Rest Day?! Bah...

Here at HPT, we often beat up a bit on the cycling press for their unwillingness to question or even comment on the specter of dope in the sport, particularly at the TdF. So when the rest-day press conferences with Chicken Ras had more to do with questioning how we should view his 'super human effort' than with petty yellow jersey queries, we applaud and hope it's a sign of change. Unfortunately, until someone like Paul Sherwen actually points out that stars like Vino still have affiliations with Doctor Death and explains to me how he's riding with 15-30 stitches in his knees, well let's just say there's a long way to go to 'fair and balanced' journalism. Any of you ever had stitches? Us too, and while they weren't in the knees, we're fairly certain if they were we wouldn't be hammering up the Alps without a whole lotta cortisone. Sadness for the Aussies who lost three on one day. It's still an 'open' Tour, which is damn exciting even if we are watching through the jaded lens of knowledge about le dopage. Here's what Greg LeMond had to say to French paper L'express on the rest day. Kimmage, also swinging hard. Here's another fun way to waste time at work with le Tour. Also, a refreshing blog with lots of video. Meanwhile, Time magazine is all up on cycling, as is Berlin, while the city of Chicago apparently, eh, not so much. Quite possibly the dumbest cycling product we've seen in awhile; ear spoilers - no really. This orchestra musician was busted, beat up for riding his bike home from the airport. 'Cause y'know, that's how we roll in this post nine eleven world. Unicycles are f'n rad man, don't let anyone tell you different. Viva!