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France's Grand Tour a Metaphor for Free Markets

Posted by mshupe 6 years, 5 months ago to Culture
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Enjoy the Spontaneous Order of the Peloton, the Innovation of the Breakaway, the thrill of the Sprinters on the NBC Sports Channel.
SOURCE URL: https://www.centerforindividualism.org/the-slipstream-of-the-tour-de-france-peloton-and-the-spontaneous-order-of-free-markets-pull-everyone-along/

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  • Posted by Herb7734 6 years, 4 months ago
    Sp that's where the name "Peloton came from. I always thought it was a cool name for a product.
    By the way, I have no idea if what I'm typing is what I want to post.
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  • Posted by chad 6 years, 4 months ago
    Great analysis of how freely interacting benefits all participants, it does not guarantee equal outcome but the race benefits the most. Same with free markets, not everyone will benefit the same, everyone will benefit to the degree they are able and willing to work.
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  • Posted by mia767ca 6 years, 4 months ago
    used to bike with Lance Armstrong in Austin before he was a name....have done 100 milers...77 marathons...numerous tris....great social interaction with healthy individuals...
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  • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 5 months ago
    Lucky - not sure what you mean by those special words. I didn't see the words American view but not chauvinistic. Happy to clarify if possible.
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    • Posted by Lucky 6 years, 5 months ago
      Elaboration- When there is a national team in an international competition Americans, as all nationalities, often talk only of their own team sometimes as if the others are not even there. My comment meant that tho' you had a national perspective your description and analysis were not one or blind sided. Thanks for good writing and a good description of the race mechanics.

      peloton, domestiques, elites, trains, locomotive
      I have not seen these words used as you did.
      Is that usage standard in cycling or in the Tour de France?
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      • Posted by mshupe 6 years, 5 months ago
        Now I understand, thank you for clarifying Lucky. Yes, those words are common in professional team grand tour cycling, not just the Tour de France. They would not apply in track cycling for example. And I appreciate the compliment on the writing. The reality is that the TV broadcast in the US is geared to an American audience and will highlight some American riders. The same would be true for other countries. The team, like pro-hockey, are more and more international.
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  • Posted by Lucky 6 years, 5 months ago
    An interpretation of the Tour de France from a free market / economics perspective, an American view but not chauvinistic. Those special words- are they in general use or are they from your analysis?
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