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Given the culture in elite cycling at the time, what he ultimately did wrong was cheat more effectively than everyone else did. Take a look at the results from
by packetslave 9y ago
Given the culture in elite cycling at the time, what he ultimately did wrong was cheat more effectively than everyone else did. Take a look at the results from the TdF and other major races from those years and see how many of the finishers behind Lance ended up also getting busted for doping.
Armstrong's real sin was winning too much while being an outspoken ass about it, which painted a gigantic target on his back.
- maxxxxx 9y agoIt was much worse. What he did to people who told the truth was outrageous. He destroyed people who were in his way. He is a very vicious and dangerous man.
- nkassis 9y agoThis is the difference people who argue "everyone was doing it" miss. He was aggressive in going after people who broke the silence. He ruined people's life in the process, ending their career and slandering them in the media. None of his competitor went to the lengths he did. Read up on people like Betsy Andreu and how lance went after her and her husband for talking about what they knew.
- maxxxxx 9y agoAdd his masseuse to the list.
- packetslave 9y agoI'm most definitely not defending his character. If everything that's been reported is to be believed, he's an awful human being. But none of that stuff makes him any more or less guilty (when it comes to his cycling career) than Hamilton, or Herras, or Ulrich, or Basso, or any of the other big names that got popped. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cycling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cyclin... It ain't a pretty sport.
- maxxxxx 9y agoHe is more guilty than all these guys because of the way he went after people who told the truth. He destroyed them knowing that they were right. Doping is the least of his bad deeds. He perfectly fits the image of the highly functioning psychopath.