http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor....html?page=all

Yes, he was a great athlete (even though we're not sure if he doped). But seriously, in the cycling world there's alot of other cool guys who are ..just more modest and plug along helping their community along without much fanfare.

So it seems the Livestrong Foundation (or whatever) stops giving donor money to cancer research. More on awareness, read the rest. And still people think they are giving to cancer research.

Of course, there's the bigger issue of how much these large fundraising events do actually fund directly patient care and research vs. administrative costs of the fundraising organizations. Not an easy one and one that requires the donor to do their own digging around.

I know my sister, a physician, did use to inquire directly to the charities that she gave/fundraised, where the money went in terms of % of programs to care/treatment for the patients.