I can see where you are coming from as a competitor. You don't want the hack cyclist/solid runner breezing through the road course while you're working your arse off in the front of the pack.
As an observer of professional sports, imho a professional cycling race is much more watchable than an ironman. Much of the excitement of the tour de france comes with the long breakaways and the subsequent chase by the peleton. That is something that is much more difficult to appreciate in the ironman. You may have an incredible cyclist (or runner for that matter)who is destroying the field, but you really can't appreciate it until the splits come in and at the transitions.
Watching the ironman hawaii on tv is all about the stories and finishes for me. Of course, I've always been a sucker for the inspirational sports stories (Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!).
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