I saw the Tour de France today.
If you thought that was a cheap trick to get your attention, well, maybe it was. The Tour normally doesn't begin until early July, a little more than two months from now. Its organizers say that it's been rescheduled to begin on 29 August and run until 20 September. Given how many other races and other sporting events--not to mention concerts, festivals and other gatherings--have been canceled altogether for this year, it wouldn't surprise me if this year's edition of the race meets a similar fate.
But, I tell you, I really saw the Tour today:
OK, it wasn't the race. For that matter, it's not like any bike that would be ridden in one of the world's major competitions. It seems rather like any number of other basic hybrid bikes one can buy: probably not terrible, but not fantastic either. Not bad looking, though.
Oh well. It might be the only Tour de France we see this year.
If you thought that was a cheap trick to get your attention, well, maybe it was. The Tour normally doesn't begin until early July, a little more than two months from now. Its organizers say that it's been rescheduled to begin on 29 August and run until 20 September. Given how many other races and other sporting events--not to mention concerts, festivals and other gatherings--have been canceled altogether for this year, it wouldn't surprise me if this year's edition of the race meets a similar fate.
But, I tell you, I really saw the Tour today:
OK, it wasn't the race. For that matter, it's not like any bike that would be ridden in one of the world's major competitions. It seems rather like any number of other basic hybrid bikes one can buy: probably not terrible, but not fantastic either. Not bad looking, though.
Oh well. It might be the only Tour de France we see this year.
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