Ad nauseum and almost without question, the national media has been reporting on the "woes" of the Tour de France and the "downfall" of the sport of cycling.
When was the last time you took an illicit substance to enhance your performance? When was the last time you put any noxious substance into your body other than the drip coffee at the office or that nasty sandwich from Subway?
Exactly.
The month of July should be the most cherished of months for cyclists across the globe. Instead it has become a shade of itself, a farce, a time when everyone from the Cat V rider getting dropped at the local crit, all the way up to Discovery Channel racer who would not wear the Yellow Jersey today questions what is and has happened to the world's greatest sport.
Celebrate the heart of cycling by encouraging your neighbor to get out and ride his or her dusty ten speed, wave to the auto driver that lets you go first at the four-way stop and take your kids out for a ride around the block, hammer up the next climb like Contador hammered on that not-so-great Dane a couple days ago.
Get out and celebrate OUR passion and steal it back from the dopers, the accusers and the nay-sayers.
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