While I completely agree that an athlete should be admired for being talented in what he/she does, athletes also have personalities and ways in which they carry themselves. So, I think that a lot of people who follow the tour will pick their favories and not so not only based on their performance but also how they see that person/athlete reacts to certain things, responds, talks, smiles, etc. So I don't think that we should eliminated the fact that admiring somebody as an athlete also means like him as a person and liking who they are outside of sports world. A lot of people don't like Lance because rumor goes that he is an errogant guy.