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Ready for prime time

October 29th, 2005 by Mike

Via: Velonews.com

This is an awesome “Foaming Rant” by Patrick O’Grady the velonews editor.

For the first time since 2000, Lance Armstrong wasn’t the star of the show as Tour de France organizers unveiled the 2006 route on Thursday in Paris.

The seven-time Tour champ, who was stateside preparing to host this weekend’s edition of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” played only a bit part in a short highlight video prepared for the annual ceremony in Paris - and Tour organizers said that was not a simple oversight.

Click here to read more of the rant like this…

“…Some of the most powerful men in our sport seem to act more like prepubescent middle-school girls yanking out handfuls of each other’s hair in a slap-fest behind the gym.”


One Response to “Ready for prime time”

  1. 1 Guitar Ted 

    Oooo! O’Grady finally leaves his jaundiced political jibes in his tool box for once, and what do we get? Magnifico! This is what made him great back in the day. A whole column on CYCLING! I never thought I’d see the day again! Hooray! Is it too much to hope for more? I’m afraid so.

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