"PARIS -- Lance Armstrong raced onto the crowd-lined Champs-Elysees as a yellow blur, bathed in the light of a 24-carat, gold-leaf bike, a golden helmet and the race leader's yellow jersey."

A gold bike and a golden helmet? That's a bit ostentatious, isn't it?

"The ride into Paris and its famous boulevard was a lap of honor Armstrong savored with champagne."

Drinking and biking? Isn't that a bit dangerous, not to mention perhaps slightly pompous?

"Taking advantage of the leisurely pace of the final stage, Armstrong sat up in the saddle and held up all five fingers on his black-gloved right hand and the index finger on his left.

'I was surprised that some of the rivals were not better. Some of them just completely disappeared,' Armstrong said."

Well, it's nice to see that Lance has remained humble through all of this.