“As someone who earns his living from this sport, I generally hew to a variant of Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment (“Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.”). Mine goes something like, “Thou shalt not speak ill of someone trying to do something for cycling, no matter how retarded.” Still, c’mon. A 30-day, 27-stage, 22-state race from New York to San Francisco?”

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