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Why Can't the French Time Trial? |
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 No doubt over the past 25 years many words have been written about the demise of French cycling. I suspect most of these words have been written in French as the only thing Americans seem to understand about the Tour is LANCE!!!! But, I digress. Wait, before pulling myself back from the digression edge, let me encourage you to read this thought-provoking article in Slate by Bill Gifford entitled, and I am not making this up, How Lance Armstrong is like Sarah Palin. Ok, back to the French...
So, what is wrong with the French? I don't know, but if we assume the people who are willing to put their money where their mouths are, i.e., bookmakers, current odds from OLBG:
Alberto Contador 5/6
Lance Armstrong 7/2
Andy Schlek 8/1
Cadel Evans 10/1
Carlos Sastre 20/1
Levi Leipheimer 33/1
Denis Menchov 39/1
Roman Kreuziger 40/1
Nary a Frenchman in the list: So, you might ask, what is the point? There is no point, other than to say it seems to be the Spanish who are en fuego these days. More on this later.
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