Well, it took two days, but Our Boy Lance finally saw fit (after being in a fit) to talk to the New York Times' Juliet Macur, who wrote that "nasty story" about the Frankie Andreu "hatchet job" (you all caught up now?).While authorities in Germany go ramsacking about Jan Ullrich's house for drugs while he's off on his honeymoon, Lance is doing what Lance does: defending Lance.
“Some of us are born with 4 cylinders, and some of us are born with 12,” says Armstrong (AP photo/Harry Cabluck -- hey Jake, ya like this picture?!), who was almost certainly reborn after his battle with cancer in 1996 and 1997.
I wonder how many cylinders Bad Boy Floyd was born with?
And, there's the usual good stuff in PezCycling's EuroTrash Thursday!
I am often impressed with how much trashing in the press people take before they snap. Guilty /not guilty, either can be inferred from comments attributed to Lance or others, we should concentrate our efforts on having an open and accountable testing process for those still competing
ReplyDeleteI agree 146. It's has to change and it has to change NOW.
ReplyDeleteI will say however, LA's successes are more than just winning 7 Tours and taking down a ton of cash.
As we all know, he has inspired no less than the modern world with his heroic comeback and given hope (real or otherwise) to millions of cancer victims.
While I agree that it's time to let the man live his life and continue his great work, the increasing evidence of those around him dropping like flies, hospital room admissions, 4 former teammates in the crosshairs, etc. is more than concerning.
I`ve read a few of his books and guilty or not he is a seriously inspirational guy.
ReplyDeleteHe never tested positive, despite that, he will always be in the spotlight if he choses to speak about former friends /colleagues or any current athlete.
It goes with the territory, he can only affect the intensity of interest.
As a team sport, if his teamates doped to support him it diminishes his achievements though he may have had no control over their actions.
He should get on with his life and accept that the press will keep looking because when our sporting heroes resort to doping we rightly take it personally!
If these superstar athletes dont like it? TOUGH!
Insipirational yes. If he truly cheated, an EMPHATIC no. In fact, it would rank him as the greatest fraud in history in my opinion. But I do still reserve judgment given, to your point, that he is innocent till proven otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThe little I know of LA's personality is that your statement "...he may have had no control over their actions." does not coorelate with this man in my opinion.
He's a 100% classic, Type A control freak. While I don't know much about the inner workings of Postal, Discovery, Tailwind Sports, etc., I do know ONE THING: If there was doping on that team, LA knew about it.