The Armstrong lie on channel 4

It was fascinating.
I never
It was fascinating.

I never liked Lance… I was pretty much cheering whoever was his closest rival each year, and when the whole can of worms flew open last year (or the one before?) I felt vindicated!

But… attempting to apply a little perspective (and not questioning for an instant that he doesn’t appear to be a terribly nice person, trampling all over anyone who gets in his way), yes he cheated, but so did everyone else. He was perhaps better than the rest, but was the playing field all that far from level?

He was undoubtedly a brilliant rider, and who knows, perhaps in a clean sport he’d have been unbeatable in the tour for those 7 years? I feel I have to grudgingly accept that his crimes are probably not much different to many others. His success and personality added authority and he used that position to crush people, but on a pure sporting front, was he any worse than the competition?

Meh, I’m new here and you’ve probably talked it all to death… (|: