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'Shock' a dwindling commodity at Tour de France

By Mark Kreidler
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, July 26, 2007

It was a good try, the attempted analogy. Wasn't leader Michael Rasmussen's abrupt late-stage removal from the Tour de France, a friend suggested, much like seeing Peyton Manning pulled from the field in the fourth quarter while leading the Colts on a potential Super Bowl-winning drive? Answer for most U.S. citizens: Not so much, no. And among the many reasons why that is the case, beyond the obvious (cycling isn't football), is this notion of shock value -- a thing that is fast becoming an end ...

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