The team is testing, the UCI is testing at the tour the AFLD will be testing. Are we assuming that this is all a waste of time?
I think I agree with an earlier response, these guys are getting into breaks and winning sprints, not riding off the front in the big ring and leaving all the top...
Sense of humour!
Just because Cadel has a quirky sense of humour that you don't understand doesn't make him a jerk.
Cadel may or may not ever win a TDF but he has a record that still stands up to scrutiny and never gives any less that 100% in the tour, what more do you want?