Once Again, France Wins Host Country Bid For Tour De France

[jberryhill]

This is the 106th time in a row that France has been selected as the host country for the Tour de France.

They HAVE to be cheating.

[qazplm135]

1. I bet if you test France

half their country will have high levels of testosterone.

[rurallib]

2. J have heard that they are the only ones who understand French well enough

to submit the application in French.

[gtar100]

3. Even their kids speak French fluently.

Really smart people to teach a foreign language to their children at such a young age.

[Blue_true]

4. The race should favor climbers.

I did not see any flat time trails, but there is a time trial at Pau, which should be hilly and difficult. The only rider that I can remember who wasn't caught doping that such a Tour would favor is Miguel Indurain. I was about to write Pedro Delgado, but his tour win may have been invalid due to suspected doping.

I don't know about you. I have watched old video of the great multi tour winners. In some ways I wish that such dominant riders existed today, but with the contracts of today, that isn't possible because a top rider can't collect and hold top domestiques like to old time dominant riders could.