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ergmonkey said:Well-written? Tinley deserves the maillot jaune in the mixed metaphor Olympics.
Very true. His mixed metaphors will never become clichés since they will not likely be used again.
I found the article intriguing, especially since it lays blame on the "UCI, the organizers of the Tour de France, the cycling media, public and every commercial team or sponsor that has invested a single Euro into cycling."
The article's main contribution I appreciated is how to understand Landis. What it fails to do is contrast him with Armstrong. It is almost as if Landis was set up to be the patsy. He landed atop the podium at the TdF and then his world came crashing down. Did Armstrong retire to make way for this necessary sacrifice?
Another omission in the article is it fails to address Armstrong's exploitation of the whole system as egregious, and offensive without precedent, IMO. The margin between the top place in pro cycling and the runner ups is not large from a performance standpoint. But the differences in economic outcome are enormous. The present ****storm could have been avoided if Armstrong had merely throne Landis a bone.
I am beginning to agree with Adam Myerson's "Burn it Down" sentiment.