At the risk of being labeled anything but a casual fan of Armstrong during his streak, do you guys suppose the field might've been juicing in '98? The OP has a point. If you're going to hate on juicers you might as well spread it around.

The hypocrisy is self evident in this one. If you wanted to be competitive in that era you juiced and you lied about it to protect your investment in your career. There is a certain degree of nationalism at work here to give a pass to Pantani when everybody was aware that he juiced and gave him a pass for it while scrutinizing Armstrong.

Personally I'm glad this went down if it means cleaning up the sport but I'm not going to be scapegoating one person for it and that's kind of what happens here whether people want to admit it or not.