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So, do I love or hate him - neither he is a public figure I do not know and until I meet him personally only his bike riding, cancer recovery story and good works are what I judge him on. On the last 2 he is amazing and bully for him to both capitalize on and help so many with his story.
On the bike he also is amazing, is he as amazing as the Cannibal or the other greats who rode everything all year long and did the hour? I don’t think so.
Did he dope? I like to think that if you almost die of something that could come from the environment you are not going to ingest things that may make it happen again (he might have taken stuff as a tri-athlete teen and learned his lesson). Italian doctor Michele Ferrari could have doped others and just been a very good doctor for Lance (OK that may be naive but possible).
Lastly I do not trust Lemond because I think that in his first winter as a pro he took steroids to bulk up and never did it again and became a holier than thou whiner and can not believe Lance could do it with out.
There I’ve said it and I hope its clear who I like and how much cause I wouldn’t go to bed with any politician, celebrity, musician, bikeridin fool like Hippy!