I didn’t know what a peloton was until Frenchy was watching the Tour de France when I was around.

She said she knew they were all doped up, but not her elementary school friend, and she watched it mainly for the scenery of France.

Her friend was doped up.

That may not have felt as bad as the cyclists at Tour de Langkawi did as illness ripped through the peloton on Thursday night, with suspected food poisoning the most likely cause for the mass exodus from the race. Ten riders in all failed to either start or finish the stage.