There, I said it. People wear those damn Livestrong bracelets acting like Armstrong is one of the greatest heroes of our time. He isn't. He's a cancer patient who rides a bike. An arrogant one, at that.
He has cancer. He loses a ball. This doesn't prevent someone from riding a bike. If anything, he gets an advantage; one less testicle means less weight... and professional bikers are more concerned about the weight of their lights than the price (down to the milligram).
He's won a number of championships, and does he gracefully step to the side to allow others glory? Of course not, he wants to own that spotlight until he dies. His refusal to just retire already is an insult to the sport and all his competitors.
Throughout the entire cancer ordeal, his wife stood by his side. Does he stay by hers? Of course not, he leaves her for someone else. Wow.
If you need to apply "Hero" to an athlete who had a health problem, why not try Jessica Long? Both legs amputated as a baby, she has prosthetic legs. And yet she swims in the Paralympic games. That's overcoming more than Armstrong ever will.
tl;dr: Lance doesn't have cancer, Lance IS the cancer.
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