[NittanyLion]

Let's have the "nanny state" even more involved in our lives also?

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The race is almost 3400 km long. Why should 3km of flat racing factor so heavily in the final outcome?

[NittanyLion]

13 H 48 - The Starting Order...
To check the starting order of the 21 teams in the Tour de France you can click on the 'Schedule Start Times' button of your browser. To save you the effort for now, here is the complete list:
Team Hour
EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI - scheduled to start at 2.15pm
CREDIT AGRICOLE - 2.20pm
COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE - 2.25pm
R.A.G.T. SEMENCES-MG ROVER - 2.30pm
SAECO - 2.35pm
LOTTO-DOMO - 2.40pm
ALESSIO-BIANCHI - 2.45pm
BRIOCHES LA BOULANGERE - 2.50pm
QUICK STEP-DAVITAMON - 2.55pm
DOMINA VACANZE - 3.00pm
ILLES BALEARS-BANESTO - 3.05pm
AG2R PREVOYANCE - 3.10pm
GEROLSTEINER - 3.15pm
FDJEUX.COM - 3.20pm
LIBERTY SEGUROS - 3.25pm
T-MOBILE TEAM - 3.30pm
RABOBANK - 3.35pm
PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS - 3.40pm
TEAM CSC - 3.45pm
FASSA BORTOLO - 3.50pm
US POSTAL-BERRY FLOOR - 3.55pm

[steplock]

It is their race - why not? They wanted it in there probably for geo-political reasons - the bikers voluntarily race - want more?

This is the same as wanting to ban auto racing around corners because there are crashes there - lets ban hills that kids take skate boards down -- OH! I just thought of one you would love - let's ban KIDS! Then there would be no accidents.

Yes, this is the 'nanny state' mentality. Oooh, you got a boo-boo. Let hillary fix it for you.