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aruanThe Tour de France began yesterday. But with Tom Boonen ousted for an out-of-competition cocaine bust (why even make the distinction if it doesn't matter?) and the entirety of Astana banned over some dirty riders who have since been kicked off the team (meaning Alberto Contador won't get the chance to reprise his win, nor, for that matter, will Levi Leipheimer finally try for his own glory), I feel a little less enthusiasm for the event.
Or maybe I'm just telling myself that because the race is not being shown on any TV station in the Emirates. It might be up on YouTube, but Internet access is sold by gigabytes of bandwidth here, and there isn't a big enough package to let me watch two hours of streaming video daily for a month. Internet in the States may be pathetically slow compared with the rest of the world, but at least it's plentiful and unfiltered.
Or maybe I'm just telling myself that because the race is not being shown on any TV station in the Emirates. It might be up on YouTube, but Internet access is sold by gigabytes of bandwidth here, and there isn't a big enough package to let me watch two hours of streaming video daily for a month. Internet in the States may be pathetically slow compared with the rest of the world, but at least it's plentiful and unfiltered.
