Picchio, "may very well also mean less doped"?
This is probably the first TdF in a couple of decades when ALL the riders weren't doped to the gills.
From where I sat (in front of the TV/computer) it was the most exciting TdF in 30 years. I honestly can't understand the 'meh' attitude of a copule of posters. If pro racing bores/disgusts you, don't watch and don't be a buzz kill for those of us who enjoy it.
Personally, I don't give a FF if Cadel doped 5 years ago, or last year. He won this year in a memorable tour, and all of our friends in Oz should be proud, just as our friends in Costa Rica are proud of their fantastic rider, Andrey Amador, who was mugged, left for dead in January, broke his collar bone in April, and suffered a grade two ankle sprain in the first stage of the TdF, yet finished.
I doubt anyone on this forum could hold any of their wheels for a half a mile, even on a flat, never mind at 10%.