After a three-year absence, Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion, has returned to the competition with the intention of claiming his eighth title. However, before he can do that, he needs to knock each and every costume-wearing freak that wanders into his peripheral vision off their feet.

For years, the Tour de France has been plagued with accusations of competitors using performance-enhancing drugs to give them an edge. Naturally, this taint on the sport has attracted many protestors who would do anything to have their voices heard, including dressing up like a mutated bee-devil with dual syringes and harassing bikers that pass by.

The problem with this ill-conceived strategy, however, is that Lance Armstrong, much like Homey D. Clown, doesn’t play that. And so, while a normal man would’ve just ridden on by, Lance knocks the faux clown off his feet with a single shove—without stopping his bike, no less!

Sadly, there’s no video of this epic side-shove available, but I think you get the general idea from these four pictures that one should never, ever mess with Lance Armstrong or stand within shoving distance.
 

[Via Pedal]