Disgruntled purchasers of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's autobiography are demanding a refund i
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Disgruntled purchasers of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's autobiography are [B]demanding a refund in the courts[/B]. Are they really entitled to their money back?
It wasn't about the bike, after all.
[B]It was about the drugs, the lies and the remorseless smears levelled at anyone who dared stand up to Lance Armstrong.[/B]
The cyclist's televised confession that he cheated his way to seven Tour de France victories between 1999 and 2005 rendered his two autobiographies - It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000) and sequel Every Second Counts (2003) - hollow and fraudulent.
The admission shattered the faith of millions, and now readers who bought into Armstrong's inspiring fabrications - about his fightback from cancer to sporting triumph through honest hard work - are seeking compensation.
Armstrong's Oprah admissions:
He took performance-enhancing drugs in each of his Tour wins from 1999-2005
Doping was "part of the process required to win the Tour"
He did not feel he was cheating at the time and viewed it as a "level playing field"
He did not fear getting caught
"All the fault and blame" should lie with him
He was a bully who "turned on" people he did not like.[/quote]
drugsauce: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21250032[/url]
While Armstrong will forever always be a massive dick, you'll have to be pretty stupid to think that any biography isn't mostly fabrication.
That cover design looks really awful.
It looks something anyone could have made after playing around in Adobe In-design for an hour.
Schadenfreude. :v:
"It's not about the bike."
well he didn't lie about that part
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