Lance Armstrong interview airings & discussions.

[Nearly there]

Picking his answers carefully I thought

 

[Nearly there]

If I were Wiggins I wouldn't try to win the Tdf this year after what Armstrong said

 

[oldroadman]

Delet Oprah, insert Paxman. Then it might get a bit more interesting.
Am I alone in thinking that people like Dick Pound IOC member (great name for a ......) and Fahey of WADA are playing personal and career publicity games as well. They are acting as badly as Hein in some ways, playing with a sport for their own political career ends.
Sometimes I t6hink it would be good if they all just went away into obscurity (which Fahey and Pound are busy ensuring they achieve exactly the opposite).

 

[italiafirenze]

He was hardly going to come on and start naming all the soigneurs, doctors, suppliers and middlemen that were involved. Fahey has been naive to expect it. Perhaps he "knew" what had gone on. Perhaps WADA and USADA were certain that their findings were truth, but until Lance said Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, there was always some public doubt and resentment.

Of course this was going to be on his terms, he requested the interview. This is a chance to try to win back some public opinion before he gets in serious trouble, which they must have realised was inevitable.

Fahey said "When someone justifies all of the wrongs that he did on the basis that everyone else was doing it and when someone gives the impression as I distinctly got that the biggest mistake that he ever made in all of this was to come back in 2009 and 2010 and had he not made that comeback he might have got away with it. That tells me that he regrets all the occurred because he got caught."

I think at least that shows some true emotional honesty. I'd rather he said that and I can judge him based on it than he lies about being sorry. I don't know which monastry Fahey grew up in, but I don't he's perfect.

And I wouldn't expect him to come on and start dragging everybody down with him. Though he all but pointed the finger at George Hincapie. Somehow Lance calling you a friend is a pretty damning conclusion now.

Personally I think it would be vulgar to try and name the names, the legal eagles might care about who facilitated what, but the public aren't interested.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Christophe Bassons has reminded me of something I wrote in one of the other threads on Lance a while back, that he has serious (Republican) political ambitions (Governor of Texas, at the very least) and that this interview can also be seen as trying to rebuild a foundation for a political career.

 

[albion]

That's how cheating gets incorporated into competing.
Trust an American to turn a route into a rout!

Follow soccer and you sense that Fifa enjoy cheating with it being just another part of the game.

 

[mickle]

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536477/wada-chief-slams-lance-armstrong-interview.html

 

[rich p]

He was hardly going to come on and start naming all the soigneurs, doctors, suppliers and middlemen that were involved. Fahey has been naive to expect it. Perhaps he "knew" what had gone on. Perhaps WADA and USADA were certain that their findings were truth, but until Lance said Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, there was always some public doubt and resentment.

Of course this was going to be on his terms, he requested the interview. This is a chance to try to win back some public opinion before he gets in serious trouble, which they must have realised was inevitable.

Fahey said "When someone justifies all of the wrongs that he did on the basis that everyone else was doing it and when someone gives the impression as I distinctly got that the biggest mistake that he ever made in all of this was to come back in 2009 and 2010 and had he not made that comeback he might have got away with it. That tells me that he regrets all the occurred because he got caught."

I think at least that shows some true emotional honesty. I'd rather he said that and I can judge him based on it than he lies about being sorry. I don't know which monastry Fahey grew up in, but I don't he's perfect.

And I wouldn't expect him to come on and start dragging everybody down with him. Though he all but pointed the finger at George Hincapie. Somehow Lance calling you a friend is a pretty damning conclusion now.

Personally I think it would be vulgar to try and name the names, the legal eagles might care about who facilitated what, but the public aren't interested.

It's not naiivety on Fahey part or any others on here. This is exactly what we (and he, I suspect) expected, in that he admits to what we already knew, but we were hoping without much expectation that he'd come up with some detail.
Pointed the finger at George Hincapie?
GH was one of the USPS riders that confessed to USADA! He pointed the finger at himself.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Colin Murray's BeSpoke radio 5 programme is on now. No prizes for guessing what the main subject is.

 

[ColinJ]

Colin Murray's BeSpoke radio 5 programme is on now. No prizes for guessing what the main subject is.

Snow?

 

[Zofo]

Christophe Bassons has reminded me of something I wrote in one of the other threads on Lance a while back, that he has serious (Republican) political ambitions (Governor of Texas, at the very least) and that this interview can also be seen as trying to rebuild a foundation for a political career.

A lying, cheating prat--definitley Presidential material.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Snow?

By curious coincidence, they're talking about Bassons right now.

 

[gavintc]

I find Lance an interesting character. I will admit to liking him through the later part of his career, almost to the stage of believing his propaganda, despite the evidence stacking up against him. I was lucky to cycle with him Paisley about 5 years ago. However, as the doping information started to unfold from opinion to fact, my opinions changed. I was alarmed at the depth of his control of his teams and the extent of his bullying. So, on the evidence, he should be hated. But, he must have an excellent PR machine, capable of keeping him in suitable words - almost politician like.
But, I found the bits of Oprah which I have watched, deeply unconvincing. His cold demeanour and manner which he answered the questions was not good and I think this will be a watershed which leads to his undoing as a personality and the general public acceptance of the depth of his cheating.

Sadly, overall these Lance revelations will not be good for cycling.

 

[BJH]

Finally got round to watching parts of he interview - cant find he full one ????

He looks like he has a sheet of cold ice behind his eyes whenever she asks a question, calculated answers and a very clever means of admitting but making sure he keeps the story to support the version of he truth he wants

The comments on the interview pretty much show where the issues are in the sport:
Pat McQuaid - so everything is fine and dandy now and nothing wrong at he UCI despite the mention of shady dealings by Lance
Voight, Schleck etc it's all in the past so everything's fine

Thank god that LeMond, Dick Pound, David Walsh have stuck to the point that he has not showed contrition, he has not opened up and he has more to answer to. Please don't get caught up in decrying these guys as trying to fluff up there own careers, it needs saying.

What exactly will he do for Bassons then, will he get a forty minute call as recompense for having his career shortened.

Still a COTHO

 

[Danny]

Best tweet on the subject from @Uk_Sniper1

Lance Armstrong should be applauded for being able to ride on bike so well on drugs. I tried it once & hit a dog and fell into a canal.