armstrong

If Armstrong had just left well enough alone, as you mention, he would have walked away a hero.

It's available on Netflix and a must watch if you want to understand the whole Armstrong saga.

Yes, it's true that Armstrong didn't get admit doping because by of the retesting of old samples.

The interesting thing about Armstrong wasn't the testing that got him - it was Floyd Landis.

The reason Landis turned him in was Armstrong refused to let him on his team.

The scary thing is had Armstrong not tried to come back to cycling the last time he would've been in the clear.

But same as Armstrong or Contador only the best do it the best way, and will not get caught for some time.

But Armstrong is a good example of how people will eventually get caught.

The thing I always wondered about what the probability that Lance Armstrong was the only one doping.

Watching someone as charismatic as Armstrong look straight at the camera and lie so convincingly, over and over is illuminating to say the least.

How about the threat of being above the Armstrong limit [2]?

Lance Armstrong is also one in seven billion, drugs or not.

Athletes who win due to doping generally have "a career" in chatshows, commentary, etc (Armstrong shows that this can happen even when caught).

Joe Armstrong opened last year's StrangeLoop with "We can do better." I'm sure you've heard Alan Kay's talks since, what, 1997?

Take an example - Armstrong's speech when stepping on to the moon, was it "one small step for a man" or was the "a" not spoken?

But since it was part of a research project and had not been properly controlled it couldn't be used against Armstrong.

Armstrong was one doper amongst many, but that's not the reason he is held in such low esteem by the cycling fraternity.

Armstrong was the chief enforcer of the omerta, cycling's code of silence regarding doping.