Disgraced cyclist Landis admits he's a lying cheat and names names, including the sainted Lance Armstrong:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703691804575255410855321120.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read. I know a guy who used to do competitive racing in Austin and hung out with the riding jocks at Nelo's, the long time bike shop that served hard core biking types. He long ago told me that the word among the community was that Armstrong was "dirty" in terms of the doping charges leveled at him by hysterical frogs and other Euros, enraged that a grotesque American type was leaving everyone in the dust, smelling the fumes of his designer drug exhaust. Looks like it just might be more than smoke to that rumor.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703691804575255410855321120.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read. I know a guy who used to do competitive racing in Austin and hung out with the riding jocks at Nelo's, the long time bike shop that served hard core biking types. He long ago told me that the word among the community was that Armstrong was "dirty" in terms of the doping charges leveled at him by hysterical frogs and other Euros, enraged that a grotesque American type was leaving everyone in the dust, smelling the fumes of his designer drug exhaust. Looks like it just might be more than smoke to that rumor.
A lot of people are into the whole Armstrong deal, with the yellow bracelets and inspiration from his struggle to beat cancer. I'm on board with Armstrong as a superior athlete with a razor like focus to emerge victorious--he's in the same category with other sports greats--the Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods types. That also can make him a little callous in regard to people around him and Lance has sometimes acted a little ungraciously while doing his living large thing. This all has me thinking of another Texas guy; one named Roger Clemens. At least with Lance, he won't have Debbie Clemens to throw under the bus when it all really hits the fan.
No comments:
Post a Comment