The hierarchy in the peloton has another parallel: "It's basically a penitentiary," says Bob Roll, a former Tour rider and an anchor for OLN TV. "You've got your walking boss, you've got that sneaky little bastard who was in The Longest Yard, you have the honorable veterans, and then the guys who are just doing time, which is most of them. Nobody wants to be anybody's boy, but sometimes you have no choice."Link (FORTUNE)
If you've ever had even the slightest interest in what all the fuss is about, I highly recommend spending five minutes of your time to read this article. It's colorful and well written, and it's about as clear a capsule explanation of professional cycling (and yes, the free market economy) as I've seen.
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Coccolo's version?
Tour de Pants:
Sprint Now or Forever Hold Your Pee.
Who's Coccolo?
Coincidentally, there really is a Tour de Pants here in Texas. It's a popular rally sponsored by one of the local sports talk stations.
And speaking of biking quips, I came up with this one yesterday: "Do these shorts make my butt look fast?" Inspired by something I read in an article about the Tour de France, which said that the riders can tell what sort of shape their opponents are in by checking out their butts.
Wisdom: It is best not to speak authoritatively about life in a penitentiary.
I would assume your question of "Who is Coccolo?" is in jest.
I would hope.
You read the article you linked to, did you not? Irresponsible linking has been known to cause..I don't know, emmasometimes to look real dumb in comments.
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