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Let’s Watch The Cyclists Go Whizzing By

Planning on watching the Tour de France in person this year? Be careful where you sit. This is something they don't show you in the brochure. At this event everything is uber-organized; including the pee breaks. Little known fact: When Lance Armstrong would pull over to do this, he would leave a smoking patch of scorched earth where to this day no vegetation will grow. Hey, I'm no pharmacist; I'm just sayin'.

How do we know that the Tour is finally cracking down on the use of performance enhancing drugs? An Australian is in contention to win it.

Schumaker Upsets Big Guns To Take Lead [Reuters]
Evans Happy With Lead In Tour de France [Radio Australia]

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