Cogs can think.

Today, and the past time, I have enjoyed watching de Tour de France. For the first time ever - actually. And now it has ended in a McCarthy-esque whitchhunt.

I’m a huge fan of Rasmussen. I like his ice cold appearance, his calculative nature. Of course, it helps that he cycles cycled for the Rabobank team, a Dutch team sponsored mostly by the Rabobank, my bank. Rabobank has been my bank since day one, I hold held them in high regard.

Rasmussen had basically won the Tour today. During the past week, he had come under criticism because he had failed to properly announce his whereabouts to the anti-doping institution - he had received a warning for that in June, and was fined for it. Good thing. This has happened to many cyclists. The weird thing is - why did they create a fuss about this weeks and weeks after it took place?

He had the yellow jersey, that’s why.

Rasmussen, during that time, was training in Mexico. Now, someone ini Italy has said that he had seen Rasmussen train in the Dolomites - and not in Mexico. Because of this, the Rabobank fired him from the cycling team. Is there any proof? No. Photos? No. Videos? No. Just the words of one man.

I guess my Rabobank - which I held in such high regard - doesn’t really seem to be holding one of the pillars of modern society in high regard. You are not guilty until proven otherwise. I guess the Rabobank gives more about their name than they do about honesty and the sense of what’s right and wrong. And I despise them for it. This goes against everything I stand for -this doesn’t fit at all into my sense of what’s right and what’s wrong.

Rasmussen has been tested to death during and before the 2007 Tour. Nothing has been found. Nothing. To me, he is the only legitimate winner of the 2007 Tour.