press have been doing.  Why you might ask?  Because cycling is yet again taking the fight to the dopers and refusing to let it go on.  It tests more than any other sport and it’s not (unlike other big sports) afraid to expose its top stars.  I also believe it’s carrying the flag that other sports should follow on how to fight against the cheating.  If other sports such as football, rugby, tennis and ice hockey tested their athletes to the same level cycling does, cycling would not be alone in a world of drug scandals.

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