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Originally Posted by GGG
Or the best cyclist of the doping era who sleeps on a 10 million dollar pile of money (even after settling a bunch of lawsuits) vs being middling low end tour rider who opens a bike shop. And whether or not he doped he probably always was a liar, bully and control freak.
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I believe this is where the old saying "money isn't everything" applies.
Being the best cyclist of the doping era is nothing. It's not a good thing. So he doesn't really "have" that.
If he'd do it all again, he's essentially saying he is willing to sell his family name, his own reputation, future opportunities for his own children, and finally the honor of becoming a universally-recognized symbol for cheating, selfishness, bullying, and generally being an #######, for 10 million bucks. Oh yeah, and also the honor of spending the remainder of his life being publicly ridiculed.
Maybe he would do it all again. He is a little kooky. A rational person would probably take the alternative of being a middling professional athlete and moving on to a normal life.