Why do people hate Lance?

[Saluki]

Back in the day I bought "It's not about the Bike" and like you I found it unreadable. As I recall it began "Hi, my name is Lance and I'm a complete nob", and said nothing else for the first twenty pages, after which I gave up. It was even more irritating that David Walsh's "Inside Team Sky". And that was really irritating, but at least I finished it.

I took my copy of Its Not About The Bike to a car boot sale and couldn't give it away. A bloke said that if I gave him a quid that he would take it. I used it to level off some shelves in the shed, in the end so it proved useful eventually

 

[Dayvo]

I took my copy of Its Not About The Bike to a car boot sale and couldn't give it away. A bloke said that if I gave him a quid that he would take it. I used it to level off some shelves in the shed, in the end so it proved useful eventually

They burn quite well, too.

 

[Saluki]

They burn quite well, too.

I considered that. I just couldn't quite bring myself to burn a book. Political and religious pamphlets are fair game but not a book, even that pile of tosh.

 

[BottomCrank]

Fahrenheit 451 fan?

 

[keithmac]

Ive just started reading this thread, thinking what an odd title, then more odd responses..

Read the date of the posts and it all made sense!.

 

[Tanis8472]

I did apologise LOL

 

[gavroche]

We must stop saying he has won 7 TdF as officially he hasn't as he cheated on every one of them. He was a druggie and a bully. He is not in the same league as Anquetil, Mercks, Hinault, Lemond and Indurrain.
The less said about him, the better.

 

[Vegan1]

Big Mig for me was doped

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

We must stop saying he has won 7 TdF as officially he hasn't as he cheated on every one of them. He was a druggie and a bully. He is not in the same league as Anquetil, Mercks, Hinault, Lemond and Indurrain.
The less said about him, the better.

From that list of riders, only Lemond would pass my "not doped" test.

However, that daffodil Armstrong was/is a daffodil. And should only be remembered as such.

 

[Crackle]

Big Mig for me was doped

Kinky; what did you do with him?

 

[rich p]

Kinky; what did you do with him?

Well, he doesn't eat meat, for a start...

 

[Tanis8472]

Big Mig for me was doped

??

 

[Milzy]

Not everybody dislikes him. In fact he had a huge loyal fan base. The only person who wasn't doping was Chris Boardman and he knew he'd no chance of keeping up so went on to do other things like hill climbing championships.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

The only person who wasn't doping...

There were others.

 

[TheDoctor]

Not everybody dislikes him. In fact he had a huge loyal fan base. The only person who wasn't doping was Chris Boardman and he knew he'd no chance of keeping up so went on to do other things like hill climbing championships.

Had is the operative word there. He was a lying, bullying cheat and, even in his own autobiography, comes across as a self centered manipulative daffodil.
Not the flowery sort.