Is Lance Armstrong the person who has done the most damage to cycling in recent times?
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We ask David Walsh to name his top villians in cycling, and in this forthright and frank section of our interview with him, Walsh tells GCN who he considers to be the people who have done the most to damage the sport.
Is he right? Has he missed anyone? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
This is one of our series of seven exclusive videos with David Walsh on Lance Armstrong, where he answers many questions relating to Armstrong and to his book “The Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong” which can be bought here: http://gcn.eu/VQzWTj
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35 Comments
Who is the last person David names?
Jim Ochowicz, A former cyclist, who founded the 7-Eleven Cycling team in 1981. Motorola took over sponsorship of this team in 1990. As you may well know, Lance started his cycling career with the Motorola team, which disbanded in 1996. Now a days Ochowicz is the general manager of BMC.
what about Chris Carmichael?
it's a great read
EPO Man …
David Walsh is a brilliant journalist,,an honest guy who never takes the easy road..he's been fighting this incessant war with the liars of cycling,simply coz he loved the sport,not coz he disliked Armstrong,,i've read his book,,its brilliant,but to a huge cycloing fan like myself,it's also sad..sad,because,i wanted to believe..Lance,ur a bollix,,so i hope you jump up on Opray's couch and shout that out,,you should'nt be allowed to cycle to ther shop for milk…slainte and peace to all..
Daniel Lloyd is great on ES as a commentator especially with Carlton Kirkby …he's a total natural as a reporter !!!!!!!
carmichael is just as guilty – he's been there from the start and is as dirty as they get
he gave his 13 yrs,, pathetic…
ickiest of the icky?
Nah, icky is slimey worms, this is the lowest eater of the shit from an asshole full bore!
That's a bit of a stretch, how about the numerous war criminals currently in office
Actually, you're right. We need to differentiate popular culture and sports from political actors, the latter being beneath contempt.
stickiest of the sticky then?
So in other words Armstrong is worse than the rest of the other cheaters because he was the best at it and he had the best record of success while cheating.
Not the best argument in my opinion.
The next argument is that he treated other people terribly while defending himself. While this is certainly true it begs the question that if anyone else had his level of success & faced the same accusers & accusations would they have behaved any differently than Lance? This we will never know.
he destroyed the careers of cyclists that wanted to race clean
Ligget is just a senile old man.
And let me thank YOU for allowing me to cum back to enjoy what I wrote a second time!
David Walsh can suck on Armstrong one nut
everyone that thinks pro cycling is clean,is either a moron or a hypocrite
I agree, somebody had to win the tour and therefore face all of the allegations of doping. For them it was either 1)admit to it and get all of their wins taken away, or 2)fight against people who said that you doped and try and hang on to your titles by lying.
a Mormon or a menonite?
Yes lance cheated. But the cycling world still owes him everything because pro cycling is popular again in north America because if him. Also bike technology was pushed to the limits as every bike maker tried to produce a bike that could best him. Training techniques were also revolutionized as everyone tried to mimic what he did( minus the needles of course).
That's it dude in a nutshell..! people forget that and it is the most important fact…!!
BS.Noone owes that scumbag anything…And who cares whether or not pro cycling is popular in North America.The people who only got interested because of Armstrong are ones who does´nt give a shit about the sport anyway.Bikes,equipment and training methods have always progressed…You make it sound like Armstrong f#¤king invented cycling!
Stick to your Nascar and NFL. You think you own the TDF because you produced the greatest doper in history?
mr walsh has made a lot of with his books whos the real criminal hear
Bitter old fuck.
That guy is nothing but a hater a hater a hater because he can't do it even on dope he can't do it… Arnold Schwarzenegger juice on top of juice.
I just went back to Dan' interview with David Walsh and learned a lot. One reason is because Dan asked excellent questions and proceeded to let the interviewer paint the whole story without constantly being interrupted by the interviewer. He looked a little green, but he did the listeners a service by allowing us to hear the whole story from David by facilitating. Well done Dan!
they all doped
Nothing can change the fact that Walsh was right, but come on man, he's a huge hypocrite. He just believes in the champion on duty, then waits a few years to say "oh, you know what? He's a cheater." He did that with Lance, Contador, Wiggins, Froome, and probably will do that with Roglic and Pogacar in the future.
Self righteous old sod, Mr anti doping struggling to remain relevant. He never mentions Irish riders who tested positive for some reason, of that generation, like Sean Kelly or Stephen Roche.
Just playing devil's advocate here but wherein really does the evil of doping lie, IF all were allowed to do it? Why not just let everyone dope to their hearts content? If there are those who don't want to dope, then let them stay away from competitive cycling. Sure, there are health risks, but there are many sports in which one risks one's life and health even more highly…Formula One racing for one. Why allow advancements in bicycle tech that may give advantages that can make the diff between winning and losing in the TDF, but disallow advancements in physiological tech? (e.g. Lemond's use of the lower drag coefficient handlebars with which he defeated Fignon? Did doping make that much difference in the average speeds for the TDF, any more than did some of the bicycle tech advancements? Why allow hypobaric chambers to be used in riders' training programs? Can anyone prove that Lance had so much better doping than the rest of his also-doped competitors, such that he had an unfair advantage over them, and deserved to lose his victories? Isn't the real evil of Lance in his lies and his ill treatment of others, but does that mean he should lose his victories, or just be sued into poverty?
Yes, he is the worst one in History