Lance Armstrong: The Road Ahead (2015)
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- Опубликовано: 6 мар 2015
- In his first television interview since his doping confession in 2013, former cyclist Lance Armstrong talks exclusively to BBC Sports editor Dan Roan in Austin, Texas, about life as sport's most notorious drugs cheat, forgiveness, and his hopes for the future.
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Lance is the #1 reason why I started cycling over 16 years ago. He's alright by me. 🚴
It's not that he cheated, it's how he manipulated and bullied people, and was so defiant about defending his non-drug use back in the day. That's the disappointing part, he mentions it on this interview (10:57), and he's right. It was the fighting with anybody that challenged him, the personal attacks. You can clean that up very easily.
Yep
Lance, "the way I, I, I, I, acted", not the way "he" acted.
All I here in this interview is Lance trying his best to minimise the damages caused to his brand instead of showing genuine remorse for all the lives he has turned apart. As always it is all about Lance Armstrong the showman.
The lives he has turned apart? The guy has probably saved millions of lives so stop being a holy ghost and judge others, he did what everyone else was doing and still does
@@kungallu2133 he did bully and harass other players not only reinforcing the culture of doping but also completely costing other racers their careers. So yah. You'll never see this probably but seriously he has NOT saved millions his foundation did using his image which was again built off of a lie.
@@mariella2884 lie?? Lance did survive cancer and he won tour de France 7 times,yes doped but so was the majority of and hes peers foundation has helped alot of people! Agree he was a dik but thats besides the matter
@@mariella2884 What about the people that attacked and bullied him from the start? Goes both ways. Journalists, Walsh, hypocrite Lemond and others always had it for him since 1999. Lance may have been an asshole and a nasty cookie but he was defending his career, his life and the sport.
It wasn't the doping that makes people upset. It is how he approached the situation throughout the issue. He ruined careers and treated people awfully in order to cover up his doping.
Looks like Lance really changed. I cannot help, but i still like him and still like to watch his old races. Cycling ruled during his career.
Lance, his never quit mindset and the mission of his Livestrong foundation helped get me through some very serious life threatening situations/times in my life. I’m very grateful for this. We all make mistakes and yes, he treated people very bad, but he see’s what he did and how he acted and is a dynamically changing man. I can see it. Thanks Lance
The guy was one of the greatest athletes of all time...hell, he probably still is! He won the Tour 7 times. Even to win that once is amazing. You can take away the titles like a beligerant child who takes his ball and goes home, but you can't rewrite history! Doping?... about 90% of the peloton were doing!!! He was just doing what everyone else was.
But can you 100% guarantee nobody from the 10% wouldn't have beat him if all were dope free? He's a cheat!
GOAT........ reason people actually care about cycling
Wow! The last sentence is chilling and telling! He doesn't understand the meaning of, "integrity".
Lance raised over 500 million for cancer research what have you done in your useless life
It seems to me he can't see how much blessed he is.
This reminds me a bit of the Frost/Nixon interviews. There's no remorse, no (genuine) admission of guilt, he still believes he was right and that he was unfairly treated.
He basically seems to be saying that everyone doped, and had everyone not doped, then the result would still be the same.
Landis called him a jerk and a bully. He did whatever it took to be a winner in an era where doping was rife. What choice did he really have, either get juiced or go home. LA didn’t just dope and that was all he had to do to win. He was the hardest, fiercest trainer, always looking for a competitive edge and took his body to the limit to win. All that after beating testicular cancer that had reached a major organ and brain.
He clearly doesn't get it.
@Shred Father foundation was and is cynical pr front ya moron
His best finish in the TDF before his cancer was 36th place. Then he comes back from a seriously life threatening illness in 1999 and wins the tour in convincing fashion. No wonder David Walsh said at the time don’t applaud him.
Lance still a icon for me
Big fan of this legendary champion!
Personaly i think hes a strong man and a Champ!
Lance listen! I dont like cheating but you have told the truth and that is strong. We like you. This is your path and you will see that it is good!
I love the way even now he is trying to spin his way out. What Kid wouldn't want to get out of time out. LA you are not a child. You are a grown up. For every statment he made was followed with a 'But'. If you didn't want the consequences maybe you should have made better choices. This man is one of the best liars we have ever come across. Even now he can sit down and bold face his way through an interview even when he was caught red handed with his hand in the cookie jar! His biggest mistake according to LA is he got caught.
+Julie Bear he never thought as an adult..just as a petulant adolescent...
Whatever, he still beat the top cycling field 7 times, fair and square, even if you and a bunch of fruit cakes who don't understand the full story don't like him.
Anomalous AP - fair and square hey? LMAO
@@AnomalousAppendages
He didn't beat them fair and square because for one thing not every cyclist in the peloton was taking drugs so it was never a level playing field. Armstrong may have beaten the other drug cheats but he will NEVER be able to say fair and square about everyone because he took drugs and no matter how many times you and others justify his actions he will be known as a rider who needed drugs to win
@@AnomalousAppendages If you had the time to do so, you would be able to see that I just wrote a fresh in response to this video about half an hour ago, that shows that as of today I've FINALLY mellowed re: my decade-plus long hatred toward Lance (I've not called him Lance for more than a decade before today, btw - always PHARMstrong, LIEstrong, etc!) & I'm saying this as a preface to point out that I'm no longer the 'hater' that I previously was. However, ANYONE who understands PED's & human physiology at even a basic level knows that PED's - even if ALL of the athletes took the same drugs & they were administered/monitored by Michele Ferrari - affect everyone differently. And what's more, when the UCI sets the maximum allowable haematocrit level (ratio of red blood cells within ones entire blood volume) at 50%, how can someone with a natural H level of 48% (Subject A) be on the SAME level as someone with a natural H level of 40% (Subject B), which thus allows 'Subject B' to take FAR more EPO than 'Subject B'?! And that's an example of only one of the many drugs - EPO, HGH, steroids, cortisone, et al. - that were used during all of the '90s & the first decade of this century.
Holy shit he's 43. He's not ageing well.
I know! His body looks great. I mean, he looks really lean and fit, however he looks like he's in his late 50s.
Lance Amstrong is the best cyclist i have ever known. I watched the tour de france when i was in kid.
Its inspired me .,,,!
Best liar , best cheater , best junkie ... No doubt about that !
Haha! He threw some serious shade at Oprah there at the beginning! :)
He who is without sin cast the first stone , we all have lied and treated. People badly in our lives in one way or another
Lance is the greatest of all time ..despite he was doping ..but he gave everybody hope an inspiration ..and that's what you can't take away..everybody makes mistakes..i think he is the greatest cyclist in the world..he doped at a time that everybody was doing it...7 time tour de france champion lance armstong
Not just the greatest sportsman ever but also an amasing personality. Zero ego soft harted gentelman and inteligent. He is a real inspirtation
Intelligent, yes. Talented, of course. But the rest (zero ego!!)
So what time were you born yesterday?
And is your first or last name Patsy?
Are we talking about the same person? 🤔
I'm amazed at the amount of people who try to defend lance,
+daniel freeley because everybody in any sports cheat and this guy did it like a boss
Cos they have the same mentality as him.
I don't defend his conduct as far as how he went after people. But the doping, who cares. Everyone was doing it he was just the best. Not to mention the entire federally funded USPS team was juiced. Govt sponsored doping.
But there has to be a fall guy every so often so we can all still make believe that sports are clean. They aren't. It's about money and being the best and you're not the best unless you're on the gear. Period.
I'm amazed at the amount of people who think that sport is clean now.
LA was the king of dope and cheated and destroyed everyone who was against him. He was the biggest bully. He doped the best. Before dope he was nowhere in the tour de france. He got what he deserved. Now he has to live with it. He still doesn't feel sorry for those he tried to destroy. He should face those people and show regret. Than he will earn back some respect.
Wow i am just amazed at his determination... He doesnt feel sorry at all. What a psycho, he'll never stop lying
He seems quite honest to me. I was impressed by this interview. I think he deserves a second chance.
Really? Sounds like a well-rehearsed con man to me - lotta that going around these days
He is liar
I like the dude he’s a cycling maniac. Inspired me to get into it not long ago
He’s a champion... fuck the critics
@@JT-fn4eu no f**k u
Malignant Narcissism at its best on display... anything to win & being a victim smh
From the 23minute mark it starts getting real. Lance is upset he got caught not that he cheated in the first place. He has learnt little.
And the whole industry know it.They put them there...
He looks so tired, because he stays awake all night rehearsing his answers. He would have been a great poet
@Htx457 , no, that was a great comment. Funny as hell.
So funny man. And true.
Lance looks tired because there's no rest for the wicked.
Lance tried to destroy people. I'm sure his life is difficult now but he's reaping what he sowed.
Everyone he represented or tried to destroy is millionaire or very well-off now
I got right into the Tour during Lances reign, its so unfortunate the truth has come out. Still has an air of arrogance yet I still think he is a victim of a bigger culture. I think he has more to come clean about, however, I still some how admire him. There is still a good book to be written
his answers wander all over the place..he rarely completes a sentence...his eyeballs dart back and forth...not someone you could trust his intentions or his word...
+Brian Collins ruclips.net/video/jPqbnDYnncQ/видео.html
+Brian Collins Ya think? He only lied at every turn of his career. Nothing gets passed you
Yea, a psychopathic liar. What a dead beat.
Lance was my hero then & he remains my hero now. He was the best of the rest in an era when everyone doped. He helped fortunes of people suffering from cancer & giving them hope. He made cycling exciting
Yeah but he cheated and I don’t.
Hang in there Lance. You have done so much for Cancer. You are one of the best cyclist there ever was. "He who is without sin can cast the first stone".
Michele Corley I agree with your quote, and judgement is not our right. However, he is not one of the best cyclist that ever was.
Michele Corley Lance: bullier, fraud, doper, lier...
He's still a champion, when you consider the pervasiveness of drugs in the sport at that time,he's paid his dues and deserves to be left alone.He's still an amazing cyclist and American.He's come clean people, and has apologized,give him a break.
The man with the 'dead fish' eyes. Bloody creep.
Ah come on he's pretty dope lol ;)
Yeah, cuz you’re perfect and all righteous to judge others. Let’s see your confession
No more of a fraud than nearly all of the other top riders of that era he so dominated. Hence, why all of the venom has been aimed at him and the others simply forgiven or shown empathy. He did what he had to to be able to compete. In that sense it was a level playing field and I believe he was the best by far. I think a lot of it is purely down to jealousy and vindictiveness towards Armstrong, about all the victories and the millions he made. No one else came even close.
His father gave up on him , and I think that's why he was was so driven . To show he was worth something ! He said in an interview that his father wanted to get to know him when he became famous . He wanted nothing to do with him . In trying to prove he was worthy he ultimately ended up destroying himself
i love this persone best ever 7 times very big hero
+Petar Nikolov well you are a gullible idiot!!
everybody take doping you are so stupid but not everybody champion shut up pls
you are an idiot
Did you him say "I can't lie" 7:35.... LOL
It's like people say and like he said himself, the issue was not the doping that disappointed a lot of people, it was his personal attacks towards others, "that is the man that can't ever come back"!!! He admits what he did wrong. What I don't get is why can't he say I'm sorry, and every time he's asked, he rather say, "we're all sorry"....?? It's like he still doesn't want to take ownership of his wrong doing one hundred percent. And yes, I agree there were others doping as well, but we're not talking about the others, we're talking about Lance Armstrong. I would love to hear him say "Yes, a lot of people were doping, but I'm sorry I fell into that as well and I apologize to the millions of followers I once had". This is just my opinion.
Your the best Lance...I wish they'd let you race again. Keep your head up and fuck the haters.
***** They are not haters when they dislike you for numerous shitty things you have3 done. Do you know how many peopl got sued and got their life destroyed for telling the truth. Lance is borderline sociopath...
He's past his prime now. Also I'd guess it not to far off to say that doping is still present in cycling today. I'm not a supporter of doping. But Lance beat all the other dopers at the height of doping in cycling, shoot doping is probably even higher now then it was then.
That's true. But there could also be new types of doping that can't be picked up on a test. Just like transfusing your own fresh oxygenated blood can't be picked up on any test.
+Hubba Bubba and like all other crimes when $$ is involved there will be a new way that will evade testing for a few years......
He says that it was a tough situation, what did he expect? He used, abused and destroyed anybody who stood in his way. He is a Vile, Narcissistic, Cheat!
He hasn't generally shown any remorse for what he did and never will.
Lance is a legend. Regardless. He won the Tour de France seven times! That's a massive achievement if he was doping or not! This man trained his ass off and he set up his foundation and helped lots of people. When he was doping everyone did it (more or less) it's different now. Lance is the winner for those races, no one else. This guy has had too much shit off others and he exposed what most people were doing, he had the guts to admit what he did and take the fall. In my view he is and always will be a legend.
Bruce Lee Bullshit. He´s a bullier, fraud, doper, lier...
FluffY PenguiN and you know everything about bullier, fraud, doper, lier...
Bruce Lee i agree he shouldn't be stripped not when 95% of the tour was cheating. i think he deserves it to an extinct because of the way he treated ex teammates or anybody who challenge him
Bruce Lee i agree he shouldn't be stripped not when 95% of the tour was cheating. i think he deserves it to an extinct because of the way he treated ex teammates or anybody who challenge him
Bruce Lee Contador's recent Giro victory brings the hypocrisy to the fore.
He's only 43? He looks 53.
WarRogers tough days
that is the appearance when you have used tons of illegal drugs.
Alcohol?
@@wolfnorth7075 the dude also had cancer
Lance was doing what everybody else did and the only way he could compete and those conditions. Livestrong Lance
Lance is only human we all make mistakes big and small he is still a great athlete and I'm still a fan god bless him
He's a con man
7 times Tour de France Winner and an Great Athlete. Simple the Best.Why American People makes own people Down. Its CRAZY
I think he is had enough, everybody makes mistakes, lets move on, give the guy a break. it's tough enough for him, that the world calls him a cheat. Everybody cheats here & there, and he is put under the spotlight. Leave the broken man with some room to heal. "Its okay lance, I forgive you, if i were in your shoe in that moment, I might have done the same thing."
+Allen Ko He's getting what he gave. I don't like him because of being a cheater, but because he was a completely asshole to other riders. That's why he should be "under the spotlight". I agree people have to move on about the 'cheater' thing (many others had do that, and there's many people doing that, but don't get any bit of that punishment) but turning down people, being a bully and humillating them... That's the reason he should be punished and that's why he should be hated.
Here and there? How many years did he cheat and how is that 'here and there'?
agree with you derrick......he is the guy who have the guts to win in any cost........love lance.....i don't appreciate people who judge other people, when he doesn't have the guts to do what other people do.......but have the guts just to comment what other people do
Lance Armstrong: The "Roids" Ahead (2015)
He made his bed, now he's lying in it. No pun intended...
He's not ball less...he's soulless! As a former elite athlete and Brain cancer survivor myself...it's not the doping so much that hurts...it's that he turned his back on teammates, family and the cancer community by being the most massive douche in history! People make mistakes, but lance destroyed lives without so much a simple apology! He's the OJ Simpson on cycling...a narcisstic sociopath! So sad for those he hurt and his family! A poor excuse for a human being!
Best response in the last sentence.. that's what you hear only from a true champion!
The difference between a Narcissist and a sociopath is the narcissist cannot understand how he or she affects others. The sociopath understands completely and enjoy the results to justify their selfish agenda.
I don't care about what he did, so did and does everyone else today who is competing in the Tour de France. I wanna go to his shop and buy a bike from him and have a chat if he is there. The guy has balls of steel
Ball of steel, he only has 1
Today Armstrong finds the humility that could have saved his career so long ago.
Had he treated Hamilton better this would be a different story.
Lance won simple as that as all riders in hos era was doping
The overhead caption of this Read's.. The road ahead, it should of been changed to the road of drugs or the drug road
What he just doesn't see is that its not about just the doping, but about the way he doped. He took it to a hole other level. It was like a well orginized criminal drugs orginization. And he was the boss of it and used his power, money and influence to make others do what he wanted. Luckily and unlucky for him, some just would not bow to him.
you are were you are,because in your "prime" you shut,sued and bullied lots of people.
you are were you are,because you thought you'd never get caught
you are were you are,because you got caught
the only good point in this interview is that the whole truth needs to come out, all the doping, all the people involved, all the winners, all the facts. only then can people really understand and judge
Couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” guy!
Good god, does he ever stop feeling sorry for himself. At this stage, I can't decide if it's stubborness or stupidity that he still doesn't grasp the impact of his behaviour. Even still, no remorse. Only regrets are centred around himself.
Fiona Jarrett Malignant Narcissism
Plus u can tell lance is trying not bust the whole pro cycling world by saying everybody does it
The big problem is still the same: Armstrong talks about himself on the 3rd person. This shows me no regrets whatsoever.
The guy rubbed far too many people the wrong way, that’s why they made an example out of him. He believes at his heart that everyone cheated and he was the best of them. I dont blame him for lack of contrition, I think he says, no one is asking everyone else from ulrich to vinokourov if they are sorry. i personally feel lifetime ban for something everyone was doing is ridiculous. But listening to him, hincapie and bruyneel on podcast is a lot of fun.
I feel a strange sense of guilt writing this (as a lifelong Lemond NUT - replicas of all of his TDF-winning bikes & more La Vie Claire, ADR-Agrigel & Z Vêtements kit than I care/dare to count - & a big fan of his other biggest victims, from the Andreu's, to Emma O'Reilly & then Tyler & even David Walsh, although he's come out of this with the biggest spoils) but I really respect every word that Lance (man, I haven't written that name for YEARS, opting instead for PHARMstrong, LIEstrong, etc..!!) spoke within this interview & as an extremely competitive person with the traits of a sociopath & someone with NPD (narcissistic personality disorder) - according to my ex', who completed her Masters in Psychology - I could NEVER be the first person entitled to be throwing stones at his metaphorical glass house.
JESUS, am I REALLY going to send this??!! It's now the end of a Lance-hating era for me, I guess!!
HOWEVER, to those who say that all of the doped-up riders from that era were racing on the same level, that is entirely untrue, as ANYONE with even a fundamental knowledge about PED's & human physiology would attest. For example, when the maximum allowable haematocrit level (the amount of red blood cells within one's total blood volume) is set at 50% by the UCI & one guys' natural haematocrit level is 48% & another guy's natural level is 40%, then clearly the second guy - who can take far more EPO than the first guy - is FAR better off & that's fucked. The ONLY way to race one another is to use ONLY what you were born with, combined with how hard you trained with ONLY what you were born with & although that may never be a reality, it is the ONLY fair way to compete. And I agree with Lemond when he says that without PED's & blood transfusions & everything else that Ferrari was able to offer him in return for the big bucks, Armstrong would have finished the Tour in the top 30, AT BEST. He was a great one-day racer - especially upon flat terrain - but his first 4 Tours, PRIOR TO STAGE 3 CANCER, show what his true ability in Grand Tours was & even then, he was already using drugs!!
Once a layer!!!!!
Still a layer!!!!
Always a layer!!!!
Coming back was your greatest achievement not your biggest mistake!!!!!!!
The really sad revelation about Armstrong comes at the very end.... at 23;00 his response to Dan Roan's asking Lance if he is sorry for doping in the first place... suggesting with good reason that people are 'still' waiting to see real contrition from Lance. Lance's response to this says it all... it's really worth listening to again. Lance claims that what he and all the other riders are sorry for is they got caught and 'had to go back home and live what normal people would consider normal, productive happy lives.... albeit not receiving glory, accolades and millions of dollars. Dan Roan's final comment/quetion is excellent, as is his interview. Lance still sees himself as the victim in a very real sense... very sad.
As he says, do you think all them sponsors and cycling in general would not do it again? Come on the man has made a mistake and owned up. Look at cycling in them years, everybody was doping. If lance was French it would have been fine!
I was satisfied when he finally got caught, he still came out ahead, i'm glad to see he is through it now and doing good, he entered cycling when drugs we're rife, you would almost be dumb if you didn't do what the rest we're doing.
this is what someone who was once in competitive sport and used doping and steroids will look like after the downfall...old and worn down. The drugs does take a toll on the body.
"Is that fair?" "I don't think that's right" "I get it. We gotta look at the whole play" "If we're hangin one guy... give me the noose".
Sorry Lance. The consequences of your actions hurt those who you would like to help. If you mother had MS and you couldn't raise the 100k for charity... it's on YOU. Not on those who "made you the one guy".
You still don't completely own it.
You will.
+James Johnson I know. I was thunder-struck by that statement too. This guy just DOES NOT get it. He's actually saying that it is our fault that he is unable to raise 100k to fight MS "if his mother had it". What a narcissistic a-hole.
No one is completely bad... thats impossible There is hope for everyone..Maybe Lance can become a coach
Look....
Listen.....
Still lethal
Wah wah wah Lance cheated, Lance lied, Lance did this and Lance did that. You know what Lance did? He achieved and overcame more in 10 years of his life than probably anyone watching and commenting on this video(myself included) will ever even come close to, and people want to stone him for it? Lance Armstrong will always be considered a tremendous athlete in my eyes, as well as a survivor and inspiration.
Guilty Crow because you think what I said was B.S. or because you believe the same?
Sure he did.. But he is still a bag of dicks
+Derrick Quintal another lance ball licker who needs a celebrity god to bring purpose to his life...
You're the one who just called him a god, not me. Also, he in no way has brought purpose to my life. I have plenty without anyone. I was simply stating a fact, that is, he's overcome a lot and the much I respect.
Derrick Quintal
I dont know why people think they cant function in life without sports idols to worship..
thanks lance.
I agree with Gene below. It wasn't just the doping - so many participated. It was and is about Lance Armstrong's despicable character. He defended accusations and people trying to tell the truth so aggressively. He pursued matters to court therefore also committing perjury. He lied to millions of young fans, sponsors, ruined many lives and reputations. How did he manage to avoid going to jail ?
Still love the man and I've never known of anyone who used steroids, sat on the couch and became a world-class athlete if you don't like him you know what to do with yourself it's funny how so many people want to judge what would run like hell if the skeletons in your closet where exposed.
Look, I like LA. I think he won the TdF. I've never liked his plural "we" answers. "We" did this, or "We" will do that. Rarely will he ever say "I" when it relates to some of his actions.
I find that Lance Armstrong is even more of a champion dealing with the fallout , fuck the critics he’s still an absolute legend , all of the professional cyclists where doped off there brains ... fucking fact .
The road ahead? Maybe when your on "the road ahead" an you're drunk (colorado) be a man and don't make your long time girlfriend take the blame for your drunk driving. Why she was interested for filing a false police report is questionable too.
This is the same sociopathic behavior he had all those years perpetuating the life of being a clean Cyclist.
Doesn't matter if everyone else was doing drugs. He is the one who got caught He could have been a real hero and stood up and protested the use of drugs in the sport. But he didn't he went right along with it. Then lied about it. Even in this interview he continues to make excuses, he just doesn't get what he did is wrong.
The sad part of it is he was right, everyone was doping back then in pretty much all sports. Today, I'm not sure that there isn't doping going on in most sports. With the amount of money pro athletes make, it is just too tempting for a lot of them.
Gosh, to think I liked watching Lance, on channel 4 Toure de France. Drugs isn't wining.
Still a hero. Not just for his recovery, wins, charity work but also his reflective view and acknowledgment of his wrongs. Just an incredible life
Wow, he looks so incredibly uncomfortable answering these questions. Not to mention he looks old, and beat down. This scandal has given him an old fashioned, Kentucky style ass-whoopin. Just come clean Lance and get some rest man.
Most people don't think about cycling or lance armstrong on a daily basis, so when you mention him, most people immediately think cheater and that's mostly what he's known for now. People forget about the good because the bad was so overshadowing despite the fact his performances got lots of people off their asses and on a bike, he beat cancer, inspired others, it was his performance that made the Lance people mostly knew him as, and his performance was based on cheating.
The general public will probably always see Armstrong in a negative light, not because they care about cycling, but because they don't really care.
I’ve read every book and listened to so many interviews on lance . At the time he joined a period where everyone was doping. When accused he has one option to deny or admit. Everyone who got caught only admitted when caught not when asked so all lied. He was the only one who went from deaths door to raising £500 million from victims of cancer. I am a lance fan and always will be . The price he has paid has been huge . Lift his ban so that he can at least continue fund raising .
Lance a winner of 7 tours and yes everyone was on the juice period. So what let them race!
Is the interviewers chair higher than Lance's or is he just slumped in his seat? He seems smaller, kinda like a grade school kid talking to the Principal. Its like his aura is...gone (?)
+Trae Murphy hes only about 5'9" and a half...a little shit.
I prefer to look at the good things. Without Lance, there was simply a lack of awareness in many parts of the world about cycling. Whatever your opinion, he did put cycling on the map, and with an exclamation mark.
Yes he was a bully, relentless, and trashed peoples reputations & lives, but he inspired most to keep living & to stay alive. He started Livestrong after he came out of hospital, not when he won his first TDF.
Finally, the majority of the cyclists who were on the tours which Lance won, all admitted to, or were later found to have been doping. Even the greatest TDF cyclist of all-time (Eddie Merkcx) got caught three-times and is allowed to keep his 5-TDF wins. Alberto Contador got caught, was stripped of a TDF title in 2009 and continues to ride in 2015. And in case you missed Chris Froome's super-human effort in the pyrenees the other day, the guy only road faster on the incline.
So really, I don't think that after all this that much has changed.
Put cycling on the map... How condecending.. Cycling was a huge sport already. If u wanna write such a statement, u better add: for americans..
+Dave Simons I prefer to look at the truth whether pleasant or not...
+søren sko LeMond was the one who made it popular in the US
Brian Collins The tour in the US was nothing before Lance compared to what it was during Lance's time.
He put cycling on the mainstream FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.
43. Looks 60. That'd be the eh........drugs. Eh?
He doesn't look sixty.
I mean, what do you think a person in their 4th decade of life is supposed to look like?
as jesus said, let him who has not sinned cast the first stone
In a sport filled with cheaters he was the best cheater he's a fucking legend 👏 and deserves every penny he made