Rick Reilly - Lance Armstrong loosens up - ESPN

Rick Reilly - Lance Armstrong loosens up - ESPN:

"The world is starting to wake up to the fact that the Ancient Pedaler is actually going to be a cog in the Tour de France over the next three weeks. It boggles even Armstrong's mind.

'People didn't expect this,' Armstrong says. 'They're all like, 'Ah, the guy cheated his way to the top.' But now? Nearly 38 years old? Out of cycling for four years? Tested more than anybody on the planet? Right in it for the yellow jersey? There can't be a shadow of a doubt left now.'

Oh, trust me.

But hearts are melting toward the old guy, even French ones"