Cycling is a brutal sport. It wrecks out its riders, their health, mental and physical.

Cyclists would kill to be at the Tour de France.

They will also take performance-enhancing drugs and try the weirdest performance-enhancing techniques, like blood transfusion of their own oxygen-maxed blood.

How else would they survive this grueling race, and ride at the speed they ride?

It may actually be a good day for cycling. A serious wake-up call to riders and their coaches and supporting teams. The sport might become less spectacular but cleaner, and healthier for the athletes.

It might be a more exciting year for the TdF with lesser known cyclists taking the lead. Not as good for TV contracts though, but if it has to go through this to revive in a couple years, so be it.