Lance Armstrong interview airings & discussions.

[beastie]

I thought Oprah did quite well really, an aggressive style of questioning would probably have failed to get much response. She asked a lot of the right questions, but she could have tried to get more details, follow ups and explanations. There should have been more Ja oder Nein questions for sure though.

 

[PaulB]

Tyler Hamilton's book profits will drop like a brick

Should never have been allowed to profit from his criminality. Don't buy books by crooks.

 

[Radchenister]

Just caught BBC Breakfast News - that'll do it for me for now; it's becoming a soap opera - will there be canned laughter, oohs and ahhs added next?

Perhaps stop giving the guy air time after tomorrow?

Edit:
Booger - pressed on the YouTube link, now I've been caught in the gaze of the Medusa ... dope (pun intended).

 

[User169]

and he refuses to acknowledge Betsy Andreu's hospital story although he has apologised to them. What the hell is that about? He's cherry-picking which bits of truth to tell.

There was an ex-poster (!) who used to bang on at great length about the fact that LA's medics had signed affidavits to the effect that they'd never asked him about PEDs. If he admits the Andreus' story is correct, I guess those medics will have some questions to answer. As you say, quite a bit of cherry-picking going on.

 

[Zofo]

thanks

View:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43EE9I8ZMFc

thanks for posting

 

[400bhp]

I haven't watched it -but have recorded it.

If he had admitted doping and he has sued people for calling him a liar, then why can't he be tried for perjury? Or did he never swear under oath?

 

[black'n'yellow]

then why can't he be tried for perjury? Or did he never swear under oath?

he can - and he did

 

[raindog]

Greg's not convinced
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lemond-not-satisfied-with-armstrongs-admission

 

[StuAff]

It's s***e and full of evasion.
He swerves or denies questions about team doping programme, Ferrari gets a clean honest guy appraisal, the donation was because he's altruistic - he is still lying like a scumbag.

I can only agree, having read the transcript. The bits he confessed to amount to stating the bleeding obvious, the 'apologies' are incredibly mealy-mouthed, and the claim he didn't dope during the comeback has already been rubbished by USADA. Oh yes, and he didn't view it as cheating at the time & he didn't bully any of the team into following his lead. Yeah, right.......

 

[Silver Fox]

 

[StuAff]

Good spot. Already posted in the 'new improved...' thread though

 

[Crackle]

Brian Cookson was interviewed on BBC breakfast this morning and was absolutely damning about the interview, saying that Armstrong should still be the subject of legal investigation and should be testifying to WADA.

At one point he referred to Armstrong saying that what US Postal did was nothing to what the East German programmes of the cold war period did and said if that's the base of his moral compass then it says everything you need to know about him.

I wish I could find a link to it but I can't.

 

[italiafirenze]

He has been very carefully versed on what he can and can't say without implicating himself as a criminal.

I watched it this morning as it aired and even though everybody expected it hearing the "Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes" was still a little shocking. Even up until then, I don't think I thought he would ever admit it. Not that I didn't think he did it, but that I didn't think he could own up.

People seem to be disappointed with his confession. It's hard to imagine how he could have come across that would've pleased people, but he seemed to straddle the line between not genuine enough and not apologetic enough.

The apologies he tacked onto the end of almost every sentence seemed a little hollow. The details are where he seemed to tell the truth, he seemed almost brazen. He kept referring to it as "what I did" or "that thing" never really saying it which tells me he hasn't really accepted it yet. I agree with LeMond that he feels no remorse. As usual, he's only sorry he got caught. That much was obvious when he talked about regretting his comeback.

I'm just thumbing through my copy of "The Lance Armstrong Training Program" to see where I missed the chapters on EPO, HGH and Testosterone.

 

[Silver Fox]

The cycnic in me is wondering what's his motivation for this sudden, unconvincing, display of contrition.

A personality like his wouldn't do this unless there was some ulterior motive. I'm also wondering who he has the black on, now he's spilled the beans I suspect there'll be a few sleepless nights for those who relied on Armstrong's silence to protect their reputations, possibly.

 

[thom]

The cycnic in me is wondering what's his motivation for this sudden, unconvincing, display of contrition.

A personality like his wouldn't do this unless there was some ulterior motive.

pressure from the foundation ?

Am about to watch this first section now - sounds like the guy needs to be put on the stand in some context and made to answer questions at risk of perjuring himself.