Did anyone watch the Lance Armstrong documentary? I guess he volunteered to do it so it would help redeem his public persona but he came across as the same dick he always was and mostly angry he got caught. He said he was still relevant in one interview. Sure you are buddy.
I saw the first half but missed the second. I think he had more of an opportunity to appear as a d-head in the second half, once he became a celeb. If he came across as a d-head, he probably was being himself and telling the truth.
Irony is, he's rich not from biking at this point. He took a chunk of the change he was making and bet on Uber.
Still, I think the '99 Tour was just a shock to everyone, and the UCI, Postal, and all the other interests were just not going to kill the golden goose. Seriously, in '99, I could see a rival looking at the Postal team and saying, it is safe to let them have the yellow early and we'll nail him in the mountains. Vandevelde was young, Hincapie I think was at most a classics guy, Vaughters, Livingston, and Andrieu were not respected. Armstrong's 4th in the Vuelta the prior year should have tipped them off, but his time trialing must have been a shock (not the prologue but the 2d one). What made him valuable was the story of cancer survivor. Then he became untouchable.