Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

I think Lance is an incredibly driven athlete, but is a bit of a cock. I also think that he was doped to the gills for his 7 wins,** but I also think that the rest of the peloton were too, so it was a level playing field**. He is a 'great' in the sport, but I still don't like the man!

This argument annoys me for three reasons;

1. It makes drug taking the accepted norm and punishes those who don't want to play fast and loose with their health and take industrial quantities of drugs; and

2. It was not a level playing field as people respond differently to the same doses of the same drugs, and Armstrong clearly responded better than most; and

3. Armstrong, Ullrich, Basso, Landis, Beloki and all those other goons were paid well enough that they could afford to see some bent Dr like Ferrari or Fuentes but up and coming riders couldn't as they couldn't afford it.

Not exactly level was it.