Video: Miguel Indurain visits with the Unstoppables crew

I agree that he is lucky to still have his yellow jerseys. I find it hard to believe he won on bread and water, as they say. I like Indurain, seems like a nice guy, but there is a big double standard when people say that guys like Armstrong should be banned forever and Indurain is a hero because he never got caught (which is pretty much the same excuse Armstrong used all these years.) Sure, there are differences, but they are still both cheats, and people who want to apply one standard to a person but a different standard to another are hypocrites.

I think what this video and the whole Armstrong issue is really demonstrating is life isn’t as black and white as some want to pretend it is, and society plays a huge role in creating people who are willing to cheat and hurt others. Luckily Indurain seems like he escaped having as bad of a mental space now that he is done riding, and unlike many other people I hope Armstrong manages to do the same, but also that he fully accepts the consequences of what he has done, and everyone needs to examine the pedestal we put athletes on and realized celebrities make horrible role models because we are creating human idols.

Big Mig never struck me as a scorched-earth, high-n-mighty, contemptible, douche-bag par excellence, which certainly works in his favor.

Seems to me like Lance was an a**hole, and that is what eventually caught up to him. His ex-teammates ended up hating him (because he is an a**hole), so they were more than happy to rat him out. Miguel Indurain is beloved by his ex-teammates and the world of cycling in general. Is it not fair? Probably no, but it is how human beings work. As astute with other things as Lance is, he is not very astute when it comes to human relations.

The lesson people, is don”t be an A””hole.

And a point of difference is Lance tested positive for cortisone and was allowed a free pass from the UCI. The money trail will be found and it will confirm the accusations of corruption. Lance’s cheating was on a whole other level….. and he was/is an A””hole.

just browsing thru the comments and without getting technical. i do think that doping or no doping it takes a special talent, determination, whatever you wanna call it to win the tour and more so more than 1. i don’t think there are many innocents in this picture. but there are things you can only push so far, and i think that in lance’s case he pushed too much. on the other hand. been also a fan of motorsports racing i can say that champions are not only made of winning races, wether is bikes (rossi vs biaggi) those who remember sheene vs roberts) there are champions who are more charismatic than others. and those are usually better embraced by their community. schumacher never had that, for exmaple. and a little on the techincal side if you read about indurain. he did have a above average condition for sports. heart rate, etc. that is just my opinion and how i see things. having lived in the US during lances years, and now in Spain i can also say that lance did a lot of good for the sport in the states. it felt like Americans rediscovered cycling so no matter what, that legacy should never be forgotten. and he should be allowed to compete again so he can prove he’s worth to people and himself. it will help him a lot. best of things and keep pedalling.

This video isn’t about Indurain, it is about the cycling club and those guys are awesome. I have a hard enough time climbing with two legs, I can’t imagine how these guys go as fast as they do with only one.

For the record, Indurain knew when to quit. Part of being great is knowing when to shut the door and turn out the lights without letting your ego get in the way.