Lance Armstrong returned to the scenes of his crimes by riding ahead of the main peloton for two stages of the Tour de France on Thursday and Friday. The shamed cyclist's ride for charity has met with media scrutiny and Black DOnta Foreman Jersey , like his doctored drugs tests, it's not been positive.
The shadow of the stripped seven-time champion's cheating still looms large over the sport and nowhere more so than cycling's premier event. Many involved are angry that Armstrong has the audacity to ride the route while -others have washed their hands of him. His presence is a constant reminder of what he did and denied for so long, winning dirty, which is really tarnishing this year's Tour and the current holder of the iconic yellow jersey Chris Froome.
Froome and his Sky team are no strangers to accusations of doping. They have long maintained that they ride clean but the rumors persist and their dominance of this year's Tour is not helping their pleas of innocence. Nor is Armstrong tweeting "Too strong to be clean? Don't ask me, I have no clue Black Zach Cunningham Jersey ," when asked about the Sky team's performance so far.
Some of the current rumors could be put down to jealousy and circumstance. Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford fears the team's training data has been hacked and misinterpreted, while it's well known that other teams are not pleased with the number of vehicles in this Sky entourage. It's also been noted that despite their "zero tolerance" policy on doping, Team Sky currently employ a staff member who worked with Armstrong on his 1999 win.
Notably, Froome has failed to capture the public imagination the way that his former teammate Bradley Wiggins did. When the Kid from Kilburn won the 2012 Tour it was due in large part to Froome. The Kenya-born rider -became the second British winner a year later but rather than acclaim he faced whispers of doping. It was also the first Tour after Armstrong famously went on Oprah.
David Walsh, one of the journalists integral to bringing the truth out about Armstrong Black Deshaun Watson Jersey , accompanied Team Sky for that 2013 Tour and wrote Inside Team Sky about that season. He is on record stating his belief that Froome and his team were clean in that campaign. -Others were less sure, including Walsh's fellow journalist and ally in exposing Armstrong, Paul Kimmage.
The rumors persist and for his part, Froome is understanding of the speculation and keen to put an end to it. Teammate Geraint Thomas says the peloton is "still paying the price" for Armstrong, and no one more so than Froome.
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