Today the weather pattern had altered and for the first time in many days the wind was predominantly from the north. I visited the northern route but for some reason ended up with a loop from what is the usual southern route.
The motorhome convention is officially over and the Fairgrounds are once again open. But there are still a large number of the large vehicles lurking in the peripheral parking lots.
I suspect they are waiting for the price of gas to go down.But I was on the Fairgrounds and got a picture of one of my personal favorite out of the way spots. This is in an alley just adjacent to the DNR building. Even in the height of the Fair this alley is generally deserted and I suspect most Fairgoers are not even aware of the existence of this little grocery.
As you can see from the signs, enough Fairgoers have found this location since 1933 to enable this store to be celebrating its 75th year at the Fair.I think it is day users that are unaware of this store. I suspect that the young people staying in the dormitories above the cattle barns and the people camping on Machinery Hill are way aware of this place at its product line as advertised on the various signs is clearly aimed at that sort of consumer.
In Tour de France doping news, the positive drug test of Saunier Duval's young Italian climber Riccardo Riccò is yesterday's headline. Today the scandal spread back towards a probable source as the team also dismissed stage 10 winner Leonardo Piepoli. The dismissal was for violating the team’s code of ethics.
Piepoli has not yet been announced as testing positive but his team manager said that he had carried out his own inquires and concluded that both riders had violated the team's anti-doping code.
Those who watched stage 10 may recall that Piepoli all too easily climbed away from the elite group of the best cyclists in the world to lead a teammate to a 1-2 finish. Once again, a performance that looked too good to be true apparently was exactly that, too good to be true.
In tomorrow's stage the race route turns away from the Mediterranean and begins to approach the Alps. The stage crosses the flat Rhône delta before reaching Provence, where the race traverses some low hills before eventually finishing in the early foothills of the Alps.
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Apparently there is a new form of EPO out there. Piepoli looked too strong for such an old guy -- and so joins the ranks of some of the most famous names in bicycling. For a 'clean' event, it is turning out to be quite unclean. Again.
This is quote I found of David Millar, a reformed (?) doper himself, lambasting Ricco.
"It was a little surreal and disheartening watching the police and dozens of media surrounding the Saunier Duval bus. But at the same time, it was gratifying to see the little bastard getting caught. Because that’s what he is, a little bastard. Forget ‘The Cobra’, I’ve got two better names for him: The Trouser Snake (courtesy of Danny Pate at the Giro), and The Worm (courtesy of Mark Cavendish here at the Tour). Well, I had a feeling the snake’s move on the Aspin was too good to be true. And unfortunately of late when I have that feeling, doping is involved."
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