Lance Armstrong: just behind Prince William's todger.

Being positioned just behind Prince William's todger is a situation I wager Lance Armstrong thought he'd never find himself in, but that's exactly where he was on Radio 4's Today Programme, today.
There is only one story in cycling today.  In recent months cycling has become accustomed to its prominent position on the news agenda thanks to the positive vibes of recent British success.
Today however, we find ourselves transported back to the early 1990s with the news of Lance's tacit acceptance that he cheated.
For me, the whole thing is a little unsatisfactory: Lance's decision to pack in his defence means that we'll simply never know what, if anything, really happened.
We can draw inference and speculate but we'll never really know - until one of his former team mates needs a few bob and writes a book about it all.
Lance's defence basically consists of denial: never failed a test, there's no evidence etc.  He follows this with an absurd conspiracy theory that the USADA is out to get him.

Look into my eyes: I didn't do it

In all, it's a bad, bad day for the reputation of the sport in a year which has otherwise been superb.
I'm going to seek solace in a few bottles of performance-enhancing Old Peculiar to recover.
Ride safe.