I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised of the Giro's decision to allow Lance Capone to decide who is allowed in the race and who isn't.
I mean we're talking about the Tour's idiot cousin, you know the one that's always asking you to invest in his moronic scam at Thanksgiving dinner.
This is the same event in which Franceso Moser was allowed to have a helicopter provide him a tailwind in the time trial so he beat Fignon.
The same race in which Roche was assaulted because he dare challenge an Italian, Visentini, for the win.
Its an event that adds and cancels staged based on the abilities of the highest placed Italian on any given day.
In short, its the cycling equivalent of preseason football.
Given the fact that the Lance Capone will be at the Tour of California next May, at least I can take some comfort in the fact that the event will continue to slip into oblivion.
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The whole race is designed to favor the abilities of the Italian most likely to win it.
Remember back in the mid 90s when Pantani was king, Mario Cippolini complained that the race should be re-named "the tour of the Italian Ski Resorts"...?
Anyway, Jingoism has always been an undercurrent of the event...which is what makes the latest gaffe even more surprising. Omitting the Italian Champion because some Yankee Asshole wants it that way is out of character even for a race with a history of corruption...
Thanks,
Burt
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