All Hell Breaks Loose At The Tour De France
by Patrick Redford from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#2W4AG)
When Tour de France organizers set up a course that featured fewer traditional opportunities for set piece racing and fewer direct chances to take time from one's rivals on mountaintop finishes and time trials, they did so to intentionally stoke aggressive, exciting racing. They never could have dreamed for something"