There’s no crying in baseball…or cycling!

Perhaps pre-Tour de France favorite Alexander”Vino” Vinokourov didn’t get the all-important “There’s-crying-in-cycling” memo before losing more time to race leader Michael Rasmussen. According to SI.com:

“I did what I could. The team worked well again … and tried to reduce the gap,” Vinokourov told France television.

“It was another horrible day for me,” he said before breaking into tears.

During the stage, Vinokourov briefly dropped back to the doctor’s car to get an anti-inflammatory pill, the Tour doctor said.

Breaking into tears?! After a poor performance?!

Question: Would this type of behavior be acceptable if he had a tooth embedded in his forehead?

Answer: H-E-Double hockey sticks-No. Non. Absolutely not. Nyet. Nein. Nope.

You know why? Please allow me to tell you: THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL, CYCLING, OR ANY OTHER SPORT!

Just imagine what the “tough” Kazakh rider would do if Astana’s Team Manager Mario Kummer called him a “talkin’ pile of pigshit” (a la Rogers Hornsby & Jimmy Dugan)? My guess is that it would include kicking, screaming, and crying…

NO CRYING!