VIEWPOINT LETTERS

By surviving cancer and winning his fourth consecutive Tour de France, Lance Armstrong exhibited all the courage, style and class that was so deeply lacking in the conspicuous minority of sore-losing French who taunted Lance for drug use.

Thanks to Lance Armstrong’s performance, those people in France were in a familiar position: on the streets, greeting a conquering hero from another country.

Alex Kaseberg

San Diego

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So Lance Armstrong has won his fourth consecutive Tour de France, surely one of the toughest sporting events on earth. But can he beat a golfer for athlete of the year?

Alan T. Hall

Simi Valley