Vas-t'y frotte wrote:
And to the idiots who say "why does everyone criticize Bonds, Jones and McGwire, but no one criticizes Lance?" Are you asleep? No one is criticized more than Armstrong. Open your friggin' eyes!
Are you serious? Almost everyone believes Bonds, Sosa, McGwire cheated without positive tests and almost everyone look down on them. One reason is that many people in America understands and pays attention to the game of baseball.
For Lance, how many Americans actually watch cycling or follow it? Not too many. Yea, people criticize Lance, but there's still like half of Americans who believe he's clean b/c there's been no positive tests. If more people actually watch cycling, they'll understand it more.
I started watching cycling in late 90's, and there were far more incredible breaks and attacks in the mountains than there are now. There were so many where some of the guys would climb up the mountains like goats and still be able to put incredible time trials. It's gotten lot cleaner the last few years, and you see those kinds of attacks and breaks fewer and lot less than used to. Or if someone can climb like a goat, they would not be so good in time trials.
I do question when I see a rider who can climb mountains and drop everybody to dust and be able to ride incredible time trials.