In the face of the FLandis doping allegations Lance Armstrong remained at his statesman best. Calmly dismissing the accusations made as being so beneath him that they’re not even worth commenting on and in doing so not actually having to comment on them.

Picture taken seconds before Lance poked me in the eye

But it seemed as if it had all became a little too much for Armstrong as he crossed the line to finish 3rd in the 2010 Tour of Luxembourg. Because as he did so a heckler dared to cry “Liar! Cheat!” from the crowd. And again as Armstrong was being interviewed came the cat-call “Liar! Cheat!”. This was a heckle too far for Lance, and out went the statesman’s poise and in came the bad attitude.

“Come and do that to my face!” Armstrong repeatedly spat back as he mounted the barrier and curled a finger.

Armstrong followed this outburst up by claiming, with some exasperation, that he pitied “the fool who come and do that to my face!”. But fears that the exchange might escalate from handbags into a full blow ruckus – possibly involving a cabbage cannon – were thankfully not realised. And as Armstrong was lead away by his security guard to enjoy a glass of ice cold milk he could be heard muttering “I ain’t flying on no plane with no crazy fool”.

Hear Europeans Boo!

I’m sure you’ll be amazed to learn that the account above doesn’t strictly follow actual events. If you’d like to see what actually happened then have a look at the video below.

Warning: This video contains 5 minutes of booing and particularly grating European voices dully calling “Laaance!”