You are a hard person to figure out Brian. A few days ago you start a thread titled " Keep on truckin Lance" and when I questioned your sudden change of heart you claimed the thread showed favoritism to no one. Trolling?
Hero worship? Have you read Armstrongs first book? Let's see: left for dead by your pro team, told by doctors you will never race again and have a 20% chance of LIVING. Beat all the odds by not only beating cancer but returning to cycling and winning the hardest physical sporting event on the planet. He's a hero to many people out there fighting cancer. He may not be a great person but there can be no denying that he's mentally tougher than anyone alive. He works hard, is blessed with superior genes, and finally has a great team to help him win the tour. All of the other former great tour winners won by themselves? Doubt it.
When I started cycling in the early 80's there had only been one American competing in a modern tour (name escapes me) in fact until Lemond,Phinney, and Hampsten came along the U.S. was at the bottom of the world cycling scene. Lance has put a face on cycling in America and by and large it's a positive one. Too bad his marriage failed, the majority in America do. Maybe he is a jerk, but he keeps on winning, and until he fails a drug test I will believe he got there by sheer hard work and a will to live. Besides Brian, he's the ultimate patriot, representing America in a time when much of the world doesn't support us.
As far as contributing to a post, you bring this up frequently when attacking others when they don't agree with you. I can see you in your office rooting for "the other guy" just to see the reaction of your co-workers. Every one has their own opinion, get used to it.
Hero worship? Have you read Armstrongs first book? Let's see: left for dead by your pro team, told by doctors you will never race again and have a 20% chance of LIVING. Beat all the odds by not only beating cancer but returning to cycling and winning the hardest physical sporting event on the planet. He's a hero to many people out there fighting cancer. He may not be a great person but there can be no denying that he's mentally tougher than anyone alive. He works hard, is blessed with superior genes, and finally has a great team to help him win the tour. All of the other former great tour winners won by themselves? Doubt it.
When I started cycling in the early 80's there had only been one American competing in a modern tour (name escapes me) in fact until Lemond,Phinney, and Hampsten came along the U.S. was at the bottom of the world cycling scene. Lance has put a face on cycling in America and by and large it's a positive one. Too bad his marriage failed, the majority in America do. Maybe he is a jerk, but he keeps on winning, and until he fails a drug test I will believe he got there by sheer hard work and a will to live. Besides Brian, he's the ultimate patriot, representing America in a time when much of the world doesn't support us.
As far as contributing to a post, you bring this up frequently when attacking others when they don't agree with you. I can see you in your office rooting for "the other guy" just to see the reaction of your co-workers. Every one has their own opinion, get used to it.