Lance Armstrong the road racing cyclist, who won the Tour de France a record seven times in a row, has bizarrely been stripped of all his yellow jerseys and of all the other accolades he earned post 1998, by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
They seem determined to drag the reputation of Armstrong through the mud by giving him a life time ban from cycling (even though he’s retired) and insure his legacy as one of the all-time greats is obliterated.
They continue to claim that Armstrong’s Tour de France victories were fuelled by performance enhancing drugs and have several of his former team-mates, most of whom returned positive drugs test and are no doubt co-operating in the hope they won’t be kicked out of the sport, lined up ready to stab him in the back.
What is important to remember is that throughout his career Armstrong never returned a positive test, so I’m struggling to see why the USADA are so determined to try and say otherwise, when they should be lauding him for his achievements and the example he set to millions that it can be done drug free.
I was a little surprised that Armstrong chose to stop fighting the case against him, but when you think about it if someone keeps accusing you and hassling you saying you did it, you did it and you know its complete bu****it, why should you waste your time and money fighting them knowing full well they won’t give it up.
I like many will remember Armstrong as a true great of professional cycling, a man who overcame cancer to win the toughest bike race in the world an unprecedented seven time in a row and in the process become a hero and legend.
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