Cycling is a factory for drama°hard word.
The outcomes°hard word aren't°hard word fixed, but there is a certain amount of rigging°hard word going on. Outcomes°hard word that make certain people happy are more likely than would be in a pure°hard word competition.
<°hard word;red>°hard word; we note the existence of certain Criterium°hard word races that are fixed.
But the #GCKuss°hard word phenomenon°hard word this year is certainly the beneficiary°hard word of rigging°hard word. Certainly Vingegaard°hard word would have passed Kuss°hard word on GC°hard word if they were not°hard word on the same team.
But team tactics°hard word are extremely allowed in cycling. And if the team management°hard word wants to win a third grand°hard word tour°hard word with a third rider°hard word, it is allowed.
Cycling is a factory for drama°hard word.
It is like a soap opera°hard word, only all the characters°hard word are men°hard word of a certain build. Or, rather, one of a few types of builds; the climbers°hard word are generally smaller than the sprinters°hard word.
And, this year, Jumbo-Visma°hard word won°hard word everything except°hard word the consolation°hard word prizes°hard word. Remco°hard word Evenepoel°hard word won°hard word all the consolation°hard word prizes°hard word.
<°hard word;red>°hard word; one of the problems with cycling as°hard word spectator°hard word sport°hard word is that the outcomes°hard word are too predictable°hard word. more precisely°hard word, the outcomes°hard word of the first half of the race correlate°hard word with the second half of the race.
But it is a factory for drama°hard word. And if "will the sixth place rider°hard word pass the fifth place rider°hard word" is all the drama°hard word remaining in week three, it is certain the media°hard word will play it up.
Cycling is a factory for drama°hard word.
There is a certain sense in the media°hard word that various°hard word disputes°hard word are boiling just under the surface. None of them are so grave°hard word as°hard word to show up during the race. But the next weeks (months?) of cycling media°hard word will discuss them in exhausting°hard word detail.
The sporting°hard word season must have breaks, but the drama°hard word season will never end.