...
But most topics on the main forum almost inevitably degenerate into dope or LA bashing. Heaven forbid some poor schmuck with few posts makes a post that is not anti-LA.
QUOTE]
I just experienced the opposite.
Went to the road racing forum, 3 threads bashing Lemond close together one was a first time poster, another post#2, the 3rd was post #6
while i admit i have not been here very long, when you see alot of similar threads started by new members and then they spew the same hate
it gets tiresome.
One thing that i did not like about Lance in this tour, there was an article after Roche had a run in with the Italians. Roche had been verbally abused while in the break protecting the yellow jersey of the leader. Then the Italians continued berating Nicholas on live TV, even after Roche confronted them they still insisted he was in the wrong. Roche mentioned it to LA, he says he speaks with him every day and Lance gave him some really dumb answer along the lines of everyone has different interests in the tour...
As patron he could have at least agreed with the sound strategy of protecting the yellow jersey.
I have never heard in my life that a domestique in a break should work to remove the leaders jersey for a teammate
At the same time Lance has had choice words in the past towards riders & teams, Cofidis, Simeoni et al. So it is funny when he is silent and ignores other shenanigans