Lance Armstrong Speaks Out On Life After Doping Scandal | TODAY

Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion and cycling legend who was stripped of his victories due to a doping scandal years back, speaks out in an interview with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin about his rise, fall and hope for redemption.
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Lance Armstrong Speaks Out On Life After Doping Scandal | TODAY

[@Mr46ser]

People here still don't seem to get it. The problem is not that he doped - everyone doped and it was understandable. The problem is how he went after people who accused him of it, suing them, terrorizing them, even threatening to destroy their lives, when he knew they were right.

[@dbndbn9279]

I don't think many Americans get this... For them it's like: "They doped-- he doped; at least he's an American world-class doper! USA! USA! USA!"

[@tors14]

Exactly!!!

[@sharonsolana]

Shame on him! (Lance Armstrong)

[@tesstikles3225]

@@dbndbn9279 now that's funny. Lol

[@jsmith1746]

I think you are correct. It is definitely true that EVERYONE in cycling dopes. My wife has a co-worker who was one of the biggest up and coming cyclists in European women's cycling. She started getting offers to join some of the top teams, but every single one, without exception, required her to start doping. She argued that she was very good without it, but that did not matter. Doping was required of every team member on every top team, no exceptions! She quit the sport instead of choosing to dope. But because it is so prevalent in the sport, the vilification of Armstrong has to be based on some other factor.

[@chrisbeveridge3066]

The point is not that he doped...lots of riders did... Which was wrong... but the real point is that he tried to destroy other people who crossed him...a horse of a different color...

[@koolaidman6251]

This is what people don't get. If he'd just cheated, he could cry on Oprah and say "I'm sorry! I got caught up in everything!" and people including me would believe him. But he hurt people. He sued and destroyed people who spoke the truth about him. Lance Armstrong is subhuman garbage. Just look at him up there, acting like he got caught stealing a cookie from a cookie jar instead of what he really got caught for -- destroying people.

[@51249ca]

@@koolaidman6251 One never knows if he was "pushed" to go this far to destroy other people's lives and to continue the cover up. Many other companies made HUGE amounts of money off him. Just saying...no excuse though. No business/company/person who ever made it didn't ever step on someone's else's toes once in a while (or all the time).

[@glenncastell864]

He is pure evil, destroyed many peoples lives and should be in prison for the damage he has done to many lives. They shouldn't even be giving this grub airtime.

[@koolaidman6251]

@@51249ca He did it himself. He was asked/pressured to dope, that is all. So is every other cyclist. Lance Armstrong is an evil person to his core -- when he got ball cancer, his wife stayed with him and helped him through chemo, treatment, surgery. All of it. But then she got breast cancer and he ditched her the very same day she told him and then just pretended she didn't exist -- no support, no help, nothing. She became an "inconvenience" to him so he ruined her life.. He is a selfish, egotistical, evil human. No one pressured him to do anything but dope, and even then he could say no. All the other evil things were all him.

[@chrisbeveridge3066]

@pete knicks well put...those 2 words say it all!

[@ScarvesAndCabbages]

“Do you think he’s truly remorseful?” “It’s interesting because....” That’s obviously a HARD NO. 😂

[@kidvicious2227]

No

[@Irishesbox11]

The issue for me is not so much the doping (the sport is toxic) but rather his treatment of others.

[@TheWorldisaLIE2]

the sport has since been cleaned up

[@SimonBauer7]

they are just doping differently now​@@TheWorldisaLIE2

[@jcolon115]

Dragging Trump into every news story gets so old

[@bryanwestover9357]

Trump inserting himself by tweeting and commenting on everything is beyond old.

[@urby1720]

Jason Colon Right!!! Lol, the dam media just can’t help themselves. Surprised they didn’t blame Trump for cyclists doping.

[@koolaidman6251]

President DUMP likes to open his big fat orange pie hole so much

[@KnowTrentTimoy]

donnie wouldn't see it that way.....Why would you ??

[@petev1137]

Trump is dragging himself into it by what he says, tweets, do and the position he holds now, get your facts right.

[@FreedomLovin]

It's not about the cheating. It's about the destroying of people's lives to cover up the lies.

[@ProfessorSteez]

Freedom Lovin' Those people, who also partook in doping, were going to destroy his livelihood in a way.

[@PrivateNeven]

Regardless of all the cancer money it raised, it was so personal for me. He still can't rationalize how serious this was for some people. He's still riding the high of the story. He will always be 'that guy' for the sport.

[@VStrizzy]

He cheated! He never went to the moon!

[@garethhancock8525]

You got the wrong person

[@ok-hd5bb]

@Gareth Hancock can’t tell if ur joking too

[@HAHA-rm3ii]

He's still arrogant.

[@nishawilson0]

Dope interview 🤪🤪

[@leila7524]

"A-Rod didn't raise half a billion dollars"... he's always trying to use his foundation as an excuse for why he shouldn't suffer severe consequences. A-Rod also didn't vindictively try to destroy his naysayers lives.

[@truthseeker2587]

He still looks kind of mean. But we’re all different. He was my hero. I’m still in love with the sport. But to be honest my respect for him as a man was erased years ago. I still wish him luck in his life.

[@lanchanoinguyen2914]

he got brain surgery and it turned him into a psychopath

[@dantheman70p22]

You probably couldn't find any GC contender in the top 25 of cycling who wasn't doping at that time.

[@dantheman70p22]

@Eric Chan Why only single out one, remove Lance next doper up.

[@Schnidler]

? Theres still a huge difference between an individual guy doping and what Lance and his team did

[@urby1720]

Eric Chan - Snitches get stitches. Are you mad because LA is still doing better than you?

[@MelkorHimself]

Sure, but how many of those GC contenders tried to intimidate people into silence?

[@CovidConQuitTheCensorship]

And that makes it okay does it? He's a pathetic pos

[@petergarcia4108]

Ethically Bankrupt

[@alexanderh9878]

A pretty bad legacy.

[@somescorpio1798]

Frankly, who cares?! He rode a bicycle.

[@markyoung691]

Right....

[@steelekiller8540]

Some Scorpio it’s because that he threatened to ruin other people’s lives if they said to anyone that he doped which is illegal in sports.

[@thereaper1431]

He was the undisputed world's best in his craft. It's not like you can understand that, but I'll try: Imagine if they held a competition at McDonalds where you work and you were named the best fries maker 7 times in a row and then everyone found out you changed the standard recipe making you a cheater. Is that relatable to you and your line of work?

[@moemoehla9243]

@@thereaper1431 That recipe is obviously banned... so yes he cheat.

[@thereaper1431]

@@moemoehla9243 - I wasn't disputing that he cheated. He did cheat. I was explaining to Scorpio Dickless why it was a big deal.

[@skywire444]

Still has not apologized and many many lives ruined. He's got plenty of money protected.

[@kurtusa8012]

He apologized in person to Christophe Bossoms, one of the very few clean riders at the time who was bullied out by the whole peloton.

[@chadschrum1306]

I see comments saying they where all doping then ..? I can promise you there still doping today

[@markmtbrider]

Top competitors will always look for an edge in whatever field they are in.

[@Orcinus1967]

@Tatsujiro Kurogane Please. Stop being coy or wilfully ignorant. Doping in every sport. College football for example. It is impossible to put on the muscle that college football players do, in one year. You don't need a test to show it. Just look at how much they weigh when they get to college after high school. Then look at how much they weigh after. Impossible to put on that much mass without steroids.

[@holdencaulfied7492]

Chad, please show us evidence. You make a claim, now back it up. I watch the Tour every year and I can tell you they are not doing the inhuman things that LA, Contador and maybe a couple others have done in the past. Froome cracked last year, LA never did that. G. Thomas cracked this year. I don't doubt they do what they can.. if they're doping, they're not on the good stuff.

[@uweclaunitzer7170]

Is it just me, or does anyone else feel he has aged quite dramatically since, say 2010.

[@HunkMine]

He has had grey hair since he won the tour

[@thereal504]

White people age horribly

[@MonMon-qu5cd]

​@@thereal504 Couldn't agree with you more.

[@holdencaulfied7492]

@@thereal504 Racist much?

[@royfr8136]

This is such a biased report. He bullied and ruined people's lives. This wasnt just about doping. I guess those of you defending him are Americans or at least know nothing of this case....Its such a shame that cheating and bullying is justified and excused in this day and age. Imagine your child comig home from school after having been caught for cheating and bullying....Ignore the bullying...and hey....everyone cheats in life sometimes.....Way to go to create a good society. His 'work' for charity......A cover for his lies and a public persona of a 'good' guy. Ask his friends and team mates how he treated them....calling them names and ruinig their careers, suing newspaprers and jounalists....All the time knowing he was lying.....Great men, and great athletes and people who you can admire shouldn't be bullies, liers and cheats. But go ahead defend him.....Praise him but people to be admired should be better than this. He should have no place in competative sports in any way. Such a shame that i will receive abuse for simply stating facts.

[@davida.4933]

@ROY FR...easy for you to say but almost everyone will lie or bully, whatever it takes not to be exposed and have your entire life ruined. It's called survival. Studies show almost anyone will lie and often for frivolous reasons from childhood to adulthood. I bet you would lie to save your career, your reputation for any number of reasons. So how did he get in this mess? He was in a rotten sport at the wrong time.

[@rfor5682]

If this is who you are, I feel sorry for you. All carry angels and demons. Lance, as his angelic self, did things worthy of immense praise. Was he a bully? I have no personal knowledge, but if he was and that blinds me to his good, then what would that make me?

[@racheld1786]

@@rfor5682 I know this is an old comment, but I want to answer your question. You can recognize the immeasurable good a person has done while also acknowledging the bad. Doing so doesn't negate any positive effects or outcomes of their actions. It just allows you to look at people as they are: the sum of their parts.

[@andrewdeck7945]

I appreciate the unbiased interviewing of Sorkin. Thank you for letting me see both sides!

[@marymohagheghi4875]

HE is a CHEATER.... So is everyone else who doped . HE hurt SO many people and there seems very little remorse ...very arrogant man

[@anusham1045]

It puts me in tears when such a. Wonderful sport has been defamed

[@wmtyrance]

He is a doper that is true. But the sport he was in was full of dopers. All the people that were winners in his era were dopers. If you wanted to win you had to dope. I used to love that sport but haven't been able to get into it anymore.

[@alexsington]

Lance is absolutely a victim. He made USADA look like fools for years (because they are fools), so they made an example out of him. If you aren't on drugs at the top level, you have no chance. Period. End of story. People just don't understand that.

[@Orcinus1967]

No they really don't. Plenty of people are good enough to start a race of 1 day. They can't finish without the drugs. Not in the TdF. Not after 3 weeks. No way.

[@soniabahra9229]

It's now a healthy respectful peaceful life for him with his souls actual pure space. Connected with Core . 👍 .. Really good. 😇 appreciate 👍

[@markmtbrider]

LA7 he is currently working on running a marathon to support charity. He Hope's to finish at 2:45 . That is for 26miles and he is close to 50yrs old, if not 50. In any event he was and is a gifted athlete, and a personality that is loved or hated ,but seldom boring or ignored.

[@desmation]

Sportsmanship MEANS sometimes you have to lose to do the right thing. Lance Armstrong is a disgrace.

[@paulfletcher7211]

he is a disgrace.

[@198634]

Stay tuned - Michael Phelps will be sitting in that same seat as Lance soon enough !!!

[@louise-yo7kz]

Let's hope not

[@holdencaulfied7492]

Please supply some evidence to back your claim that America's greatest swimmer is a cheater.

[@haromaster6086]

It sickens me to read all these comments that are sympathetic to his cheating. He was my hero and he let me down. By his own admittance he is a liar and a cheat. Nuff said.

[@philc9305]

He and all cyclist in that era were in a no win situation. You either ride clean and lose or you ride dirty and eventually get caught.

[@paulfletcher7211]

Things are still the same now. Ride dirty or do not ride

[@tysonkurt6801]

He made alot of money for cancer research. I feel he's paid is debt.

[@tysonkurt6801]

@Angelina I agree 100%

[@SpinBikerRepair]

And many people are alive because of the research and the money that Lance raised. Ironically Lance saved a lot of people's lives - for this I forgive him - All of cycling shooted at that time.

[@jonathantaff3007]

Exactly! Well said.

[@pamante7]

@ratliff2006 haha you've done nothing even close to contributing to society like Lance. You discredit all the hard work he has done with absolutely no understanding of the world of sport. You are the one who needs to go away.

[@royfr8136]

This is such a biased report. He bullied and ruined people's lives. This wasnt just about doping. I guess those of you defending him are Americans or at least know nothing of this case....Its such a shame that cheating and bullying is justified and excused in this day and age. Imagine your child comig home from school after having been caught for cheating and bullying....Ignore the bullying...and hey....everyone cheats in life sometimes.....Way to go to create a good society. His 'work' for charity......A cover for his lies and a public persona of a 'good' guy. Ask his friends and team mates how he treated them....calling them names and ruinig their careers, suing newspaprers and jounalists....All the time knowing he was lying.....Great men, and great athletes and people who you can admire shouldn't be bullies, liers and cheats. But go ahead defend him.....Praise him but people to be admired should be better than this. He should have no place in competative sports in any way. Such a shame that i will receive abuse for simply stating facts..

[@jimbarron8688]

It was a dirty game then and it is a dirty game now. Trouble with most of these situations is that dirt wins.

[@grege2383]

If I didn't cheat back then, you didn't win. What he did do that deserves the punishment is destroyed the lives of the people who threatened to expose him before the truth came out.

[@johngheees281]

He is a champion in my opinion. Everyone was cheating at the time. Therefore Armstrong had no choice but to even the playing field at the time. Armstrong was always in it to win.

[@johngheees281]

@brysonlanegray Yes he did destroy lives but Armstrong wouldn't have won 7 tours had he not taken that take no BS approach.

[@bryanwestover9357]

He didn't have to lie, attack, and drag through the mud honest people speaking the truth.

[@udubidub]

still a cheat if even one man was beating himself up to win CLEAN

[@iKone911]

@@johngheees281 He didn't win. He was stripped of them. And what you are saying is that it's okay to destroy lives when you can be a winner? lol

[@johngheees281]

It is ok to be a winner and if someone or another is offended by it so be it.

[@TheFarmanimalfriend]

Lance Armstrong is/was a cheat, a bully and a liar. He could have stayed in retirement and no one would know how despicable he really is, but his greed brought him out of retirement so the focus was back on him, however, it was not the type of focus he had planned for. I weep crocodile tears for him.

[@garrywallah4966]

You'd think this man was a serial killer looking at some of these comments

[@thereal504]

Yall didnt say tht about tiger woods

[@BR-td3kn]

Garry is saying that ya treating him like he's a serial killer. Ya exaggerating!!!

[@thereal504]

@Hyper Trophy Winner smh I don't time to explain. If u dont understand my point its not for u to understand.

[@Ballistichydrant]

I still love Lance

[@kyleross5019]

And it’s a great way to stay in shape.

[@jen3800]

since when is it professionally acceptable for journalists to publically surmise on the inner thoughts of someone they just interviewed???!! this is high school quality work, but then again, americans have that mentality in general so they program the shows accordingly. pathetic

[@alaw911]

Other guys being "bad if not worse" is important. It's not fair to single one person out of a group of people doing something wrong. (Especially when the thing they're doing wrong is zero-sum and has to do with competitive integrity. If you want the contest to not involve doping, then you can't single out one doper and say it's not relevant that other people were also doping.) This is obvious, to everyone who doesn't lose their load to persecuting someone.

[@alaw911]

Tatsujiro Kurogane no; lousy metaphor. Racing is zero-sum, the "crime" has to do with competitive integrity. I'm saying if you're in a race with other people, and you know they're doing the same thing you did, you can see how someone might feel wronged to be singled out as the one who cheated. (Again, it takes not having a desire to persecute someone and a touch of empathy. Sorry that you don't see that.)

[@Orcinus1967]

20 out of his 21 top competitors were guilty of doping in their careers. NO ONE would even know his name or even consider watching cycling if he had not cheated, because it would have been impossible to win. He won in a rigged game. 7 times. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Get off your high horse.

[@Selahsmum]

Heres why i dont buy he is remorseful in any way. 6 years later and all he really cares about is getting back in a race. His idol of fame and titles has been taken from him and instead of truly being humbled as to why he just whines he cant race anymore. Sad.

[@michaelmcdermott5329]

And for those who have never committed sin throw the first stone.

[@tomtabone7949]

👍

[@simonpearce5585]

Still a legend you won those 7

[@jamestubman2016]

GOOD TO SEE LANCE 👌😎 ARMSTRONG AND CANCELARA. ARE MY FAV RIDERS.

[@twelveytwelve]

Suggesting he would've won seven tours if everyone was clean is just as silly as any of the other doped riders saying the same about themselves. Who's to freaking know?

[@GERARDOHernandez-sl8us]

Lance armstrong is still the man

[@GERARDOHernandez-sl8us]

Eric Chan how he destory many people lifes? He saved a lot of people life with charity.

[@urby1720]

GERARDO Hernandez - I think LA destroyed Eric Chan’s life too. Lol

[@neilh1086]

He wasn’t the only one. He just doped better than everyone else.

[@rainbowroad]

lol

[@audreywarren17]

So we’re just gonna ignore the fact that the anchor in the beginning has two different colored eyes?

[@BR-td3kn]

Wow! Nope I didn't notice it. Lol

[@SpinBikerRepair]

In order to be successful in that time era you had to dope. 90% or more of the athletes use PEDs at that time. on the positive side how many cancer patients were beneficiaries of the money that his foundation raised - a lot of people receive support when they would not have some people are alive because of Lance's foundation. Yes Lance doped yes Lance wide and yes Lance's foundation saved some people's lives. ask the people who got support from Lance's foundation how they feel about being alive today . All of professional sports is cheating in one way or another .... All of sports is paying billions of dollars to cheat

[@RealMarcosMiranda]

Le Boss, the best cyclist ever. The difference between Armstrong and all other GC athletes is that he got caught and won 7 TDFs. All others lost, despite doping all the same. Apologize to no one Lance. Forward never straight!

[@chiefrautahi482]

lies

[@bellavia5]

Hardly . The best cyclist (s) ever are Eddy Mercyx and Greg LeMond. Lemond's story is much more dramatic than LA's. LeMond got shot in the back with shotgun and came back and won the TDF.

[@51249ca]

@@bellavia5 Merckx was caught using PED's as well. And, was a very ruthless self-centered individual as well (on and off the bike).

[@bellavia5]

@@51249ca His PED was minimal compared to LA's . You would like to think that he was ruthless and self-centered. Sounds like someone I know . Oh yeah -I think his name is Lance Armstrong.

[@jonpoon3896]

GC contenders drugged up to get an edge. But Lance wasn’t even close to being a contender before that

[@minipoopuu12340]

I still have my yellow live strong bracelet can I get a refund?

[@muirisegan1322]

I got a cycling advert before this

[@user-DeDub]

BRAH, BASEBALL HAS MORE DOPPERS OF ANY SPORT, BUT ITS OK BECAUSE SPONSORS WILL LET IT GO, AND BUSINESS AS USUAL..

[@fixit3108]

who would need to dope to swing a bat.

[@rick6672]

Great Outterview

[@bianchimanx]

Oh Lance how can we miss you if you never get off the stage. It's true everyone was doping at the, but this psychopath was the only one that was threatening people's lives over it. Ask Greg LeMond if he ever received a real apology or if the Andreu's ever received an apology or the masseuse who had her career destroyed by this POS. No one has received an apology or ever will because he is not sorry about the destruction he created. He's only sorry he got caught.

[@epictetusofhierapolis4461]

The fact that he was glorified as a cancer survivor who was also a champion is what made his fall from Grace harder.

[@jonpoon3896]

Lance confessed when he was getting older and realized the drugs weren’t getting him the win. So he exposed it so that his competitors still can’t win after he retires

[@kentde]

No doubt Lance got a raw deal in a relative sense. However, just look into what he did to Greg LeMond, Frankie and Betsy Andreu and others while trying to cover up his PED use. He's a major league JERK. He deserves respect as a champion athlete, but not as a man.

[@arnurson]

Americans be like: «Everyone doped, so it’s all good». Not true. Not even half of the field did. Armstrong and others who did, essentially stole opportunities from the honest riders.

[@joshuadaltilia8480]

It actually does matter cos fraud and betrayal are very serious things

[@dodo3366]

i believe if lance found jesus he wouldnt feel that he needs to defend himself .He would know that he is forgiven by christ and that his creator is helping him every day and wants to help him more .

[@chrissy1383]

Amen

[@manuelmoraleda9684]

I wonder if his doping which is illegal in athletics can be used to improve stamina in the medical setting. There are lots of people whose stamina are terribly weak that his method might be beneficial. Lance, something good might come out of this.

[@darrenpearn6356]

He owes the city of Adelaide and its citizens 2 million bucks and the key to the city.

[@ocorley4646]

He still put in the work, Doping is in every sport.

[@laurieb2296]

He is still a jerk.

[@Newtube_Channel]

Moto Man, sophisticated and professional in the same sentence

[@Gjeebs]

I like Lance

[@manny1up]

What does A-rod have to do with him? still blaming others for your mistake smh.

[@jennywinget1144]

Take responsibility Lance. Don't blame other people.

[@dogma90]

Big difference Lance, you destroyed lives. ARod didn't

[@kentde]

@Angelina look into what he did to Greg LeMond, Frankie and Betsy Andreu and others while trying to cover up his PED use. No doubt Lance is a cycling champion who got a raw deal. But he's also a major league JERK.

[@luisignaciohernandezgonzal5572]

Sorry but lance helped thousands of lives through livestrong wether people like it or not

[@buzzman4860]

Yes, the world likes sneaky cheaters better.

[@agoogleuser8959]

You destroyed your parents lives the day you were born what's your point?

[@rebeccarivera238]

He reminds me of a non-murdering OJ Simpson. Narcissistically justifying and rationalizing his poor behavior.

[@mbsec]

This sociopath is now making money from interviews to cash in from his notoriety. I am surprised that he has not spent a day in jail from multiple perjury offenses.

[@cruzcommercialrealtyllc.5757]

How do you compete if not dropping while in a race full of dopers?

[@TheMarman57]

Here's a couple of points; I concur with the comments below; Lance was not just guilty of doping, but his aggressive defence in going after his accusers is what has alienated him - and he still doesn't get it!!! On the other hand, I'm not sure exactly what he had to gain, he couldn't see the bigger picture; probably 90% of the peloton was doping and he was still beating them. So if he never took any PED's or used illegal methods, he wouldn't have won as many races maybe placed in the top 5 in the TDF. But eventually, the others would have been caught and he would have moved up the order and been hailed for the amazing athlete that he clearly was even without doping.

[@nyathi777]

How many times does the man need to say sorry? The punishment should fit the crime and he'll continue being punished till the end of his days. Leave him be, let him live his life in peace and stop kicking a man who is down.

[@user-mx5ee7hk6u]

The apology is never as robust as the denial. I’ve never seen anyone lie so well for so long, and yes, you are a failure and you don’t get it.

[@MarkLK22]

There are 10 murders but only one gets caught and gets a life sentence. He complains life is unfair. An example certainly was made of Lance because he was the most famous guy in the room. He certainly was the most notable offender and the face of the sport. In addition to that he was willing to destroy other people’s lives to protect his secret. He deserved his fate for that reason, and not necessarily because he doped.

[@davida.4933]

@Mark Kobey, your analogy fails because murderers didn't have to murder. Cyclists did have to dope at that time to win. Second, I bet you also would resort to almost anything to protect your own life if not reputation. It's how our brains work, survival trumps all.

[@MarkLK22]

@@davida.4933 You are right, the analogy fails in that "a murderer doesn't have to murder." I dont fault Lance for doping and never did. It was part of the game and maybe still is. It is one thing to protect ones reputation - everyone should do that. But there is no excuse if defending ones own reputation means falsely defaming others - Betsy Andreau, Emma O'Reilly, Bob Hamman. There is no excuse for that. At that point Lance should have come clean, and that is where he is at fault.

[@SymbolicLogic24]

Did anyone else notice the "cat eye" contact that guy is using? LMAO

[@Ryan-jx4vh]

He is defiant and that rubs people wrong. However, I don’t care if he doped, many others did too. All humans make mistakes. Most people just want to know if you are truly sorry and have humbled yourself.

[@ghytgb]

Why doesn’t anyone question if he lied about landing on the moon?

[@kevinpro6483]

Neil not Lance. But I think you are just telling an unfunny joke.

[@useforstuffer]

"opened up for the very first time"...lol, he has his own youtube channel ffs. he has dropped nuggets for years now. media cant even tell the truth about pedal bikes. what a fkn disgrace the media is.

[@Ultegra10SPD]

4:40 Not Lance. That is 'TV' Tommy Voeckler.

[@bellavia5]

The problem isn't so much that a guy doped or that everyone in the top level doped. The problem is -is that they ruin the careers for the guys who spend their whole young lives preparing and training in order to become a professional and don't want to dope and they waste all that time and effort when they have to call it quits because they can't compete with the dopers.

[@andrewsmith7367]

In thosetimes doping was need to compete at that level .Its not right but its a fact that almost everyone was doping but him and his team were better at it.He still had to train .Hes a great athlete and will always be.

[@monikamoniap4888]

On my this level everyone is “ doing something “ cmon , that reminds me of bodybuilding people when they say it’s hard work and diet cmon we are not that stupid

[@joachimguth6226]

All the sponsors knew that LA doped and that all the other riders doped and they kept on sponsoring. Later all of them played innocent in the same way as LA did. Only people with this kind of remorseless character will be able to achieve such exceptional achievements. Remember the bike did not pedal by itself. One still needs to subject oneself through a lot of blood and sweat to win the Tour de France with and without doping. There is like shell in LA's character which does not have full remorse in its portfolio. Everybody lives in its own world of right and wrong, no matter what the law says.

[@3rwparks3]

This is another case where the news media doesn't have a clue what they are talking about, and they just keep talking anyway....

[@tmp1111]

He’s a fraud, has not really owned anything. Admitted yes, took responsibility? Nope Disappointing

[@tmp1111]

Mana Ridden yes

[@creativity.studio4967]

@Mana Ridden Why don't you use mine? I've got probably the most in depth info in the subject.

[@stephenbender7593]

I can't even look at the guy without feeling disgust.

[@douglascroson1652]

Every Saint has a past just as every sinner has a future. Doping was rampant that's why his 7 Tour's haven't been handed to someone else. Additionally, he peaked for one race a year. He is a champion and on an even playing field, would have won all 7 as well. He defended his business as we all would and there was unfortunately collateral damage. He is in the process of making amends . Forgiven people, forgive people. Hurt people, hurt people. Godspeed Lance Armstrong!!

[@jowbloe3673]

But he hasn't made amends. He damaged people's careers, reputations, finances, all to protect his lies from people who told the truth. If all he did was dope, I could let that go, but the way he destroyed innocent truth-tellers for his umpteen millions of dollars is unforgivable.

[@taniaverorachelstalinskaya4446]

mr lans amstrong! je suis certaine de votre innocence

[@christiangerhardt2408]

Doping still happens in the Tour no doubt a bout it. If not why are the time faster still?

[@LlyleHunter]

The weight came down on him harder than you other major athletes not because of his charities and public persona or that he doped but because of the way that he abused his team, doctors, and the entire cycling organization. That’s what he doesn’t own up to.

[@jon6071]

Lance "I interviewed a pornstar" Steroids

[@EmilRzayev-dg6vj]

Well at least he was “cycling” off

[@colinpearce9908]

I watched a documentary about his doping and it wasnt just him or his team it was all the worlds top riders were doping so its almost as if the doping it self didnt matter since they were all jucied and Lance still destroyed them.

[@ticklefritz5406]

What's up with Andrews left cat eye, pretty awesome, wonder if he can see in the dark

[@sam_3260]

was that a video edit?

[@MrWigV25]

Great champion awesome video you all have a look at my videos they are really good Lol..

[@lrfixit]

Still done more to help save lives and given hope to more lives than probably everyone on here put together.

[@rayoconnor8353]

You are delusional buddy

[@lrfixit]

@@rayoconnor8353 so who on here has done more? Huh, smart guy? I’ll wait for any name and proof.

[@darrellcarter1163]

What a joke like everyone says wasn't the only one but had to pay for everyone. Made more people rich and did they give there money back

[@soniabahra9229]

Doping was unfair in sports and bad for his health too, but a brave decision to confess and ending it.. 👍