More Whiney Cadel

Yes, many of the pundits are 'rah rah-ing' for a Cadel, and an Aussie, tour win. I guess they figure a Disco win would be more of the 'Lance's Team' domination yadda yadda. Well, I pointed out the other day that Cadel has a strong tendency to whine, previously about his team and about his collusion claims. Now it's he's grousing about his fellow riders, the ones who want a clean race.

"To be honest, I am happy to have [the mountains] behind us," he wrote on his website, cadel.com.au. "[The stage was] a bit of a mess at the start, with some riders trying to protest. I thought we were here to race our bikes, not to make political statements."

I and most others would say it's the perfect time for a political statement, a statement that his sport, his industry and way of earning a handsome living, isn't a complete pile of shit. As sponsors run away, as TV coverage goes black and as his livelihood gets bashed every day in every form of press, he just wants to "race our bikes". Sorry Cadel, it's too late for that. Have some stones, man! I'll be pulling for poor down-trodden Cadel to have 4 flats in the TT and for long-timer Sastre to pass. Then he can spend the rest of his career stewing about useless teammates and unnecessary political statements.