The New York Times is running a story reporting that Lance Armstrong confesses to taking performance enhancing drugs AND will testify against officials whom knew about it!
Two people briefed on the Oprah Winfrey interview (Oprah Interview) recorded in Austin, Texas have suggested Armstrong refutes the claim made by the USA Drugs Agency (USADA) that he was "the kingpin in a sophisticated drugs programme" as alleged by Travis Tygart(USADA Chief Executive) in the 'Reasoned Decision' last autumn. Instead he appears to claim just to be doing what other riders were doing, but declines to name any.
NY Times 14/1/13 'Armstrong Confesses'
As Armstrong is also said to have met with Tygart in a bid to take steps to mitigate the lifetime ban, he appears to be keen to be able to participate in competitive sports such as triathlon again.
But a condition of this lifting of the ban is that Armstrong testifies under oath against those who helped him dope, which could include Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen, Presidents current and past of the governing body of cycling, UCI.
This would be a significant prising open of a can of worms alluded to, but never fully exposed since the nineties when doping appears rife in cycling.
Two people briefed on the Oprah Winfrey interview (Oprah Interview) recorded in Austin, Texas have suggested Armstrong refutes the claim made by the USA Drugs Agency (USADA) that he was "the kingpin in a sophisticated drugs programme" as alleged by Travis Tygart(USADA Chief Executive) in the 'Reasoned Decision' last autumn. Instead he appears to claim just to be doing what other riders were doing, but declines to name any.
NY Times 14/1/13 'Armstrong Confesses'
As Armstrong is also said to have met with Tygart in a bid to take steps to mitigate the lifetime ban, he appears to be keen to be able to participate in competitive sports such as triathlon again.
But a condition of this lifting of the ban is that Armstrong testifies under oath against those who helped him dope, which could include Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen, Presidents current and past of the governing body of cycling, UCI.
This would be a significant prising open of a can of worms alluded to, but never fully exposed since the nineties when doping appears rife in cycling.
Spare a thought for the clean cyclists like Beijing Gold Medallist Nicole Cooke who used her statement on retiring in yesterday's press to firmly rail against Armstrong and the dopers.Nicole Cooke's Retirement Statement in full
Her complains about womens' cycling being underfunded and poorly supported since a high of 2002 due to the UCI obsession with wasting time on pursuing Floyd Landis & covering up dopers such as Armstrong should be read when watching crocdile tears spill onto Oprah Winfrey's tissues.
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