Anyone see? (Tour de France)

[TommyBB]

OK, I was quiet all Tour, this year, mostly because I am posting a lot less from my office.

Tadej took this year, NEARLY sweeping all the major competitions in the race. At 22 years-old. I hope and pray he's not doping or whatever else it is they do. He is beyond impressive and can win whatever he decides he wants to win, and has a team around him willing to do it.

He had the Yellow Jersey for 2 weeks. He won the white jersey for best young rider (under 25) by that same 5+ minutes as the Yellow Jersey. He won the polka-dot jersey for winning the most points on the climbs-the King of the Mountains. The only competition he didn't win was for the sprint competition, the green jersey which 35 year-old Mark Cavendish won.

Cav. was a huge story as well. He had trouble even getting signed for a team more than once in the last year. He wasn't in DeCeunink's plans even two weeks prior to the Tour. But they signed him, then chose him, and it paid off for Cav. and for the team. He won 4 stages of the race and is tied at 34 stage wins with the great Belgian rider Eddie Merckx for most all-time. Simply amazing.

He got boxed in on the final sprint on the Champs d'Elysee and finished fourth. So, instead of breaking the record in style and on the VERY biggest stage, he has to try and make a team again next season. If he gets the record, sadly, it won't be in Paris on the biggest day of the year, but likely in a small village somewhere at the beginning of the 2022 Tour. Blessings upon that town, they'll have something to commemorate for decades to come.