I feel much the same. I do enjoy the spectacle of the mountain stages and will limit my attention to the final week. As for the spate of inpropieties, athletes will always find a way to cheat,keeping it in check is the goal. In actuality , Le Tour has about as much in common with your average cyclist as does your average motorist with Formula 1, although the technology in both sports does have trickle down benefits. It would be fun to see the peleton on single speed Schwinns,or unicycles for a time trial stage.