Tour de France 2013

"My word Lynchman, you really do come out with some utter rubbish. I guess given the amount you post it's just a lack of quality control, but do you really believe what you've just written? That Sky in 2012 and 2013 effectively killed passion in the sport and reduced it to nothing but the result of a spreadsheet?"

Wouldn't argue that Sky killed every bit of passion remaining in the sport... But yes, I firmly believe this is beginning of the end. Needless to say (most) other teams have gone, and are continuing going down the same route, but being so successful at it, in effect Team Sky does stand out.

More often than not strategy and tactics are now, and increasingly so, called by SDs and SDs only, not the riders, based on biometrics and live Garmin readings during the race. Call it lack of quality control on my part, if you want, but heart in pro cycling, beyond what you can monitor that is, will soon be a thing of the past.