Doping in Cycling

Lance Armstrong was at one point the biggest star on the planet. The American cycling superstar took the world by storm in the late 90s and early 2000s when he stormed to seven consecutive Tour de France victories. From the most exclusive parties, to hosting the biggest shows on televion.…

Image 8 of 14View photosMitchelton-Scott’s Annemiek Van Vleuten en route to winning the 2020 Omloop Het NieuwsbladImage 9 of 14View photosMarianne Vos celebrates her win at Trofeo Alfredo BindaImage 10 of 14View photosTour de France race director Christian Prudhomme at the presentation for the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire routeImage 11…

Why are we still listening to Lance Armstrong?Why do we keep handing him hearings?Why does this deceitful man, who did all of these vile things, keep getting opportunities at redemption?This time around, he got four hours of prime-time TV on ESPN’s signature 30 for 30 series, broken up into two…

"It takes those days and hearing those things to learn and be like: 'OK, what you thought was bad, was way worse.'"As the excitement from The Last Dance - the series documenting NBA star Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls - settles, attention turned to ESPN's latest release which reflects…

June 1, 2020 | 10:23am Any simmering Chicago Bulls feuds have nothing on Lance Armstrong’s animosity towards former cycling teammate Floyd Landis. In ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary about his rise and fall, Armstrong says, “It could be worse. I could be Floyd Landis … waking up a piece of…

Now the Giro d’Italia is worried about no ‘Tiffosi’ on the route – Top Story. News from the other Grand Tours: Vuelta a España and Tour de France, plus the Vuelta a Burgos and the Tour de l’Avenir. Rider news from Mark Cavendish, Primož Roglič, Peter Sagan, Nairo Quintana, Elia…

Lance Armstrong.Elizabeth Kreutz"Lance" director Marina Zenovich told Insider the part of the documentary that Lance Armstrong told her he didn't like.The disgraced cyclist said he didn't like Greg LeMond's section of part 2 (which aired Sunday on ESPN).In part 2, a quote from LeMond is shown saying that, "If Lance…

Seven years on from the collapse of Lance Armstrong's empire, is the 48-year-old disgraced cyclist still relevant? It's the question that starts part two of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Lance, set to premiere on Monday night. Armstrong is asked point blank by director Marina Zenovich: "Do you feel…

Part 2 of the documentary film “Lance” airs tonight on ESPN and served as a catalyst for this article that employs game theory to understand why athletes dope even when they don’t want to, as well as thoughts on forgiveness and redemption. The article is a follow up to and…

Wicked Games Lance Armstrong, Forgiveness and Redemption, and a Game Theory of Doping by Michael Shermer Toward the end of Marina Zenovich’s riveting documentary film on Lance Armstrong, titled simply Lance and broadcast on ESPN May 24 and May 31, 2020, the former 7-time Tour de France champion grouses about…