andy1234 said:Not a great example, Mig was on a different planet that day.
Armstrong actually performed a very respectable TT against some notable TT specialists.
1 Miguel Indurain (Banesto - Pinarello) SPA 1h 15' 58
2 Tony Rominger (Mapei - Clas) SWI + 02' 00
3 Armand De Las Cuevas (Castorama - Maxisport) FRA + 04' 22
4 Thierry Marie (Castorama - Maxisport) FRA + 04' 45
5 Chris Boardman (Gan - Lemond) GBR + 05' 27
6 Bjarne Riis (Gewiss - Ballan) DEN + 05' 33
7 Thomas Davy (Castorama - Maxisport) FRA + 05' 35
8 Abraham Olano Manzano (Mapei - Clas) SPA + 05' 45
9 Arturas Kasputis (Chazal - MBK - Koenig) LTU + 06' 01
10 Piotr Ugrumov (Gewiss - Ballan) LAT + 06' 04
11 Gianluca Bortolami (Mapei - Clas) ITA + 06' 12
12 Nico Emonds (Mapei - Clas) BEL + 06' 16
13 Lance Armstrong (Motorola - Merckx) USA + 06' 23
14 Jean François Bernard (Banesto - Pinarello) FRA + 06' 44
15 Sean Yates (Motorola - Merckx) GBR + 06' 50
16 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Polti - Vaporetto) UZB + 06' 52
17 Flavio Vanzella (GB - MG Maglificio - Bianchi) ITA + 07' 15
18 Johan Museeuw (GB - MG Maglificio - Bianchi) BEL + 07' 16
19 Vladimir Poulnikov (Carrera Jeans - Tassoni) URS + 07' 20
20 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Wordperfect - Colnago - Decca) RUS + 07' 22
Armstrong finished less than 1 minute down on Boardman, Riis and Olano, all riders who had a decent TT in them. He beat Bernard, Sean Yates and Ekimov, all riders who you would also regard as decent timetriallists.
Regardles of you opinion on Armstrong, he was never a donkey.
Don't disillusion them and don't take away their favorite video.
It's the haters holy grale and a kind of porn for them, closely followed by clips where Lance is crashing.