Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie!

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Since then, Didier Rous managed 20th in Paris in 2003, while Voeckler was an impressive 18th last year and team-mate Chavanel was 37th.

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Sadly, the history of science is replete with investigators who were discredited by the status quo but who were eventually proved right: Galileo, Semmelweis, Pasteur, Ohm, Nott, Zweig and Rous, to name a few.

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