A teriffic story. It's good to have a legitimate hero now and then. Personally, I'm sick of anti-heros. He should change his name to Jack.

Cancer survivor Lance Armstrong wins Tour de France for 3rd time in a row

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), July 30, 2001

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He should be mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. What an accomplishment!

-- Enlightenment (gone@away.now), July 30, 2001.

Bike champions Greg LeMonde and Lance Armstrong have both had testicular cancer. Biking has also been implicated in other aspects of male health.

-- (paracelsus@Pb.Au), July 30, 2001.

LeMonde said something the other day about being dissapointed when he found out about Armstrong's association with a doctor who's been linked to performance altering drugs. He said he'd prefer not to comment on Armstrong's last TdF win because of that association - the quote was "if he's clean, it's one of the greatest accomplishments ever. If he's not, it's one of the greatest frauds."

Strong words from a fellow American. As far as I know, Armstrong has passed every test he was required to take, correct?

-- Bemused (and_amazed@you.people), July 30, 2001.

Bemused--

I saw part of an interview with Armstrong on Sunday. The drug issue came up. He very calmly said (in effect) it was BS. I didn't know LeMonde was saying such things. What I had heard was that the European Press had raised the question in a sour-grapey way.

Aren't illegal drugs discerned by testing?

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), July 30, 2001.

LeMonde can kiss Lance's remaining testicle and both of mine.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), July 31, 2001.