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@The_Seldom_Killer
OK, I'll conceed that the man is crying, but when you read the reason why, hopefully you'll smile.
Vietto had a serious shot of taking home the yellow jersey. As he descended a mountain, he was informed by a race marshal that his team’s captain, Antonin Magne, had crashed near the top of the hill. So he reverses course, back up the mountain, with his fixed-gear bicycle to aid Magne. He gives his front wheel to his captain, drags the remainder of his bicycle to the side of the road, sits on a stone wall, and weeps like a baby.
That sort of passion is a beautiful thing.