Armstrong tells Oprah he doped

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Originally Posted by James Steele Who gives a fuck? Cycling outta be sucking Lance Armstrong's dick for having anybody giving a fuck about the sport other than those already involved in it. He has already lost all his sponsors, control of his organization, and everything else. His story is still amazing, and while he probably wouldn't have won as many races his story is still an amazing story of human triumph over tragedy.

The Tour de France was around a long time before Lance Armstrong came along. What he and others have done is an enormous black eye for the sport, and continues to be. Lance Armstrong may have made it temporarily high profile in the US, but the US is surprisingly not the centre of the world and cycling is popular elsewhere.

He denied cheating for years and set out to ruin the livelihoods of people who tried to expose him. That is not any kind of triumph for humanity.

Nicola Cooke's statement on her retirement sums this up. Dope cheaters steal from people who compete cleanly, and what's more they often profit further from the profile involved with being a cheat.