MacRoadie said:
I agree 100%. It's not that people dislike him, it's just that not too many people LIKE him.
There isn't much to like. His best role is as a domestique, and people always want to make something out of him that he's not. He rides with no passion and panache. It's always, "I'll limit my losses in the mountains and see what I can do in the TT". Anyone who talks and races like that isn't going to engender himself to the public at large.
MacRoadie said:
Like I said, I think if people want to dislike him, they have a hard time finding something concrete to focus or build their dislike on. It's not one thing you can put your finger on.
Let me take a crack at it.
1) His riding style on a road bike is horrendous. His position on a TT frame is also an absolute monstrosity and should be banned. What is it about his body that he can't find a more graceful position? It could be...
2) ...that his head is enormous, and totally out of proportion to the rest of his body. In fact, I've seen smaller heads on Easter Island.
3) He seems to relish his role as an Armstrong groupie. He seems to revel in the spotlight it gives him. It is emasculating to say the least, but he seems to enjoy wearing the panties in his relationship with Lance, which relegates anyone who wants to be near him to "bimbo" status. Armstrong's basic premise seems to be, "You exist to prop me up. And if you don't like it leave." It is clear that Levi loves it, and that is enough to make me sick of him.
Those three reasons are enough to garner loathing for the man.