**Desperately Seeking Rivals: **following need not apply (tongue in cheek): Overpowered, undertrained Germans Nice guy, wheel sucking Italians Kazaks who brilliantly attack over and over again but only for about 30 seconds each Cicken-legged pasty-faced Danish mountain bikers who look freaky in polka dots Any other former riders who have left the team of the current defending champ who think they’re the man, 'cuz they’re not little Basque fruit-fly climbers Spanish wanna-be’s
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