Chris Hoy gets sports personality of the year

No offense to Mr Seaton, but what a crock of shit this statement is:

"Any serious cyclist will tell you: being the Olympic road race champ and winning the Worlds in the same year trumps anything. I solemnly bet you that Lance Armstrong would give up one of his Tours de France to have the Cooke double among his palmares"

Comparing stage races to Grand Tours? I would guarantee Mr Armstrong would rather keep all his TDF's.

What do you mean by "comparing stage races to Grand Tours"? Seaton is talking about the Olympic road race/World Championship road race double in one year. These are the two most prestigious non-Classic one-day (non-stage) races in the calendar. Of course, guessing at Armstrong's mind gets Seaton nowhere but I don't find the thought implausible.