Cyclists - again!

Just chatting with the guys at work about this big cycle race thats going on. Everybody seems to be watching it and they have closed off the roads everywhere which is very inconvenient, especially when you feel like I do about these little blighters. Anyway what I couldn't understand is why? Why would so many people want to watch them when so many of us hate them? Luckily Matt knew the answer to this 'incase one falls off'. I now understand. Phew!!!!