It seems to me that, with all of the drug scandles in the sports world, the more physically fit your body weaker is the mind. I am not speaking of the week-end warrior, I am speaking about the professional athletes. I learned a hard lesson a long time ago in grade school while taking a test I didn't prepare for, sitting next to Lori Taylor in history class. I needed an answer and with her test page in view I " looked it up" and much to my surprise she didn't know the answer either. Well the teacher, Mr. Jones, figured that I was the cheater and I failed the test. "Fail to plan then plan to fail", a personal quote from me to you. The Tour de France is definately a true measure of athletic ability. 21 days of some of the toughest kilometers that will test a mans true strength, commitment and passion for glory. Just finishing the tour should put a yellow jersy, maillot jaune, on every riders back but only one gets to wear it knowing that he did not just do his very best but with a great team they did their very best as well. I am glad to see that the cheaters, the dopers got expelled from the tour. I hated to see that it affected the whole team, such as Team Astana and Alexandre Vinokourov, see related article , but 1 bad apple can spoil the bunch. I love the sport of cycling and will ride as long as my legs will pedal me, only I will be riding drug free.
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