Tour de France

Up until yesterday, I had been enjoying the Tour de France without any thought to politics. The human interest story is so compelling: Lance Armstrong, having survived tesicular cancer metasticized to the brain and lungs, racing to win his sixth straight Tour. Then came this::

During Wednesday's time trial, Armstrong was booed, spat at and insulted, but shrugged off hostile sections of the crowd packing the road to win the stage - moving another step closer to cycling history.

Can't the French please just put it away for a couple hours? Can't we be allowed to enjoy a freaking bicycle race without this sort of nonsense? Can't they at least show a modicum of respect for this man and what he has overcome and accomplished?