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

but shit.

If Lance wasn't really fucked before he is now. And America as a whole.

None other than professional football's very own Jade Goody in the form of Joseph Barton has waded in with his sage nuggets of wisdom, packing them into refined, worldly and erudite terms as only he can on twatter (read from bottom). Illuminating.

12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Turns out Nike would be crazy to drop him if that many people in one of their biggest markets didn't care he used drugs.
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12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
That more than 50% of americans questioned said they weren't bothered if he cheated. And over 80% didn't believe he had.
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12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Re lance armstrong - There was a fascinating infogram in sports illustrated.
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12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Considering the mountain of evidence presented against him by the stirling work of the Usada.
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12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
I am really surprised by Nike decision to stand by him. Through it makes a change for a major brand, it does seem a little ill judged
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12 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Really good piece by @DickinsonTimes about Lance Armstrong's doping. Seems evident lots of people knew he was 'at it' but kept shtum...
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Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Also, on a side note, since the allegations donations to livestrong have increased more than 50%. That is one stupid nation.

Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Eventually watching American Psycho. Got my own way tonight. Thoughts later, cant believe I've never seen this...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
just wouldn't do it for me. But thats just me. Writing a blog on this as we speak. I'll post it tonight...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
I'd personally rather look in the mirror an respect the man looking back. Looking at all your gold medals/trophies etc knowing u cheated
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Google Victor Conte and BALCO. Drugs have been rife in sport for decades...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
They just never got caught...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
People are very naive if they think he is the only sportsman in history to break the rules. I bet theres loads...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
bigger, stronger and better paid. They only 'caught 'Armstrong because of humans testifying against him. He passed 100's of drug tests
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
left with is poor scientists trying to catch better scientists. Its like a game of cat an mouse. Only the mouse is more intelligent
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
scientist in the drug world. Its pays to invent new performance boosting drugs. So the best scientists go over to work there. What you are
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
Simply because the pot of gold at the end is vast. It wont change until the big money is in catching the cheats. At the moment, if your a
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
You cant do the TdF on just food. They must use the ultimate sports nutrition and cutting edge scientific research. This comes with pitfalls
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
They were all at it. Armstrong was just better. I still think he was inspirational. He survived cancer. That in itself is no mean feat...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
...graft in. I mean you don't see many crackheads or smackheads up at the front of the peloton, do you now?
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
...drugs don't make you win epic endurance races like that. They help you train harder and recover quicker no doubt but he still put the
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
He isn't the 1st to use them, he wont be the last. Its still IMO an epic feat to win the TdF drug induced or not. Performance enhancing...
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11 Oct Joseph Barton ‏@Joey7Barton
I am not for one minute condoning Lance Armstrong's drug abuse but the man is still a legend. Drugs seem quite the 'norm' in that sport
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