Not as "no brainer" to me. Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France 7 times (6 times this decade: 2000-2006) and was voted AP's athlete of the year 4 times (2002-2005) this decade. Tiger was AP athlete of the year twice (2000, 2006).
Both took their respective sports to new levels and were considered by far the most dominant athlete of their sport. I can only assume Armstrong lost votes because he essentially took 2-3 years off.
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