Lance Armstrong

[Bram Hengeveld]

If they dig a little deeper then can scrap all the wins of the last years I think. Greg LeMond seems to be the last official winner without doping.

Miguel Indurain (l'ole), Bjaerne Riis (löl), Jan Ulrich (east german lol), Marco Pantani (lolifante)

Riis and Ulrich even admitted or were busted being dopeheads and they can keep their TdF victories? Marco Pantani can never tell the truth anymore and Indurain seems to be biggest hypocrite of them all.

Oscar Perreiro Sio (who?), Alberto Contador (they put something in my meat), Carlos Sastre (the only one that seems to be proven clean, kudos, best rider ever since LeMond?), Contador (stop putting dope in my meat), Andy Schleck (no no not me, my brother did it), Cadel Evans (Ferrari), Wiggins (dont know what to think about him either)

I think I am done with the TdF really and will watch another sport during the summer months. But what?

Last news: Dutch no-name Steven de Jongh also admitted using dope. Makes his career even more tragic by not winning anything while on dope.

Quote from his site

This is a hard thing to talk about, but I’d like to tell the truth about my experience of doping. I’ve been shocked by the stories and rumours of organised doping programmes because I’ve simply never seen anything like that.

My experience was very different. My doping was done by me, and nobody ever forced me. Of course, I always knew it was wrong and was scared of the risks I was taking. And I will always regret what I did.

I took EPO on a few occasions from 1998 to 2000. It was very easy to get hold of and I knew it couldn’t be detected. I was a fairly young rider, the opportunity was there right in front of me and it was a pretty big challenge to stay away from the temptation. There was no pressure at all from my team, the Directors or the Doctors to take it. This was my choice.

I stopped because it was wrong and it wasn’t worth the risks – to my health, to the family I wanted, or of getting caught. The years after I’d stopped doping were sometimes hard. But cycling was slowly getting better and I managed to win races clean. I think the ‘whereabouts system’ and biological passport were great things for this sport.

I’ve always believed that everyone should take responsibility for their own decisions and it’s easy to see that I made entirely the wrong ones in the past. I made my biggest mistakes a long time ago but I need to admit this so I can move on. I want to stay in this sport but I know that it can’t be with Team Sky. It’s sad to be leaving but there's no other option.

I’ve learned a lot at Team Sky and have great people around me. We came into the sport with big ambitions, and I'm proud I was part of building this team. It’s hard to let go but after three amazing years I don’t want a price to be paid later, by me or the team. I don’t want to let these people down.

The discussions going on in Team Sky have given me the chance to be honest about all this. Some might think I could have kept quiet, but this is a good chance for me to talk openly, the best moment to admit my mistakes. It’s time to talk.

I love this sport and it has been a huge part of my life. With the steps we've been taking in cycling there is a better chance than ever to compete in a clean sport. I’m certainly committed to that and everybody I’ve worked with can assure you that's the case.

I truly regret what I did. And I believe it’s important that if you make a mistake you can still get a chance in life. It would be a huge regret if my mistakes of 12 years ago meant I could no longer work in cycling. People might accept and forgive if we can only tell them what happened.

This admission has been a big shock to my girlfriend, family and friends, and I am thankful for all the support they are giving me. After this difficult decision I need to re-establish their confidence in me and to prove to my girlfriend and kids that I can give them the future we want.

I hope very much to stay in this sport, and I’m sure I can play my part in its clean future.

Patiently waiting until Michael Boogerd admits his doping career now.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

For the first time in my life I am looking forward to watch an Oprah show

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Well, the interview is surprisingly good.

That either means that it is good, or I had seriously low hopes!

 

[Warren Dawes]

Why would anyone seriously believe anything he has to say now? Especially when it is done via a high profile TV talk show.

Anyway, Armstrong doesn't lie does he, he just handles the truth carelessly.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Why would anyone seriously believe anything he has to say now? Especially when it is done via a high profile TV talk show.

Because he confesses?
Why would he confess to taking steriods if he truly did not?

This has been known for years it has the same news value as concluding that fish swim.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Because he confesses?
Why would he confess to taking steriods if he truly did not?

I'm not referring to the "confession", of course everyone knows the truth. I'm referring to the justifications, and what will now follow and what he says from now.

 

[Stuart Thomson]

It's alright Warren, I think most of us got your gist there.

Thing is, will people still be able to separate his beating of cancer and what he's done for cancer related charities from the sports lying/cheating?

It would be a terrible shame if cancer charities suffered because of what he did in his job.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Yep Stuart, he may have had an opportunity to turn this sorry saga into some sort of positive in that regard, had he confessed voluntarily much earlier, rather than responding as a last resort after he was irrefuteably exposed.
Unfortunately now, I suspect his credibility is forever shot, and the charities will be affected.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Well his confessions were very selective at least. Carefully avoided to be the classified as the man that forced others to take drugs and was responsible for the distribution.

The latter could be a huge problem for him if he does.

Still think that as an athlete he was one of the best (with or without doping) in cycling but as a human he is a complete joke.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

he was great because of roids.
Really wha they should do is create two divisions. Clean and roids.

 

[William Levesque]

So then cleans would become roids...