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On Sport and Society

Sports Management

2003

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Cycling, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Performance enhancing drugs, Ethics

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The Tour De France, Lance Armstrong, And The Rumors Of Drugs, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 2003

The Tour De France, Lance Armstrong, And The Rumors Of Drugs, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Lance Armstrong once called the Tour de France "a contest in purposeless suffering." In a different mood Armstrong dubbed the Tour as "the most gallant athletic endeavor in the world." He may well have been right on both occasions.