Originally Posted by 2manybikes
He is extremely confident, but he has done something to support this. To me the annoying thing is someone who cannot back up his confidence with action.
If someone wins the Tour 6 times he can act like one of the all time greats, he is.
I think it's hard to know what he is like without really knowing him.
Well said.
Funny thing is Lance seldom (as in never that I can recall) seems to overstate his position in cycling history. Some of his supporters, many of them professional journalists are a different story. It is easy to forget that most of the exagerations regarding Lance really do not come from Lance.