Following on from a post I, er, posted on 'Race' I thought it deserved a wider audience! Who can predict the biggest scandal most likely to arise out of the 2008 TdeF! I'll start: a woman in disguise will win.
..that the new performance-enhancing-substance abuse will involve tabasco soaked root ginger and an orifice of the riders choice...
Someone will accidentally get hit by the pope mobile, all because he is ignoring the road closures. At the time of the crash he will be shouting: 'Get the **** out of the way I am the Pope'. Also, whilst David Millar is being interviewed post-stage, a Kestrel will come and steal his hat.
Some kid with a BMX and a suspiciously full front basket attached to the front will enter the race and will kick ass on the mountain stages by 'flying' up them... ...and will then be debriefed by strange men in an inflatable oxygen tent - not much different to usual, really!
Roger Miller of Cameroon 'Italia 90' fame? Floyd Landis Finally has a shave and comes into the tour under Loyd Flandis, No one knows its him till he gets into Paris the winner and is hugged by Mayo as he crosses the line. All the time he is in disguise. and rides for a wild card picked team for the tour.
In a bid to counteract performance improvements due to strange chemicals all bikes will be fitted with 3 speed Sturmey Archer gears and dynamoes with stages being run at night to test the best descenders in the mountain stages.
