Expressing the disillusionment felt by so many, in his final BBC column,
Webber said: ”I think what’s staggering to everyone is the amount of people
he was prepared to take out on the way up; people who were morally on the
right side of the bridge.
”He wasn’t worried about the ramifications and the position he may have put
these people in; it was all about Planet Lance.
”That’s why, Lance, using your words, the ”death penalty” (regarding his
life ban from cycling) isn’t too heavy.
”You rubbed a lot of people’s noses in it for so long and treated the rest of
us like idiots.
”Whenever I think of Armstrong now, I think of the clean cyclists who
competed in the system Armstrong was fuelling week in, week out.
”We’ll never know but some of them on their day could have challenged the
likes of Armstrong, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Alexander Vinokourov, Alberto
Contador, Richard Virenque and so on.
”Sadly, we don’t even know their names, but in my reckoning they’re morally
streets ahead of those guys.
”Life is full of choices. Sure, none of us are perfect, but ultimately karma
always triumphs.”