One week before the 2009 Tour de Froth winner announcement, TDF President Les Spectacle may have ignited the slow fuse to next year’s edition by congratulating the as yet unnamed winner for his tactics during this year’s event. Spectacle commented on the fact “the winner” disobeyed team orders during the fifth stage, when he wore a cape of many colors. This coincided with an unauthorized song and dance routine that left spectators standing in the aisles and other competitors vexed and frustrated. Although other riders played down the episode in the moments after the stage finish, by Tour’s end it was apparent that next year's event would involve an even greater level of legal wrangling and advanced mathematics. A rider who asked to speak off record quipped, “They haven’t banned capes yet? That’s so nineties.”
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