What - if anything - lies beyond the sound and fury of sport? Beyond the kaleidoscopic spectacle of jerseys and the glint of a field of riders aboard gleaming carbon machines, does the effort, expense, and investment in cycling ultimately mean anything?
From the vantage point of hard-nosed pragmatism, the answer is painfully apparent: no matter how much one may love cycling, compared to the pressing moral, economic, and practical questions we face, all one can do is shrug and reluctantly acquiesce that in the end bicycle racing is indeed of little consequence.