
Piers: Armstrong a 'disgraceful fraud'
- The handful of people who spoke out over doping say they were vilified by Armstrong
- A Texas insurance company wants up to $12 million back
- Team masseuse O'Reilly went through "two-and-a-half to three years of hell" after speaking out
- Sports journalist David Walsh pays tribute to those who "couldn't be bullied into silence"
(CNN) -- For years, as Lance Armstrong basked in the glow of an adoring public, his critics frequently were banished to the shadows, dismissed by the cycling legend and his coterie as cranks or worse.
Now, with Armstrong stripped of his titles and endorsement deals, those who spoke out against him before it was the popular thing to do are feeling vindicated.
"Eleven years of bullying and threats," Kathy LeMond, the wife of cyclist Greg LeMond -- one of Armstrong's earliest targets -- wrote on