Angliru said:General unhappy-jealous-geezer-riding-30-lb-antique-wishing-for-the-old'n-times-when-riders-were-"real-men" post. Thank you for your contribution.
AC hasn't won the tour since 2009 and he isn't targeting the tour this year he's targeting the giro.
If he did come to the tour this season and performed poorly do you not think that it would tarnish his legacy? To be potentially beaten by french riders? Or by TJVG? To put it in Trendy Cycling terms: If AC finished 4th behind TJVG's 3rd would that not tarnish his rep massively? Not that I think TJVG is going to make podium necessarily but I think you know what I mean. Wouldn't you rather he abandoned or never entered the race at all than finish behind Talansky or Hesjedal or like Danielson?