Lance Armstrong raising money for charity at Tour de France
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What, like the millions he ran through his narcissistic Pr machine, Livestrong?
Livestrong, in it's entire history gave virtually no money to cancer research. Lance et say that's ok because it's a cancer awareness charity.
Thing is, we're all aware that cancer is a complete b
d. How does reminding people that cancer is bad help anyone anywhere? Spose it helped Lance Armstrong, who then used it as a further tool to manipulate people - the general population seemingly gives charity people immunity to scruiting (just look at Jade agoody, who was no less of a fat ignorant racist pig once she's worn a pink ribbon than before she did it).
I don't believe for 1 second that Lance Armstrong is capable of any act that doesn't benefit him as the primary objective. The man is a prize st.
Livestrong, in it's entire history gave virtually no money to cancer research. Lance et say that's ok because it's a cancer awareness charity.
Thing is, we're all aware that cancer is a complete b
d. How does reminding people that cancer is bad help anyone anywhere? Spose it helped Lance Armstrong, who then used it as a further tool to manipulate people - the general population seemingly gives charity people immunity to scruiting (just look at Jade agoody, who was no less of a fat ignorant racist pig once she's worn a pink ribbon than before she did it). I don't believe for 1 second that Lance Armstrong is capable of any act that doesn't benefit him as the primary objective. The man is a prize s
t.
Reardy Mister said:
He didn't play a large in ruining it. He played a large part in bringing it to the mainstream. Drugs ruined it. All he did was get on board the EPO bus with everyone else.
Or are you one of the Lance haters that has welcomed Contador back with open arms?
I am annoyed at him and myself for believing the story.But it is still a worthy story lets not forget his ilness was not a lie. Also I do think he is being scapegoated and if he was French would he have been treated so aggressively. I also find it funny to see a line through his name in the TDF history books as if he was the only one who doped. Trying to blame Armstrong for all the problems of Doping is just silly the culture has been embedded in the peleton for decades.Or are you one of the Lance haters that has welcomed Contador back with open arms?
Much better to have come out and said we are aware of the doping culture in cycling and we are doing all we can to eradicate it.Instead they tried to say only a few riders have been taking dope.
johnxjsc1985 said:
Reardy Mister said:
He didn't play a large in ruining it. He played a large part in bringing it to the mainstream. Drugs ruined it. All he did was get on board the EPO bus with everyone else.
Or are you one of the Lance haters that has welcomed Contador back with open arms?
I am annoyed at him and myself for believing the story.But it is still a worthy story lets not forget his ilness was not a lie. Also I do think he is being scapegoated and if he was French would he have been treated so aggressively. I also find it funny to see a line through his name in the TDF history books as if he was the only one who doped. Trying to blame Armstrong for all the problems of Doping is just silly the culture has been embedded in the peleton for decades.Or are you one of the Lance haters that has welcomed Contador back with open arms?
Much better to have come out and said we are aware of the doping culture in cycling and we are doing all we can to eradicate it.Instead they tried to say only a few riders have been taking dope.
I thought he was a personal hero and he has dropped to (not quite) zero as a result of his publicity campaigns for raising cancer awareness...I don't know where the funds from livestrong get distributed but I bet its intersting reading.
He has no place on the tour and no place in professional sport imho, who he chooses to ride with or who invites him along is up to them but for me he will never remove that tarnish of being a cheat and lieying about it for so long.
all my opinion of course
The man and his Org are complete frauds! From January 8, 2013
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