Too European

Evil



What the hell happened?! My TV is overwhelmed with European sports. Thankfully, we're getting rid of two today: it's the last day of Wimbledon and also the last day of the World F'ing Cup. But the Tour de France is still going strong and we're getting ANOTHER two weeks of it. I've actually been watching some Tour de France on ch. 122, the Outdoor Life Network (which is an ironic name because it's basically a channel for people whose only exposure to "outdoor life" is via their TV). I've learned that they have weird fashion rules in cycling. There are all these special jerseys that mean something:

Yellow Jersey - Overall race ("General Classification") leader

White Jersey - Best Young Rider (under 25)

Green Jersey - Sprint Leader

Polka Dot Jersey - King of the Mountains

But there's more! Get this... if you're the cycling campion of your country, you don't wear your cycling team's colors (e.g. The Discovery Channel team, The T-Mobile team, etc.)... Instead, you wear your country colors. Same thing applies if you're the world champion: you wear a rainbow jersey. Oh wait. This is all very complicated. I can't remember if the rainbow jersey means you're champion of the world, or just champion of Brokeback Mountain. Please, no more European sports! (But more Sumo Wrestling on ESPN2. That stuff rocks.)