Lance Armstrong wins his seventh Tour de France!!!
Oh wait, that was some time ago.
Lance Armstrong is retiring at the top of his game!!!
Again, old news.
Lance Armstrong is coming back!!!
Well, that's the rumor anyway.
Amid the rampant accusations that he is a doper and the claims by a French newspaper that it has proof he was on a drug called EPO during his first tour, rumors have risen to the surface that Lance Armstrong may return to ride another Tour. Well, his return seems a pretty sure bet amongst gamblers.
Why the hell not? I think it's great. Stick it to the Frogs on their home turf in their race for national pride. Make it eight straight and, even if they continue to claim that you were on drugs for your first Tour win, you will still have seven "undoped" wins to flaunt in their faces.
The way I look at it, he's in the best shape of his life and he only retired a month or so ago, so why not return while you're still great? It's not as though you've taken time off after your retirement like oh say Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan and then try to make your comeback. He's been peddling his butt off six hours a day every day since announcing his retirement.
Oh, and a little pharmaceutical lesson for the French... EPO (also known as Erythropoietin) is a drug used to help boost blood cell count that can be hindered by cancer treatment, among other things. Even if Lance was on EPO, wouldn't it be excusable considering the Tour they claim to have evidence he doped during was his first, the 1999 Tour de France, a mere two-and-a-half years after he was diagnosed with cancer? He wasn't doing it for competitive advantage. He was doing it to live. And that's only if he really was on it, which I'm not sure I believe.
Do it, Lance! Forget the critics! Forget the French! As per the infamous Nike ads... Just Do It!
I did find this one funny... it's a spoof article pondering whether Lance's decision is actually just 'roid rage.
