Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
I'd be willing to bet 3 things:
1) you don't follow bike racing other than the TDF,
2) you did not follow the TDF prior to 1999,
3) you're an American.
Nothing wrong with any of those.
But I'm also willing to bet that the majority of cycling fans that do not fit that matrix (at least the ones that don't hate Armstrong) are interested to see him in the Giro.
Wow, way to quote my one sentence out of the whole paragraph and generalizing me. What you don't get and what lots of other people don't get is that I'm not arguing at all about the excitement and fun of watching the Giro. I'm not saying at all that Giro is a bad race. It is a great race with tough mountain stages, and much much more unexpected attacks and crazy fans. However, bottom line and the fact is that the Tour de France in the modern era brings the best GC riders (except Contador last year b/c he couldn't ride in the Tour) in the top form, best teams, and the most pressure out of all of the races.
I'm a fan of competition. I want to see the best duke it out. I feel like I've repeated myself over and over.