France and the Tour de France

Here it is - the cleanest Tour on record according to many.

And yet the first Frenchman to finish was Sandy Casar clear down in 14th
place and MORE THAN 6 MINUTES BEHINFD 13th place!

It appears that cycling is no longer a French sport and it is probably a
good thing that AMO is trying to buy up all the rest of the world's grand
tours since it won't be too long before the average Frenchman says, "Tour de
What?"

"Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote in message
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Here it is - the cleanest Tour on record according to many.

And yet the first Frenchman to finish was Sandy Casar clear down in 14th
place and MORE THAN 6 MINUTES BEHINFD 13th place!

It appears that cycling is no longer a French sport and it is probably a
good thing that AMO is trying to buy up all the rest of the world's grand
tours since it won't be too long before the average Frenchman says, "Tour
de What?"

Say what you will, I saw what seemed to be a fair number of younger French
cyclists showing their stuff, more, it seemed, than in years past. I think
there's a new crop of French cyclists coming up, guys who might be able to
do a lot more than Moreau ever could.

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA

On Jul 28, 9:46*pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
Here it is - the cleanest Tour on record according to many.

And yet the first Frenchman to finish was Sandy Casar clear down in 14th
place and *MORE THAN 6 MINUTES BEHINFD 13th place!

It appears that cycling is no longer a French sport and it is probably a
good thing that AMO is trying to buy up all the rest of the world's grand
tours since it won't be too long before the average Frenchman says, "Tour de
What?"

Tom, There you go again, making statements just to see your name in
print. At least the French were right about ...

On Jul 28, 6:46*pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
Here it is - the cleanest Tour on record according to many.


According to many dumbasses maybe. Four positives during the 2008
Tour, a few more pre-emptive withdrawls, maybe a few more
announcements coming. These included stage winners who affected the
development and strategy of the race.

2007 had three I think.

2006 had ONE positive. There was of course a huge drug scandal before
the start, but that doesn't speak for the "cleanliness" of the race
itself.

So it appears, 2008 was the dirtiest Tour in years.

"Geraard Spergen" wrote in message
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On Jul 28, 6:46 pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
Here it is - the cleanest Tour on record according to many.

So it appears, 2008 was the dirtiest Tour in years.

I guess that means that the Armstrong years were the cleanest.