It's nice to see that sanity has prevailed in the potentially explosive situation that saw Elk Haus-Simplon removed from the Tour of Germany before it had even begun. The right legal channels were explored, the judge issued a preliminary injunction that gives them a start. The Austrian Pro Continental Tour team can now get down to the business of giving it all on the road.

Let's just hope things settle down in Germany and we can settle down and enjoy some cycling instead of these pointless, knee-jerk reactions from governing bodies more intent on seeming to take the hard line rather than actually achieving anything of value. The German television boycott of the Tour de France was about as pointless and ridiculous as anything I have heard in quite some time. A German cyclist is caught cheating so the rest of the country's cycling fans are penalised...huh?

It seems to me that, rather than formulate a cohesive strategy to combat drug cheats in the sport, we've got agencies, associations and organising committees jumping to make impulsive decisions all for the so-called greater good of the sport. The halfwitted organisers of the Hamburg Cyclassics race on August 19, who announced that Alberto Contador would not be welcome at their event deserve a good solid uppercut and a reminder that perhaps they could pull their heads in for a second and try and do something that would benefit cycling.

The finger pointing between the UCI and the ASO has got to stop and it's got to stop before they do some real damage to their showpiece event. Apart from getting plain sick and tired of the constant wrangling by people who are old enough to know better, it's getting in the way of the important job of continuing to clean up the sport.