This was one hell of a photo shoot.
The only time I care about the Tour de France is when Lance Armstrong is competing. I used to bike and I know the crazy demands it puts on your body and I was (obviously) never even near his league. Lance Armstrong is a fucking machine. They used to call Vinnie Johnson The Microwave because he heats up fast and turns off just as quickly. Using that criteria, I wonder if Armstrong should be called The Kiln or something. I read once that in all the trials and tests they have done on his body that he doesn’t produce lactic acid to any appreciable amount. That’s astounding to me.
There are few people I truly admire, truly hold in awe but Lance Armstrong is one of them. The strength of character and will he has displayed throughout his life is absolutely inspiring to me. His sheer determination, the “never give in” attitude is so ballsy (yes, I said that on purpose) that he deserves the veneration and reverence he receives. I don’t give a rat’s ass about his love life; to me, he is an athlete only. The celebrity prying gossipy crap doesn’t matter a bit. He is currently in third place. Just do it, Lance.
His Nike ads are the best I’ve ever seen and I put a few of my faves in after the jump.
In the early 90s Lance Armstrong won a bike race in philadelphia that used to be a big deal, and I was a kid, and my dad loved cycling, so, I’ve rooted for him ever since. Then the cancer, it was a good story.
I don’t know what to think of him anymore. I don’t care about the gossipy crap either, but, I think Barry Bonds is a very good comparison for Lance Armstrong.
I love Lance Armstrong, mainly for the reason that he really pisses off the French.
Lance is a fucking beast!
He’s had no drug scandals right? So I don’t think the Barry Bonds comparison is very valid.
He’s had more drug scandals than Bonds, really. He had a positive test for a banned substance, which is more than Bonds has had, actually.
But, the sample on Armstrong was from a time period when they could not test for that specific drug, so, he never got suspended or anything like that and he disputes the credibility of it. From there, the rest of the drug scandals are more smoke than fire, like a lot of controversy about it, but they haven’t actually caught him. Which is like Bonds, haven’t actually caught him. Like, Armstrong had a trainer who was a huge PEDs guy, that sort of thing.
hmm…
Jo, watch the 2nd video. The guy is, always has been and always will be clean.
how come there is no option on this poll where he is a cheater?
How is a commercial with him saying his critics call him a doper evidence that he is clean?
Because I wrote it and because he isn’t.
“Armstrong is not getting paid by Astana, having offered his services for free on the understanding that he would be allowed to wear his LiveStrong helmet to promote his cancer charity.”
http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news;_ylt=AlYg4a2C_yVRIL61UGtNy8_8d61_?slug=ro-tourdefrance071109&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
He’s a good dude.
I tried to find anything on this and I haven’t. He’s tested all the time and has always come up clean. It’s just a bunch of haters. Everyone is always jealous of a winner, someone who is superior to them.
I am rooting for Mark Cavendish to win the Green Jersey… but will be reasonably impressed if Armstrong wins.
Just curious, but, what then would explain myself? I was an Armstrong fan, I don’t cycle, like the sport because of my father, wanted to see him do well, liked him when he was a winner, but now dislike him because I think he is a cheater?
Certainly it isn’t because I am jealous.
His tests came up clean and then came up dirty for something they couldn’t test at the original time of the tests. Couple that with all the circumstantial evidence out there, and I think he cheated and knew how to cheat really well.
Which is why I made the comparison to Bonds. Bonds knew how to cheat really really well, hasn’t been proven of it, but certainly enough to support an opinion that he cheated.
And, I’m not even trying to win you over to the “Lance Armstrong cheated” side of things. You said you looked up evidence and don’t think he cheated. Fine, I don’t really care.
Just dismissing those that disagree the way you did just seems silly, though.
So far as Armstrong cheating, I will believe it only when he himself admits it. And not a second before. And then I will have to rebuild my world.
I may have once said the same thing about Pete Rose