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‘Bicycling’ article on Lance Armstrong: “He’s Done”
Lance Armstrong stares out from the cover of the May edition of Bicycling magazine, due out next week. (Lucky me. Mine arrives early.)
“He’s done, (but is he finished?)” screams the headline. Then, in smaller print on the other side of the page, a tease to an equally intriguing article: “Eat more pizza!”
Inside, the mag devotes 11 pages to an article by journalist Bill Strickland, who writes that he’s now convinced that Armstrong doped. Strickland spent years covering the cyclist and wrote the 2010 book “Tour de Lance.”
Interesting stuff, with cool graphics and diagrams, but Strickland never really says specifically what changed his mind.
Instead, he says this: “It wasn’t Floyd Landis for me, or the federal investigation, or any public revelation. My catalyst was another one of those statements that was never said by someone I never talked with. It was not from one of Armstrong’s opponents. It was not from anyone who will gain any clemency by affirming it under oath. It was an admission that doping had occurred, one disguised so it could assume innocence but unmistakable to me in meaning.”
But he doesn’t go on to explain that admission. We’re left with nothing new.
(Photo above by Statesman photographer Deborah Cannon, 2008)
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By sara miller
April 4, 2011 2:44 AM | Link to this
what a load of Garbage. Why can’t Lance be what he claims to be.My God the man beat unbeatable’ incurable,cancer. I, for one am very aware of how miraculous his cure has been, This horrific disease can be conquered ‘but you have to be Lance Armstrong,Tour de France 7 times ,a mere pittance for this man.Look up his disease and journey to CURE then ask yourself.Has he really been given enough praise and glory for this feat
By Mike Thompson
April 4, 2011 11:42 AM | Link to this
This is like arguing with someone who has no proof of their point. “My catalyst was another one of those statements that was never said by someone I never talked with.” That’s like accusing someone of stealing something from me and when they ask why am I accusing them, my response is simply “Because I just know”. Doping or not, he STILL beat a cancer with no cure, STILL won 7 straight tours, and has been the catalyst for the most powerful fight against cancer has ever seen, not to mention given millions of dollars to support families in need. Why don’t you take that effort of finding guilt and put it towards finding a cure or ending poverty or war. Stop adding fuel to the fire, Bill.
By Toadstool sitter
April 5, 2011 9:21 PM | Link to this
Glad to hear I’m not the only one who was annoyed with Stickland’s cryptic and self-indulgent writing. I liked all the sidebar illustrations of Tour and Lance history, though. And I couldn’t agree more — Lance is a hero regardless!