Do you care that today was the start of the 100th Tour de France?

For 3 decades I was a cycling fan who subscribed to Cycle Sport Magazine, watched all the big races live and have many on DVD’s.

I use to revel in the great courage, pain and perseverance that cyclists put themselves through. I still believe the professional cycling is the toughest of sports where there are no time-outs. Also severely injured cyclists are expected to get back onto their bikes to finish the stage which could cause even more injury.

Recently Armstrong stated that his life is ruined since he confessed to using performance enhancing drugs in his 11 Tour de France races. But he also ruined the sport of cycling for many fans I’m sure because we don’t know what is real and what is fake anymore.

Since the Lance Armstrong fiasco, I just don’t give a hoot anymore. I didn’t even care enough to watch todays stage nor do I care to watch any of the 20 stages to follow.

I’m so done with professional cycling. Are you like me?