For years there have been individuals branded as embodiments of “The American Dream,” and now Lance Armstrong has once again raised the stakes. The Tour de France has always been a monumental sporting event, but even when Greg Lemond was in the yellow jersey we were not as inspired to identify with and stand behind him as we do for Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong is what Americans want to believe they could be. Even a commercial for Fitness USA (not to be mistaken for Nike) shown during the tour represents this concept. Lance runs down a busy street and everyone he passes starts doing something active. Business people start running like track stars, delivery men start doing curls with water jugs…etc. Look around your own neighborhood or on the streets as you drive in your car. Notice how many bikes you see on the roads, and think about why all the sudden people are motivated to shift gears and pump up hills.

Ironically

In addition to winning an unprecedented seven Tour de France races, wearing the yellow jersey 81 times, beating testicular cancer, constructing a world-renown cancer foundation, and retiring at the top of his career, Lance Armstrong can add “America” to his list. If Lance Armstrong ran for President (which there was talk of “Lance’s career in politics,”) it would be difficult to find a soul in America who felt confident in saying “he can’t do it.”

Molly Sunderdick
Brand Strategist
Stealing Share Inc

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