Quote Originally Posted by wabisabi
Could anyone decode the Armstrong speech for me? I do not at all understand his reference to 'those who don't think cycling is a sport...I feel sorry for them,' etc.? What is he talking about?

What do you all think?
Here's what he said:

``For you people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics and the skeptics, I'm sorry for you,'' Armstrong began, standing on the top step of the podium at the Tour de France for the last time. ``I'm sorry you can't dream big and I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. ... There are no secrets. This is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it."

I think it's directed to all those who believe that he has been doping the whole time, that he could not have done what he did otherwise. Most French cycling fans that I have come in contact with--and the French press--believe that he cannot be clean, that he uses things that are not yet detectable. This is his answer to them.