I was wrong, he lied. However it seems like everyone else in the field was doing the same. Bummed that he felt like he had to hang on to the lie so long. I just heard Alfred say "he did a Lance Armstrong". So that went from working your tail off against crazy odds to lying and hanging on to it for dear life.
I am glad he did what he did for Livestrong. I hope that valuable research will come out of it.
Getting Stoked
The interview starts in 30 minutes...should be interesting to watch.Heres the link
http://ownspecial.oprah.com/lancearmstrong.html
watched the day 1 oprah, will record day 2, I have to work.
CAN WE PLEASE JUST SKIP ALL THE NONESENSE AND JUST TALK FOOTBALL?
I just found out that after the interview Oprah gave Lance a performance enhancing hug!
Armstrong said early in the interview that you cant compete in the tour de france without taking PEDs, then later he says he was clean when he made his comeback and placed 3rd. What hogwash!
OK, he expects us to believe he placed 3rd and was clean. Ya right. Well, obviously, he is lying again to Oprah. He is pathological and in his own words "deeply flawed", why would we expect him to suddenly become honest?
Edit-asked if he could win 7 tours and he said in his opinion no. Also, he did say that by 2009, the sport had been cleaned up.
Last edited by Dzone; 01-19-2013 at 01:27 PM.
He said no person could win 7 in a row, and he actually stated it was just his opinion.
I watched the interview. I cannot stand lance armstrong. I dont understand why everyone is saying he looks so bad in it. Were people honestly expecting an open hearted celebratory response with each question?
People saying he wasnt specific, Oprah made a comment that he was holding back. I didnt think that he was holding anything back at all.
he withheld names, his objective was too admit his own guilt, not drag anyone else into his own mud.
he looks devoid of emotion, but those who know him, guys like TYLER HAMILTON, commented that they saw a BROKEN LA in that interview, humbled and defeated.
CAN WE PLEASE JUST SKIP ALL THE NONESENSE AND JUST TALK FOOTBALL?
The sad part is that if the sport had been completely clean, he would have still won 7 straight tours...His athletic accomplishes are still incredible. His overcoming adversity is still inspiring...His work ethic and ability to endure pain was above and beyond his competition.
What would you do as a young cyclist with dreams of making it in elite competition, facing a sport where just gaining entry -- let alone winning -- REQUIRED the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs? A clean rider stood a snowball's chance in hell of either competing or winning.
There is no clean rider who was cheated of a victory because of Armstrongs juicing. Maybe thats why they didnt give the 7 Gold medals to the guys who came in second, because everyone knows they were juicing too.
As for Armstrong the person, thats a separate topic.
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