Beleaguered cyclist Lance Armstrong is scheduled to appear in Austin this week...a few days after a new 202 page USADA report damned him...in great detail...for doping to win 7 Tour de France victories.
Will he show?
He has a house here...and in Aspen, Colorado.
Also soon Livestrong...Armstrong's well respected cancer charity based in East Austin... celebrates an anniversary.
Will the report's details damage the charity?
And...will a loyal sponsor like Nike still stick with him...as these charges stick...and begin to stink?
!!!NEWEST!!! Austin Reacts; unbelievably many still support Armstrong:
http://www.france24.com/en/20121013-armstrongs-fans-stand-man-texas-hometown
NEW!!! Commentary...by Michael Specter... former faithful Lance defender confesses: '..sorry France, you were right all along. The guy's a creep.'
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/10/lance-armstrong-doping-charges.html?mbid=gnep&google_editors_picks=true
TO READ: extensive report details:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/lancearmstrong/9600577/Lance-Armstrong-was-ringleader-of-biggest-doping-conspiracy-in-sporting-history-say-USADA.html