well, since you ARE clearly very confused and were honest about it, I will explain things to your slow intellect-
1)
" Which other Americans are staying on their bike long enough to kick butt? Or did you mean that clean young rider Hamilton?"
Overall Standings
1. Lance Armstrong (USA/DIS) 13h45min 12sec
2. George Hincapie (USA/DIS) at 0:55
4. Bobby Julich (USA/CSC) 1:07
9. David Zabriskie (USA/CSC) 1:26
Hmmm....4 in the top 9. Yeah that sucks, you got me there. (and Hamilton's conviction is CERTAINLY a contoversial one, and you know it. If he was in there, there would FIVE Americans in the top 10).
2)
"- Is any country really more riddled with drug cheats in any sport (look at MLB and the NFL for an example of the honorable American sportsman) than the USA?"
Were we talking about CYCLING or other sports??? Oh yeah, we were talking about CYCLING. And the europeans in cycling were as dirty as the Chinese runners/swimmers for about a decade. Improved testing, raids, and several deaths slowed down the drug use a bit finally. But dirty or not, they can't beat Lance.
3)
"Was this thread anything to do with Europeans vs. Americans until your own paranoid post made it such?"
Most Americans don't mind OLN focusing on Lance, but I am sure many euros that are in the US and watching that network's coverage are bit annoyed by it. THey will get over it though. AND.....if you read the thread at all, you would have seen the Brit bashing, and some other comments that made a Euro-US divide obvious on here.
But besides that, you got me on every point!
Are you less confused now?? You're welcome.