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To counter your question with another question: did the Tour de France lose its status? I'd say not, despite severe and longstanding doping scandals. I don't think it's about prestige, or about objectively being the best. People don't watch the Tour or the Olympics because they want to see who's the best, they watch it because they want to see an incredible performance or an exciting race.