lance has done a lot for cancer research and cancer victims and i respect him for that. my wife ran a marathon last year for a friend of ours who died of cancer and she raised more than five grand for the leukemia, lymphoma society.

this year some BF members also donated $ to the same cause as my wife trained for the ironman. so i am famiiar with and have contributed to the cause.

so in that respect i think lance is great. and i don't think he's a "bad" person.

let's just talk about the race and how he has bullied his way onto team astana and has attempted to usurp the mantle of leadership from alberto contador .... when he IS NOT CAPABLE of winning the tour.

if he wanted to join the team as an actual contributing member, like he claimed originally, that would have been fine but lance and bruyneel have been talking out of both sides of their mouths. and i won't even get into the interviews, facial expressions and tweets.

i hope alberto contador storms up ventoux tomorrow for the stage win and if lance is capable of taking the third slot on the podium good for him but you won't see me crying if he drops to fifth or sixth place.

ed rader