While watching the climb of the Glandon yesterday on Eurosport, it was possible to pick out a couple of things which were sad to witness.
First up was booing of team Sky (aka UK Postal - due to their 'dominance' of the race) and secondly was a guy running alongside Chris Froome slapping his forearm in a mocking jesture suggesting Froome was hardly riding pan y aqua.
Much has been made of the acquisitions against Froome but they are based on a particular - and incorrect in my view - reading of this year's event.
First off, there's no evidence that Froome gas ever doped. Second, Sky and Froome have not been the super dominant team we've seen in previous tours. Sky have struggled - really struggled at times - in this race.
The recent article in L'Equipe which studied Froome's numbers, gave him the nod and Armstrong's nemesis David Walsh is, I gather from Twitter, writing a piece in this Sunday's Times on Froome and doping: Walsh has been 'embedded' with Sky for a couple of months apparently.
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So, what does this mean? Well, it shows how much damage Lance's ego has done to the sport - and all the other dopers of course but it also demonstrates that Monsieur Jean Public, really does give a merde about the race and its legitimacy.
Innocent until proven guilty for me with Froome. Hope it stays that way!
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