Interesting quote from Lance Armstrong about cheating

[zizou]

In golf people seem to get upset about the cheating involved with moving a ball a cm or two....but the blood doping and HGH use (and presumably other stuff too) no-one seems to care about!

 

[John the Monkey]

Fair enough, many did it, but he sued for millions when accused. That really is a problem!?!

...and bullied people who tried to be open about the toxic culture of the sport, and so on, and so on.

He had power, and mostly used it to reinforce the structures he now seems to want to portray himself as the victim of. I wish he'd naff off entirely, tbh, because I don't see how you can take what he says *now* at face value.

 

[bpsmith]

...and bullied people who tried to be open about the toxic culture of the sport, and so on, and so on.

He had power, and mostly used it to reinforce the structures he now seems to want to portray himself as the victim of. I wish he'd naff off entirely, tbh, because I don't see how you can take what he says *now* at face value.

Totally agree. In my mind, I lumped all that into one. In the TV programme about him, he came across as far from a tidy guy!

 

[Spinney]

If he had taken the drugs, because everyone else was supposedly taking them, but been honest about it when challenged then we would all have a different opinion?

Many would - see David Millar...

 

[bpsmith]

Many would - see David Millar...

Indeed. Totally agree.

 

[MossCommuter]

Has anybody ever noticed how alike Lance and George Bush are? There must be a Texan "look" much in the same way that you see people with the "look" or former British mill towns like Bury and Bolton:

Both Bury and Bolton are still very much British.

 

[steveindenmark]

Nice one Lance you Dick.

There was no honour in cycling. Thats because people like you made sure there wasnt.

He cries about moving a ball in the rough but had no remorse aout getting the entire team setup involved in what he was up to.

the guys a cheating pillock.

 

[Globalti]

Any worse than Bertie or the entire Astana team?

 

[ayceejay]

I don't buy into that "everyone is doing it" so I'm covered nonsense, to do what he did and hen try to claim some moral high ground because of some golfing 'honour' and to suggest his his fellow cycling pros had none makes him look ridiculous.

 

[ANT 666]

As a quote ''I'm a lying, cheating ,bully'' would be a start.

 

[mickle]

What a weasel.

 

[John the Monkey]

Any worse than Bertie or the entire Astana team?

I don't feel qualified to say - my impression is that they're not exerting the power that Armstrong and Postal did over the other riders, and the culture of the sport. I could be wholly mistaken.