Lance Armstrong: The Cheater

7 times. That would be the amount of Tour de France victories that Lance Armstrong had in a row. But those are all void now. He cheated the race by using PED's for all of his 7 wins. He robbed the second place winner each time, who was truly better than him. Sure, you still have to train with PED's, but what about that person who trained ten times harder, still could be suspected of doping as well, but still absolutely should have beaten you and become internationally famous? How can this one man be so selfish, so ignorant, and so careless that he took so much pride away from others only because of cheating? Taking money away from others through cheating... Does he not have a conscience?

Here is a list of the second place finishers that should've won each of Lance Armstrong's wins...

1999: Alex Zülle (confessed to EPO use)

2000: Jan Ullrich (suspended from 2006 Tour; banned this year and stripped of all results from 2005 on)

2001: Jan Ullrich

2002: Joseba Beloki (kept out of 2006 Tour while under doping investigation, later cleared)

2003: Jan Ullrich

2004: Andreas Klöden (accused of illegal blood transfusion in the 2006 Tour)

2005: Ivan Basso (confessed to attempted doping, suspended)         \

Found on: http://deadspin.com/5937591/all-seven-of-lance-armstrongs-tour-de-france-wins-would-now-go-to-cyclists-with-doping-scandals-of-their-own

All of these people who came in second committed violations as well... but after these races. Cycling is far more than just tainted by drugs and PED's, but these 2nd place finishers were cleared of no wrong doing at the time of each race. And while these people came in second fair and square, the person who beat them out for the top spot was cheating and only admitted to it once he was found absolutely guilty. Even after being accused of cheating, Armstrong made poor excuses for his failed drug tests.

Initially, probably due to lawyer consent, Lance Armstrong said that the source of his failed tests came from under cooked steak. Are you kidding me? Did you really try and say all the drugs in your system came from a bad piece of meat. That is a ridiculous excuse, and nobody bought it. Nike decided to cut all ties from Armstrong with endorsements. His world famous campaign through Nike, Livestrong, which was made due to his insane comeback from cancer became tainted. Everything about Armstrong, including his comeback from testicular cancer was tainted. It's good that he is alive and well, but everything about this man is terrible and he deserves almost no respect.