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Lance has lots of negatives when he is off the bike. So I say, keep him on the bike. Man can that guy ride! I love watching as other guys start to falter Lance turns up the heat! He motivates me to get my tired old hindquarters back out on the road.

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Lance Armstrong is also one of the few who went out on top, and it seems to me that this latest announcement reveals that he misses being the center of attention. Without competing in another race, as a 7-time Tour de France winner he should have no problem raising global awareness in the battle against cancer.

Here’s hoping that our final images of Armstrong in competition are not similar to those of Michael Jordan as a Washington Wizard.

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As for his ability to win, I think he has a good shot. Armstrong is not going to return to the big races unless he is at the top of the competition. I hope he indeed returns to the Tour de France next summer…though it will be hard to know who to cheer for. I loved watching Vande Velde and the rest of Garmin Chipotle this past year, so it will be fun to watch an Armstrong-led Astana team also in the mix in 2009.

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As for the doping allegations that some have hinted at on here, the fact is Lance has been tested more times than any athlete on earth, and as yet there have no positives. Most of the allegations have come from/via the French who have been highly resentful that a non-French person (particularly an American) has won “their” race and dominated it the way he did.

Of course, I have learned to “never say never” about any athlete. And it’s possible that someday we may find out that he wasn’t totally clean. If that day comes, he will have lost everything and his career and records will be ruined. And many people will be sad. But until that day comes, he deserves the presumption of innocence.

He may not (and probably won’t) win another Tour de France or Tour de Georgia, etc. But if he enjoys racing, so what? If he can qualify, let him race.

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Didn’t a 39 year old woman win the gold in the marathon.

Maybe old women are better at this than men but Farve looked pretty good last week when his team won for a tough old guy who hasn’t missed a game for a while. I’m sure it wasn’t about money for him or even fame. Like most men, he probably just never grew up and still loves to play kids games. This happens more often when you get good at something.

I think Jack won the Masters when he was pretty old too. That was great to watch but I bet it was better for him than me and he sure didn’t need the fame or money. Are you still going to be watching Tiger when he is 50 and trying to break Jack’s last record – if he still has one by then? I hope to live long enough to see it. I’m betting Jack feels the same way I do too.

It is a free country and if they want to come out of retirement, or retire, or tell you all to go to….. they can. Plus, it is none of you business. You don’t have to watch it but I bet you will anyway. You wouldn’t want them telling you what to do, how to do it or sniping at your choices – if they were legal. You can still be as stupid as you want and make a fool or hero of yourself any way you want – so long as you don’t hurt anyone else, break the law or eat llamas.

We will watch you too when you are old if you were famously good at something once upon a time

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He figures he has finally got them all out of his system adn no one else is doing them now so he would have a fair chance.

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