He may not be honest, but Lance is consistent

I guess my preference goes out to people which are also consistent, but then trustworthy.... I don't understand how he still can look in the mirror. Almost all cyclist took something, so that's not the main point, but it's the terror he established around it to cover up which is the unforgivable part.

Right. The consistency issue goes into his ego and overall behavioral trend. Unchanged today, in everyday life. If unfit to drive then let her drive to begin with, or call a taxi. It still shows a predilection to put others at risk at his expense. Fortunately, no one was physically hurt.

"...but mummy all the other kids are doing it", jeez I thought one would have grown out of that before senior school?

What a totally obnoxious person he is.

I've never understood why Armstrong continues to get airtime. Appears to be a complete c**t.

I bet he will blame Chris Huhne...

Armstrong is a fascinating example of psychopathic personality type. He never actually claims personal responsibility, lacks empathy (or sympathy) and is utterly driven by outcome. The end justifies the means. Not an unusual character type in high achievers of course. His recent interview for BBC was a classic 'jeez, look at the millions of bikes sold by Trek on the back of my success!'

Is he still a hero in the USA I wonder?

The sadness is not just those he squashed on the way but that actually we will never know how good he was.

Bruce

24 hour news and the NoNewspapers that are all pervasive. I don't buy a paper but when I see one it's ALL about so called "celebrities" and I find my self saying  "WhoTF  is that?".

Yes, existing smugly in the stratosphere well above the "cult of celebrity" is very satisfying, isn't it?

My observation would be that cyclist hate him, triathletes are mixed and that the general public is mostly supportive of the self-made, home-town hero who took it to the (also) cheating europeans and beat them at their own game. My view is based on little, other than ocassional, randomly remembered comments and observations, of course.

He has his faults, does Lance.  His personality is somewhat testing of others.  But on the specific topic of professional cycling, I believe he has been completely unfairly singled out and made the fall guy.  I have no doubt that each and every one of the top cyclists in that era were taking performance enhancing drugs.  Look back at the way they went up the major climbs and look at the cyclists today - they were turbo-charged back then.  Lance Armstrong, an in-yer-face American was the perfect character to single out - so easy to dislike and therefore target to take the hit.  If you are going to attack him, then every race win over the period of prolific drug taking should also be struck from the records and all top cyclists (from that period) banned from sport.  Otherwise, get off his case, look beyond the personal character and acknowledge that his charity work has been astonishing.  Just my slightly cranked opinion.

Peter

All of what you say is possibly true. He is being vilified because he is an unrepentant @r$e40le, rather than because he cheated.