Originally Posted by
CDu
Armstrong has now allegedly admitted (in an Oprah interview) that he used EPO and other performance-enhancing drugs. What a joke.
I have no problem with the guy using performance-enhancing drugs. But I do have a problem with his repeated attacks on anyone who came out and said he used. That included teammates, reporters, anyone. Armstrong sued, bullied, berated, smeared anyone who suggested he used PEDs, questioning their credibility. And now he's going to come clean and admit they were telling the truth and he was lying? What a jerk.
I have a lot of appreciation for the money he raised for cancer research. That's a wonderful thing. But drug dealers and mobsters donate money to charity too, and that doesn't make them good people. It's just completely disrespectful to try to destroy people who were just telling the truth (teammates) and doing their job (journalists).
The sad part is that his story would have been impressive even with the doping. To come back from near-death with cancer and win in a sport in which everyone cheats is amazing. It doesn't matter whether he cheated to do it. But Lance apparently couldn't live with that. Instead, he had to bully anyone who had the gall to tell the truth about it, even if it meant destroying lives or careers.