Say it ain't so Lance

I must have read Lance Armstrong's first autobiography It's Not About the Bike a dozen times, and parts of it a hundred times. Today's news that Lance has decided to stop his fight against doping allegations seems a shock even when taken in context with the mounting speculation and hearsay against him. I thought he was just a genetic freak for years but when you learn of his association with doctors convicted of doping and find there's a list of former team-mates ready to speak out against him it's difficult to keep believing in him. He's not an easy man to like and this latest twist in the tale makes you wonder if one day he might actually own up to cheating himself