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I've mixed feelings about today.
I'm pleased that Armstrong has finally got his comeuppance, which is long overdue in my opinion. He's a liar, a cheat and a bully and no amount of work for cancer can excuse how he's behaved in the past 15 years.
I didn't expect the UCI to do anything more than they've done so, for the sake of the professional side of the sport, there needs to be a breakaway league with the major teams and the race organisers taking over control and jettisoning the UCI, who can then focus on the development of the amateur side of the sport ensuring that anyone who wants to compete on a bike, regardless of where they live, has an opportunity. The breakaway league needs to ensure that the likes of Bruyneel, Riis, Ekimov and all those others who have been active in promoting doping are not involved.
Despite all this, I raced my bike yesterday on a damp, muddy afternoon and I had a fucking blast and, when it comes down to it, that's what really matters; people enjoying themselves on bikes.