Let's face it. You already knew it, at a time when no one knew him. lol
Even before he was born I guess.
Man, Lance never fooled me, and what you decribe there is just....American, man.

It was true emotion and honour - just overdone a bit - just choosing the American way.
Hate to inform you about this and you might not like this, but Lance is a symbol for US. And thats really not meant bad in most parts.
You just have to see it and you should develope a sense for psychology and for the way how humans work. I won't help you much.
He is your boy, and you can be proud of him. That Lance means America may be one of your major problems, I guess.
Lance is an arschhole, yes for sure. A clear dominant alpha animal.
There are positive and negative aspects about alpha animals, and they often struggle to find the best compromise.
Many great champions and successfull people are arschholes.
You have to be an arschhole and develope something like an emotional protection shield to make it to the top and survive. The more success, the more you start to get more cautious and less nicer, because there are so many people just sucking in your slipstream, many jealous people and frauds.
At the same time, this is a man with a big heart trying to make it perfect for everyone and perfect for as much people as possible (which then looks like he would only think about himself and not much about others), sometimes is unsettled and nervous, good man inside and a lot of passion for everything.
If this turns on you, you have an even bigger problem.
Because I am Jedi and force is with me, I can still feel a lot of good in Lance.
But if you have him on your side that is fine, this is a man you can count on 100% - but never ever come too close or try to fool him.
And I am 100% sure, that people like Lance and most athletes don't care about money.
Those guys want to win and take the lead. Money for them only means not to have to care about money, or just throw it out of the window.
They get nothing from money.
Well, Floyd, don't know. He is somehow cool, good guy and funny, and very good cyclist.
But this world made him crazy and mad. He was not really prepared for it and now he is a desperate man, who isn't sure about anything.
Floyd has nothing to worry about. Thats what I actually said too, man.
He only has to worry about himself. Floyd still has got a lot to learn.
Especially, to start with himself and him beeing responsible for all his actions.
After desperate trys to re-enter his "perfect world" again, after making a fool out of himself - now the only thing he has left is to watch the damage and reactions he can cause, sit back and enjoy playing the sad clown.
It is not nice to always blame others, and it is never nice to involve other people.
Floyd still cannot accept his defeat and his own faults.
He cannot accept that he was caught and obviously it was just a little mistake
Deep inside its working in him all about the past, same thoughts circulating in the background all the time - he mostly thinks and is angry about his miscalculation (or whatever) and his bad day in the Tour 2006.
It all started there. He regrets nothing.
He just wonders and still can't forgive himself - which results in desperate actions.
Yeah, thats it. It's all circulating - and Floyd has a buffer overrun from time to time.
I really wish him all the best and in no way this guy is ok.
Pathetic part is, that some people just use him as a tool and they don't really care about him. They cheer in the background, they incite him and like to watch that "fight"
Thats the sadest part of all and no one really deserve this. But not sure about that.
PS: Please don't worry about my intelligence and my character. Start with yourself, while the only ignorant and stubborn guys I can see here, are you haters, Mr. Trötfrötfröt.
Your anti-ToC campaign failed for sure, dude. Face it. You (are) lost.