Well done, but...

Why can I not get more excited about a Brit winning the Tour de France?  First time ever apparently, and the feat has been described as up there with Bannister's four-minute mile, England winning the 1966 World Cup and Steve Redgrave's five Olympic gold medals.  I think it's because I have always felt that the Tour de France is a bit of a con - it puts itself forward as something which it is not.  It is presented as a man against man contest, whereas in reality it is team against team.  Bradley Wiggins won because he was lead rider for the Sky team, and the Sky team got their man home in first place.  Had they chosen someone else as their lead rider, then there's a good chance that he would have won.  The team are there to boost the chances of, and protect their lead rider, and they did that superbly well.  So congratulations to all of them - not just to Wiggins.