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TOUR OF CAMARILLO.

Well, another Tour of California has come and gone, too bad about the weather, it looked way ugly even on TV. I kept waiting for the big “hydro-pro” in the field sprints. Every time those guys cranked their bikes through a hard turn and across those painted crosswalks in a downpour, I thought I could hear the tires wash out.

I am from California. Born and raised. And, I gotta give props to my great state.

But when I watched each day of racing I began feeling more and more embarrassed as a native.

Running along side the peloton every day were Mo and Larry! Some dude in a ratty Mod Squad wig adorned in a red/blue cape, and the dude with the antlers attached to his football helmet.

Sorry, but is just not the same as the Tour de France. It doesn’t work here. They just look like 2 guys that escaped from Camarillo State Mental Hospital and found a 99 Cent store.

Good thing it was in California cause if the Tour ran through the mid-west, you can rest assured the guy with the antlers would be stuffed, mounted and hanging on some good ‘ol boy’s wall.

Then Versus could air the Tour on their hunting program.

Hmmm… I smell a new reality show!