Feb

25

Let Alberto Ride

By Rich Kelly, Filed Under Attendee News, Deep Thoughts, Racing, humor 


Let Alberto Ride

Was up at the Tour of California on Saturday and noticed t-shirts with “Let Levi Ride” on them for the first time. Also saw them on display at my local bike shop on Sunday. Now, all issues of right or wrong, guilt or innocence aside, I love BikeSnobNYC’s observation (as always, tongue in cheek) that the Let Levi Ride campaign ought actually be for Levi’s teammate, Alberto Contador - the guy that actually won the Tour de France. I’ve got nothing against the guy, but why focus on the third place finisher, right?

If an online petition can actually have an effect on the ASO’s decision, isn’t the real injustice leaving the winner out?

(If you’ve never checked out the BikeSnob blog before, it’s definitely worth a visit. And with upwards of 100(!) comments to each of his almost daily posts, I’m not the only one who feels that way. Bring your sense of humor.)

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Comments

3 Responses to “Let Alberto Ride”

  1. binny bin on February 26th, 2008 10:16 am

    what a valid point! i got a kick out of the Levi promotion so much, that I forgot about Alberto! How funny…

    Thanks for sharing, Rich!

    bb

  2. Big Tommy C on February 27th, 2008 3:41 pm

    Albertto Contador, who got second in the TdF and then was declared the winner later.

  3. Let Alberto Ride - Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling on February 28th, 2008 9:41 pm

    [...] new site letalbertoride.com is live today after reading a couple of blog posts from Bike Snob NYC, Interbike Times and Cyclelicios.us. Levi gets a nice site and a whole campaign to get him to ride the Tour de [...]