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as the article touches on here, there's two things that Lance Armstrong deserves criticism for: one is being a cheater. the other is being a raging asshole who
by notatoad 3y ago
as the article touches on here, there's two things that Lance Armstrong deserves criticism for: one is being a cheater.
the other is being a raging asshole who was outspoken against doping, published multiple books professing how clean he was and how all the doping rumours were just people out to get him, claimed the whole country of france was dishonest, accused his competitors of doping, accused other cyclists who he didn't even race against of doping... all while he was not only pumping himself full of drugs to win races, but also running his team's doping program and pushing his teammates to risk their own health by taking performance enhancing drugs.
the second part of this is what he doesn't deserve any forgiveness for.
- nradov 3y agoThe book "The Secret Race" by Lance Armstrong's teammate Tyler Hamilton gives a good perspective on what was happening at the time. At one point Hamilton was standing on an Italian street trying to hide the blood dripping down his arm from a botched transfusion, which was simultaneously horrifying and hilarious. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/212873/the-secret-race-by-tyler-hamilton-and-daniel-coyle/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/212873/the-secret-r...