Cipo's just in the race these days to pay the bills and to keep his sponsors happy he's such a great cyclist and he was the Lance of his day that no amount of rules could keep him out of it. Having said that if he does drop out again this year (which he probably will) I doubt he'll be allowed back next year as the refs can only turn a blindeye for so long without the press slating them.

I'm cheering for the only Irishman in the race Mark Scanlon. Having watched Stephen Roche when he won in 1987 and how we all got a day off work I'm hoping we'll get another leprechaun on the podium before the end of the Tour.