...String 21 of them together, including two mountain ranges, and I can see a lot of scope for being a miserable bugger....
So how come there was only one miserable bugger in the peloton ?
I was
so glad to see Sastre win. As others have said, Evans has shown zero attacking verve (either this year or any previous TDF) or anything that makes me want to sympathise with him or egg him on. Again, as abovementioned, his behaviour on this TDF was a disgrace. Unacceptably short-tempered and rude! As a professional (well paid) cyclist I would expect him to deal with the media in a better way.
Sastre is the perfect counterbalance. Quiet, unassuming, respectful of the race he has won and the efforts of his team that clinched it for him. I am no big fan of Riis but I really admired the way CSC worked this year.
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As an aside, my wife usually humours me and endures three weeks of the TDF each year, spending most evenings dozing through the highlights programme. At the start of this year she decided to support Evans, for no particular reason. However after a few days, she had really turned against him ("He's horrible!") and as a result spent both the Alpe d'Huez and final TT stages on the edge of her seat, rooting for Sastre - what a turnaround!