Winner by Elimination

Crap.

Crap. Crap.

So Jake and I have been watching the Tour De France. We got hooked on
the Tour four years ago. We watched it minute by minute in 2004 and
2005. Last year we missed it because we were in Turkey, but this year,
we upgraded our Dish subscription just so we can get Versus and we’ve
been watching it since day one.

So, of course, we started by rooting by Leipheimer. But then he was
obviously not going to make it and while I loved Rasmussen’s drive, I
was still rooting for The Discovery Team, so Contador it was. During
today’s stage, I kept waiting for Contador to take off. Waiting and
waiting and waiting. And then Rasmussen took off. And I got bummed.



So you’d think that once I read the news about Rasmussen being fired by
his team (due to lying about where he was and missing drug tests), I’d
be dancing on my coffee table.

But I am not.

I wanted Contador or Levi to win because they deserved it and because
they rightfully beat Rasmussen by riding faster for the time trial or
something like that. Not that they don’t deserve it but this is such a
bummer way.



It’s all so sad. Rasmussen. Vinokourov. Moreni. Not to mention all those
who were suspended last year and didn’t even get to ride this year. Why,
oh why?

I was looking forward to tomorrow’s time trial very much, especially
since it’s not Rasmussen’s forte and it might have changed the race. But
now looks like Contador will win by elimination. Not really the way I
wanted it to turn out. Reduces the excitement considerably.

What a bummer.