I’m a fan of cycling – riding, and watching. I’ve been a shop rat, have a chain ring tattoo, read Armstrong’s autobiographies, ride a ’99 Trek Postal, and even helped sponsor an amateur team (Fior di Frutta) when I had my own company. I was inspired by Armstrong’s drive, spirit, and performance – especially when the competition from Ullrich was involved.

Armstrong was 100% American who acted with such modesty that even the Europeans couldn’t hate him (how much respect did the 2001 mountain stage “fake” earn for him?). He was reserved, quiet, and thankful for his team. The original Postal Team was just that – a team. Hamilton and Hincapie have since all but been forgotten.

I was moved when Lance wrote in his first book that, after surviving cancer, he refocused his priorities in life, sold the Porsche, and started riding. He was a humble Texan with a beautiful family beating (and playing games with) the French at their own sport. That’s inspiring – that’s who I want to watch on TV. That all seems to be forgotten and replaced with a superficial multi-million glamour boy more interested in fame than the simple things that cancer originally made him focus on.

In a sport that has been plagued by scandal, with an icon that who’s performance seems to be only surpassed by his ego, why should I care about an 8th win?

Thanks,
Matt

Doping is a failure of regime: it’s a mismatch between what the sports industry and the sports governing bodies tell athletes, with some overlap.

Doping is also a widespread problem for American youth. The double-digit statistics on the number of high-school athletes who are taking steroids and other drugs, which will likely leave them with ruined health in their later years is just depressing.

In a world in so much trouble (almost frightened of itself really) how would he define failure?

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Susan KN
(Boston, NYC)

why no content? Even for Austin residents, the lack of info is odd.
More so when i hear that a major online media company was involved with it.