Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Attack On Yellow Comes To An End

It took some time, but the cycle always wins.

"It will be interesting to see if the downward 'draft' of mass social mood takes down cycling champion, Lance Armstrong. Tiger might say that 'the draft' makes everyone vulnerable."
Random Roving, August 9, 2010


"'Enough is enough,' Lance Armstrong has declared, and another sports icon enters the gray. Not fully diminished, but not pristine, admired by some, radioactive to others. Spoils are expected to be scrubbed—seven yellow jerseys from the Tour de France, pulled from the wall—the memories muddy, but harder to erase.  I know who won those seven Tours, my teammates know who won those seven Tours, and everyone I competed against knows who won those seven Tours,' the 40-year-old cyclist said in a statement late Thursday, announcing he would not continue to battle doping allegations brought by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency."