Reality: Get me rewrite!

Aside from riders who dislike rain or cold, there was one other person who hated the AmGen Tour of California, last week's pro racing kickoff -- absolutely hated, the way Lance hates dopers. That person was Shirley Bianchi, a former San Luis Obispo County Supervisor. She stirred up quite a wasp's nest with an angry letter to the editor, because, you know, it was a pain in the ass trying to drive anywhere for a couple hours last Thursday morning.

Cycling fans everywhere are now protesting that such a dumb person has such a cool name.

Pinch Flat News, being in the business of providing solutions, suggests that going forward, we all refer to the Bianchi Tour of California, and its biggest opponent, Shirley AmGen.