Tour de France 2009

he's earned the right to comment on a sport he was such a big part of - he's informed and has the palamares to back up his right to speculate on what goes on in the peleton

But is he really helping, with his baseless innuendo? Sure, he was quite good once, and he might think he knows what's good for the sport, but he comes across as a bitter little prick who just wants to bad mouth anybody who is doing well.