SOMETIMES THE TDF RACERS SEEM LIKE SUCH PANSIES

THE TEAMS AND RACERS are up in arms about 1 (one) gravel stage at next summers Tour de France.  Why not?  It's not like we want to see the best bike racer in the world...

... well, I do.

I sent my top spy to determine what all the fuss is about by interviewing an unnamed source.

What do you think about the gravel stage?

It's terrible.

Why?

Well, anything could go wrong.

Didn't a Tour de France stage winner just dominate and win the Grave World Championships, having never raced on gravel?

Yeah.

So, what's the problem?

Well, it's not fair.

How so?

Well, it's so dangerous.

More than sprinting bar to bar, through turns, at 40+ miles per hour?

No, not that.

More than bombing down the side of a mountain on a narrow road with zero protection and the potential of plunging to your death?

No, not that either.

More than charging through downtown streets, turn after turn, after a fresh rain?

Uh, nope?

More than racing across sections of Parix-Roubaix cobble stone?

I don't think even close to that.

You know it's only 19 miles of a 120 mile single stage right?

Oh, no, I guess I didn't know that.

Think you can handle it then?

Uhhhhh....

See what I mean, it's hard not to think of these guys as pansies sometimes...

... even though they are clearly insanely talented, and take outrageous risks.

What they are really saying is they aren't sure how it will turn out because it's new and different and could cause some chaos for the GC riders.

Guess what,
Buttercup?

None of us are sure tomorrow will turn out...

... we get up,
put on our pants,
and go to work hoping for the best.

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Personally, I think this stage will be a lot of fun to watch.  I hope a true slayer of all types of terrain like Pidcock or Van der Poel or Van Aert crushes it... 

... in fact, those 3 racers in a crushing break up the road would be epicality.

Let's all hope for that.

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