The biggest thing in road cycling/racing
 

What is currently the biggest thing in road cycling/racing?

Lance's comeback. Duh. :thumb:

His ego will always be bigger.

Lance!

Which comes first, the big ego, or the accomplishments that justify having a big ego?

Lance had a big ego long before he had the accomplishments to back them up. Anyone who says otherwise didn't follow his career. Granted, he won a world championship because of it.

I'm kind of surprised by the hate on some people have for Lance Armstrong.

Is Lance's ego really that much worse/bigger/more irritating than anyone who has achieved comparable success in their fields?

I know composers who are bigheaded; I know fellow doctors whose successes as surgeons have swelled their egos to fill rooms. Doesn't success take a particular kind of personality, one that bugs the rest of us?

What is "ego"? That he is self-regarding? That he walks over people to attain his goals? That he's a narcissist or solipsist? I don't see these things, except maybe that he's hugely driven.

I started reading LA's twitter postings for the heck of it, because I got curious. I don't see the "ego" there on display being anything other than what a normal hugely successful, driven and motivated athlete displays. As a matter of fact, compared with NBA stars, LA seems genuinely altruistic.

Maybe some of us just have a propensity to hate (or envy) the successful...

Chris Hoy's thighs?

it's just cool to hate lance. he's done alright with that ego and we're all jealous.

Exactly.

Lance's ego seems about the same as other "elite" riders. Hope all have a suscessful and safe season.

Your last sentence is what i was saying, i.e. perhaps it is having a big ego that turns some people into winners. They have a certain high opinion of themselves and then have to go out there and show other people that it is justified, ha!

:lol::lol:

EPO useage

You dont think Cancellara's are bigger?

for real?

where's the "None of the above" option?

I think my lanky chicken legs are closer to Cancellara than his are to Hoy's.

I don't know about that. I remember when he abandoned his first TdF and was whining like a little b**ch about how it is "a man's race".

2tired, is that you?

correct.

you obviously didn't follow his career.

He was racing as an amateur in Texas during his early years off the front of the pack giving the on lookers the longhorn symbol.......... Until about 5k go to when the pack got him then spit his ass out the back.

My beergut.

I'll do your thinking for you, thank you very much.

I always knew I was cool. :thumb: