Not There Yet
Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century.
Displaying 1 Episode of Not There Yet with the tag “tour de france”.
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Seven Tours: The Corrosive Effect of Cheating in Sports
July 27th, 2017 | 9 mins
cheating, cycling, doping, sports, tour de france
At the end of July each year, I used to savour the memory of the great sights and sounds of the Tour de France. However, “I was stunned to hear, a couple of days ago, that Chris Froome had just won his third Tour de France riding for Team Sky, which has won four of the last five. Stunned not by the achievements so much — although they are pretty impressive — but rather the fact that another Tour had come and gone and I had hardly noticed.”