Any athlete that is world renouned is on a stage as it were. Young minds, children, look up to these folks as role models. If an athlete is to be willing to stand on the podium and raise his/ her arms in victory, then he/she should be willing to face the music when doing something foolish enough to show the world they are not the "clean" athlete they purport to be. It doesn't make a difference how much money they make. They are in the public eye and are adored by millions of young ones the world over. THAT translates into way more than the tons of revenue generated by their just being present in their particular sport. The spasmodic deeming of what is "legal" or "illegal" nowadays is absolutely ridiculous. And I might add, the fact that many folks accept the use of cocaine in one's personal life as an accepted behaviour as it is not an "illegal" drug as if to say a world class athlete's personal life is partitioned from their professional life is lunacy. Again, they are ROLE MODELS. Why do you think this hit the news wire? Because some journalist had it bad for the man and wanted to mess him up before the TdF? Let's be real.

Ok. My two cents worth of ranting is over. However, I will be watching to see if Boonen has white powder on his nose when he sprints to the line. If the man even swipes at his nose.... I'm on it!