How can somone who is known as the best climber in the­ world literally overnight become a TT sensation to the­ point of beating a double Olympic Track pursuit­ Champion who can beat literally anybody on a flat 40km­ TT as well as an Olympic TT & multiple World TT­ Champ and NOT expect people to believe that his­ performance was assisted by artificial means???? He was­ already one of the numerous spanish riders' names­ in the Puerto investigation that the Spanish­ Authorities buried, plus look where he came from, ONCE­ under the direct leadership of Manolo Saiz!! Its only a­ matter of time before he tests +ve and i predict it­ will be when he races for his next team.

The fact he­ won that flat TT (with a v.small slight climb) ahead of­ pure TT specialists who the course favoured just proves­ he's using, without doubt. Look how he is on climbs­ when almost everyone is showing a face of pain, their­ zips wide open and he's barely broken a sweat, no­ visible signs of struggle and his zip hardly undone.­

I have absolute NO confidence in him racing clean, at­ all and its only a matter of (short) time before he­ tests +ve...!

...This is just like all the Bill Belichek haters­ during­ football season....
Maxx92, you a Pats fan?­ I'll forgive the misspelling if so. :-)

Worldwide, how come you love to focus on­ Armstrong's muscles and rear? You must love­ watching him a lot and hate it at the same time that­ you cant have those. lol

Well it seems that you will­ be dead wrong about Armstrong being down 12 minutes­ after Ventoux... Hope you didn't bet your house on­ it mate!

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SEAN, you need anger counseling, friend. You get­ waaaay too worked up over bike racing. :D Are you a­ frustrated junior racer???

Ahhh...to be in love...eh Richard it must feel good­ curling up with that pin-up of Lance you have stashed­ in your bed room every night. Does he light your­ heart's fire?
Personal attacks? Please take your­ moronic comments elsewhere. If you had gone back far­ enough to read what your fellow Lance Lover had­ written, you would see he completely ignored what I­ wrote and simply attacked..*ahem* my person, and did­ not offer any bit of insight whatsoever. Ofcourse, you­ must have been chomping at the bit just waiting to get­ your 2 cents in and my comment gifted you the­ opportunity to say your little sch peal. I know­ defending one's hero is of utmost importance,­ especially when times are tough, but you may as well­ just wave a white flag and find someone else's­ package to ogle.

Re canadaam, s/he's just trying to get a debate­ going, no one can genuinely feel so much ungrounded­ hatred.

Re Lance, generally it's awful that we­ have one of the greatest ever athletes still actively­ competing, and we get the chance to see him in action­ again, but so many people can't see it. I assume it­ must be human psychology to hate/fear (delete as­ appropriate) someone who's repeatedly demonstrated­ vastly superior physical ability, even if Lance­ can't reproduce it now he's almost a Vet. It­ must have been the same in Merckx's day, but there­ wasn't the internet or journalistic media coverage­ back then to help propagate hatred.

It's amazing how some people (like canadaam #97)­ can pour such hatred over a guy who has done such good­ for cycling and cancer suppport.
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An anonymous­ guy with an internet connection can try to drag down­ someone who has given so much to society. ­
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Canadaam- when you try to hold someone down, you­ hold part of yourself down with them. When you write­ hatred, you end up acting out angry feelings. ­ Ultimately, your life is poorer. To try to magnify­ negativity in such a role model ('though not in his­ spouse relationships!) is plainly dumb. If you feel­ so strongly about drugs in cycling, drop the scorn and­ do something positive like joining Bike Pure.

Armstrong is awesome, just watch him next year he will­ be a serious contender for the tdf. Yeah he can be­ arrogant at times but then he has every right to be­ with 7 consecutive wins! To get a podium finish after 4­ years away would be incredible

canadaam,take you head out of the sand. Credit to­ lance, he has come back into one of the worlds hardest­ endurance events and is holding his own. Not many­ people expected him to win it after 3 years out, but­ with a full years training and racing in him he will be­ back next year as a serious contender at 38 years old.­ he is still a remarkable athlete, and those who­ expected him to be at his peak still are fools, he is­ not far off the pace. And I though the arrogance of the­ French was subsiding somewhat this year and they were­ warming to lance. Still cheering for Wiggin's, a­ total surprise and a whatever he does from now on he­ has exceded all expectations.

The guy is incredible, good job. You may love him, you­ may hate him, but he is the best.

skenderbeu17 u're right man, where Brunnel saw­ 1,2,3 for Astana? A dream right? And yes he also­ thought the Schleck's are sleeping and the Mount­ Ventoux is an illusion. Anywhay to be honestlly i think­ 2,3 are for Schleck brother's no doubt. Armstrong­ is very strong but not im not seeing him crack Andy and­ Franck in the Ventoux. Same for Wiggins.

So Sean - third place in the general classification is­ "tagging along" is it ? I bet your boy friend­ wishes you were half the man Lance Armstrong is­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grow up and restrict your comments to­ the race and do not indulge in personal attacks on­ anybody.

This is just like all the Bill Belichek haters during­ football season. As long as they are creative and not­ redundant (Erinoyole- that would be you), it's­ actually entertaining. While we're on the subject­ of doping though, of the top 5, only Andy Schleck has­ not been tied to some level of doping (Never proved of­ course in all cases). I have only seen Gerdemann (way­ back), VdV, and Wiggins actually make anti-doping­ statements among high level riders. Seems to me that­ regardless of who's been caught or not, there's­ still an even playing field on the roads of the tour.­ hasta manana

you can complaint all you want, contador is not a team­ player, he wrecked kloden and armstrong! Blah blah!­ today he showed once again he's the best! yesterday­ the schleck brothers were simply too strong for­ everyone else except him. i belive that lance is­ amongst the very best riders ever...but nowadays he­ simply cannot outpace contador, or even to try it.­ furthermore, contador has fair play, no way would lance­ allow for anything else other than total commitment­ from his team! the kind of support contador is getting­ is nothing compared to us postal or discovery teams­ during armstrong reign

What did Bruneel say: "don't attack but leave­ the Schleck brothers go. Then you wait for Kloden and­ Armstrong to come back". Some team manager! How­ did he figure 1,2, and 3 with letting the Schlecks­ go??! Today he would have lost the yellow, oh, because­ he thought his darling Armstrong will blow Andy away.­ Oh, that's what the other expert, Millar said,­ Wiggo will take 2 and a half mins from Andy, no­ problem. OOps! Now there's Ventoux for them.­ Somehow can't see any of them(LA or Wiggo) have the­ legs. So much for calculations done on paper! Everyone­ becomes an expert!

Good going today by wiggins but contador is the master.

WOW, AC!!!! Hope that your blood wont take away you­ thunder!!!!