TeamSkyFans said:...
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Very unlike lance indeed. Three times today hes used the f-bomb. He should know he has kids etc following him.
Note: unavoidable swearing due to the nature of lances tweet.
Edit: see this is already in the is lance doping thread. Mods feel free to delete/merge
It just all seems so out of character, doesn't it?
D-Queued said:What he said.
But, profiling, he probably was experimenting with stuff in his early teens...
This was a kid that soaked tennis balls in gasoline, lit them and launched them into the neighborhood with a tennis racket. He didn't stick within normal boundaries - ever. If he was so willing to cross legal and ethical boundaries with his flaming tennis balls, why would he try some hot stuff during triathlon? He was probably laughing to himself at all the mama's boys he was racing against.
What? No doping in triathlon you say? Just because athletics, swimming and cycling have long legacies doesn't mean that the combination sport would be tainted. Besides, no athlete from these other pursuits ever crossed over into the sissy sport.
His joy-riding was taken to a new level of self-reinforcement as soon as it started to make him dough and enough recognition to pick up chicks "hotter than donut grease". Eki spitting on Simeoni was merely a reflection of what Lance had been doing in his head to anyone since Papa Gunderson left.
Lance is smooth, smart and shrewd. He realizes that he can go only so far with his overt intimidation (though even his twitter feed underscores how difficult it is to keep himself reined in), that others will follow his lead, and pick up where he leaves off.
He gravitated to a sport that rewarded the behavior - in fact, arguably the sport that provides the greatest direct performance benefit from doping.
Unless someone stopped him, why would he?
Dave.
Not.
Dave.