Lance Armstrong is not taking this lying down so he just happens to pose next to his Tour de France jerseys.
Over the weekend, the above photo showed up in Lance Armstrong’s feed, accompanied by the message “Back in Austin and just layin’ around … ”
Armstrong is, of course, reclining oh-so-casually in front of the seven Tour de France jerseys he won. Those jerseys represent the seven Tour de France victories that the International Cycling Union stripped from him following the investigation and documentation of what the United States Anti-Doping Agency called “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.” Armstrong was also served with a lifetime ban from cycling events overseen by the USADA, and his 2000 Olympic bronze medal is now under investigation.
Now, obviously the UCI wasn’t going to come into Armstrong’s house and yank the jerseys off his walls. (The International Olympic Committee could be a different story. They have ordered disgraced medalists to surrender their medals in the past.) But even though Armstrong has removed the Tour de France victories from his profile, he’s clearly not relinquishing the titles in the public eye.
Not exactly the most humble move, but then, not much that Armstrong does could ever be considered “humble.” Clearly, there are more jabs yet to be thrown in this fight.
