i watched a couple clips on velonews.com about the riders opinions and they've all said they love it. they said there is a ton of support. some said there were more people at the prologue than they had seen at a cycling event. Money always has something to do with it, but like Mike said it's probably doing a lot to build the sport and spread its popularity and visibility.
and for the record i didn't even notice the TdF was starting in london... there is way too much terminology i'm trying to catch on to bother with something as trivial as location
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