[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

I'm going to say that Armstrong was not a role model to any significant number of kids. They weren't interested in his cancer story, and they weren't interested in his unpopular spectator sport that most people find extremely boring to watch. The fact that most of his “fans”, couldn't name another person involved in the sport shows that. I don't think any kid can be found that was let down by Armstrong. Most don't know what is going on with him, and they literally have no interest whatsoever in hearing it.

Adults built up the name of Lance Armstrong when they were inspired by his cancer story and wanted to support the guy they admired, although most still couldn't enjoy watching the sport any better than anyone else. Adults who saw him as a role model are the few slightly affected.

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I don't think any kid can be found that was let down by Armstrong.

Good post. I don't think his adult fans are disappointed either. Somewhere out there, though, there must be a few kids whose fathers encouraged them to take Lance as a role model. If any of them did, they might be disappointed, but it's not like he was Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan.