Some people enjoy the details. It lets you immerse yourself momentarily in bike racing culture which is incredibly interesting.

After reading Lord of the Rings:

"Well, that was a huge waste of words."

> Bilbo gives long lost evil ring to son Frodo

> Frodo goes on a long journey with friends to destroy the ring

> A few friends die; a lot of enemies die

> Frodo can't destroy the ring in the moment of truth because it has corrupted him

> It gets destroyed anyway

There, saved you from reading 1000+ pages of literature