For all of the above reasons, I think and always have thought that the major Tours - Tour de France, the Giro of Italy and the Tour of Spain are the king of sports. Nothing in sports, the stuff you see on TV every day, even come close to these tests of endurance, stamina and strength. For me basketball, football, soccer, golf, baseball and all these sports that we are spoon feed by the networks are really nothing but children playing compared to something like the Tour de France.