Lance Armstrong's Most Humbling Moment
Lance Armstrong says the fallout began in October 2012, shortly after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stripped him of his Tour de France wins. He lost sponsorships worth tens of millions of dollars from corporations like Nike and Anheuser-Busch. Then, Lance says, came the lowest moment. Watch as he tells Oprah why stepping away from his foundation, Livestrong, was the hardest.
Who Does Lance Armstrong Owe an Apology To?
After coming clean about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong, a man who says he truly believed he was invincible at one point in his life, owes many people apologies. Watch as he tells Oprah how this is part of his process. Plus, Lance reveals whether he'd sit down with David Walsh, a journalist who pursued the truth about the cyclist for 13 years.
Does Lance Armstrong's Punishment Fit the Crime?
In hindsight, Lance Armstrong says, he wishes he could go back in time and admit to doping at the same time as some of his former teammates. After admitting the truth, many of those cyclists were banned from competition for six months. Lance, however, was eventually given a lifetime ban. Does he think he got what he deserved?
Why Lance Armstrong Says He Deserves a Chance to Compete Again
Why Lance Armstrong Says He Deserves a Chance to Compete Again
Lance Armstrong has spent most of his life training and competing at the highest levels, but since the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned him from elite competition, he says, he can't even run a local 10K race. Is Lance finally coming clean about his use of banned substances in hopes of someday returning to cycling? Find out now.
Lance Armstrong Takes His Defiance to Twitter
Why Lance Armstrong Says He Deserves a Chance to Compete Again
Just weeks after being stripped of his Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong tweeted out a photo of himself in his Austin, Texas, home. Under the photo, which shows him relaxing beneath his seven famed, framed yellow jerseys, he wrote, "Back in Austin and just layin' around." Watch as he tells Oprah how that tweet was an act of defiance...and why he thought it was a good idea at the time.
Lance Armstrong on Telling His Son the Truth
Why Lance Armstrong Says He Deserves a Chance to Compete Again
Lance Armstrong, a father of five, has been denying allegations that he doped for the entire life of his 13-year-old son, Luke. Watch as Lance shares the moment he knew he had to tell Luke the truth and tell him to stop defending his reputation online. How did Luke react? Find out now.
Should Lance Armstrong be allowed to compete professionally again?
And he's good for the sport? He's f*cking destroyed the sport and any integrity it had left.
Yes, he's raised millions for cancer, and yes, many other riders were doping. But his charity was built on lies and, as others have pointed out, he aggressively attacked anyone and destroyed the reputations of those who asked questions about his performance let alone suggested he was doping. And to suggest that he was merely levelling the playing field means I can only assume that you have not read any of the USADA report. Armstrong was running the most sophisticated and advanced doping scheme the sport has ever seen and he bullied his own teammates to dope alongside him.
"Awesome guy" he quite clearly is not.
the trouble is, Lance hasn't lost anything yet, he can still go on living the lifestyle his is now, in the comfort of his big home. until he does he wont grasp the extent of what he has done, he doesn't just need to apologies to the people close (although a personal apology to those he sued would not be the worst idea!!), he needs to apologies to the sport in general because he alone has put a black mark on the sport and all those that partake for years to come!
@ Laza08, to be honest if it wasn't for Lance Armstrong cycling probably wouldn't be in the olympics in the first place. Love him or loathe him he has done a massive amount for cycling. (PS I dont particularly like him & I hate roadies!)
Jokes aside, an IOC member was quoted a few days ago saying cycling could be dropped if the UCI don't clean their act up following all this. So Lance could actually end up being responsible for cycling being dropped from the olympics.
Had there been no doping on his behalf, would he have not been able to attain this level of attention? We'll never know, but unless a calender-year by calender year itinerary of any and all his lobbying and any potential political connections - he's attempting amass Cash.
f*ck Him.
Sorry but he's still one of the greatest cyclists ever. All we found out from these interviews is the obvious truths that he did dope along with every other contender and he was a really big dick to some people.
He is scum. Plain and simple.
This is what Pharmstrong and the UCI would have you believe but US anti doping have evidence to say he continued doping. The blood values from that Tour for example are quoted as having a one in a million chance of naturally occurring.
Lance wants to keep competing so the best he can do is try and look clean post 2005. It would appear he wasn't. Third place is a very good result considering the competition, the fact he was retired and the fact he was much older. 3rd is no proof whatsoever of clean riding!
As the sanctity of sport - yes, damit - I want to see mind a n d body compete and not a pumped up partypooper-sociopath grabbing what is not his. He is tainted forever, no redemption - go to hell.
Sport is fairplay and gentlemen like behavior and first of all amateur. Professional-sport is an oxymoron.
I'd argue with the utilitarians out there that bike racing isn't about who was a better overall human being. It's about who is faster on a bike without cheating, and being an awesome guy (or not, its your call) is beside the point if you've cheated.
Also their finances are public so you can look for yourself. It's more than just an "awareness" program bub...
Really, how can you guys be against this or think he's an insanely bad person? Yeah he's a massive dick and as people have pointed out that he could easily be responsible for destroying a few people's careers but in the big picture, the good he has done massively outweighs the bad... despite what you personally feel as to why he started his charity in the first place.
BTW Our Meidcare system in Australia is excellent, it's still beggars belief why poeple wouldn't want a decent health system in place, it's a right not a privilege.
www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/wheel-dubious-lance-charity-raises-ethical-flags-article-1.1190810 www.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/sports/cycling/lance-armstrongs-business-brand-and-livestrong-are-bound-together.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
It has been widely reported in a variety of media of the grey lines between the charity and a business. I never stated he made substantianal amounts of money so nothing insanely stupid was written. Your responses have been quite calm given your aggressive responses a week or so ago.
Oh ok...
It just sucks that this great cancer charity and all those brilliant moments during the tour that would go down in history as some of the greatest moments in cycling, is now tainted because Lance went all out on the "I didn't do it, sue you!" front.
After seven months in bed and a very severe surgery all I could think of was race again and be with my sons so just imagine how somebody at his level of competition feels. Brainstorm is what he is living now.
Its up to you to feel sorry or be angry at Lance but he is living hell right now.
Go ride and enjoy it while it lasts
I'm sure they do other things which help out cancer patients, I'm not saying they are bad or they don't do any good, but they don't donate to research and they say so themselves.
Oh and I agree with you about socialized healthcare - the NHS is bloody fantastic!
Anyway 2013 bike internet season has begun in an amazingly exciting way... I'm going to have a heart attack before Sea Otter Cycle Fashion Show...
It's really getting boring. Half of the articles about Gwin changing teams was just made up guessing with no serious points and proof, now this about Lance is more serious but still over hyped...
I think that I'm changing my mind about hoping that the sport will grow.
But poser mob, please grow up before you try a bicycle on a singletrack or just stay in front of the TV watching drama. One of biggest downsides of current bike-tech, especialy those electric engines, is that certain people can now access areas, where they should have never come, even on foot.
It's all good, and it all has consequences... positive sure, but never delude yourself there are no downsides... if you know them, you can try to minimize them - for instance provide basic education for newbies. I will be doing skills clinics this year, and I really want to tell people that good riding, good skills keep trails in a good shape, and hopefully I will be able to organize trail-diggin days.
I expect to definitely not see Armstrong riding Specialized in 2013.
But then again pushing any bike in the pro peleton and trying to only have clean riders across all the sponsored teams is tricky...
Luke is the mythical figure in this trilogy of intrigue. Frozen as a baby sperm when Lance was diagnosed with testicular cancer, there is scientific speculation that he still has traces of performance enhancing drugs in his dna, along with superior athletic bloodlines (record setting VO2 max), good competitive instincts, he could be like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars and make up for his fathers ethical failures. Like rides a S Works to its first clean TDF title...give Gwin credit.
I just don't know what to think, however I think there maybe a very big sting in its tail for lance other than the ban and having to step down as chairman of his charity.
You only have to look at the stats about average output, speeds, etc to show that winning the TdF last year was not proof of cheating.
I'm not saying its definitely not still happening in some form, I am saying your original statement seemed unjustifiably vitriolic.
wideopenmag.co.uk/news/17368/doping-hits-the-mountain-bike-scene
No rider named but lots of speculation online...
singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/enduro-rider-caught-doping
The governing body should name and shame, why protect them? It saves the speculation which may well be aimed at the wrong guy. Even the sponsors of te alleged rider do not know about this and I suspect most of the MTB community haven't heard of it either. Just because MTB are keeping things pretty quiet doesn't mean it isn't happening!
Lance Armstrong did what he did to win plane and simple and so did everybody else. To those who say he disgraced cycling I can only say he wasn't alone during those years. And sport was already disgraced by riders like Merckx and Coppi to name a few. Was it correct for them to dope no, but that was what the sport was like back then.
He did great things with his livestrong foundation that boosted the confidence of millions who suffer with cancer, there is nothing people can say that can ever undo that.
What was truly wrong was the people whom he sued around him but he and only he has to live with that an he has make amends with those he hurt.
People make mistakes may he who is with out any sins cast the first stone.
i find it more interesting reading the comments and how polar the reactions are and how many can just be blasé or blinkered around some points where other are infuriated by them,
Its amazing how we all interpret his actions differently, some see him still as a good guy because of the charity work and ignore his actions towards those trying to expose him - while others despise the man for his actions against those very people and ignore/see through the charity side
This man and this situation has so much history now that there will always be people defending and people calling for him to be banished to HELL!!!! and really renders itself VOID as there will never be a unanimous decision - so therefore i determine IT AINT WORTH TALKING ABOUT any more and especially on this site
What I don´t understand is that the sponsors wants they money back. In the days they gave him the money he was clean in eyes of world and he won. So? Will this trow dirt on them? I don´t think so, you will not beat Nike for this and I think in the times of sponsoring he did his job. Yes, not like an angel, but he did in my eyes and believe he brought many customers to his sponsors so I don´t think they have been robbed. Yes, their man get them dirty, but it is not a robbery.
Also, tell me how to many people did he (of course thanks to his organisation) helped, maybe saved life? Doesnť this count?
I mean, I don´t wanna apologize him. He failed, very very bad, theres no doubt. He really hurted people and sponsors and reporters and many more. But theres also no doubt he helped many people in the time he was a hero. The comeback after cancer...that saved lifes!
I believe nothing can be harder punishment than what we see here, 20 years under a pressure of big lie and now the confession. Ruined live, ruined friendships, ruined masses of believers. But
Isn´t this enough? Do you really need to stab a stick into a dead dog?
Do you see doping in sports where it is not about big money? Big sponsors? Just for have fun?
So who brings it into? The sponsors do. They need results, pushing the rider to get faster and faster and how that ends? Rider needs them so..... A man can fail.
So go freeride and let Lance die in calm and peace, he is not only bad and we can not judge him, only he can.
Dope or no dope Lance Armstrong's jerseys were earned with a lot of hard work. A large portion of his competition was doping during that period and he was hands down the best doper. What bothers me is that it is only the top athletes that take the big hits when it comes to doping. Look at Barry Bonds, that dude took all the crap but what about the other guys who were juicing?! That's right nobody cares because they didn't make it to the Bonds/Armstrong level. Roids are a huge part of almost all professional sports that are physically demanding. I have much respect for Armstrong because even if I were given all the sterilroids in the world I would never win a Tour de France.
Unfortunately all of his achievements are overshadowed by illegal, unethical and self serving behavior.
#1 Perjury. His recent admissions indicate he has perjured himself, repeatedly.
In the United States, under Federal law, the general perjury statute provides for a sentence of up to 5 years in prison, 18 USC 1621.
#2 Criminal misrepresentation and fraud.
All of the companies that paid him ten of millions of dollars were defrauded.
Illegally obtaining money from (someone) by deception. A misrepresentation need not be intentionally false to create liability. A statement made with conscious ignorance or a reckless disregard for the truth can create liability. Nondisclosure of material or important facts can result in liability.
#3 Harassment / Frivolous litigation.
A harassment lawsuit is a case brought before a judge because a party has been harassed. If the party who files the lawsuit is able to prove his case, stiff penalties may apply for the accused party. A person who is convicted of harassing another may go to jail. In some cases, however, the penalty is monetary in nature, and the defendant ends up paying a fine or compensating the plaintiff in some other manner.
He deserves to be remembered by the help he did through his foundation but not as a a great cyclist because he wasn't one.
Could he have won any title without doping, or is he a person with a remarkably physical and mental strength which don't need the help of illegal substances to stand above the rest? probably, but we are never going to really know that because he won every single Tour the France cheating and that's the real tragedy.
PB's for bikers of all kind, but it's well and truly geared towards Mountain Bikers.
I see we haven't met too many roadies. Or the majority of the XC population, for that matter.
Cause when I talk to them, it seems be far more about A: bragging about how awesome you are. B: Telling all the other kinds of riders how wrong their way of riding is.
There's also lots of good people in every discipline too.
Whereas the DH scene is chalked full of douchebags with the "too cool for you" attitude. They're laid back, sure..but that comes at a cost. Plenty of "Meat Rockets" or total Scene kids rocking Snap-backs and large trucks (for shuttling yo). It all has ups and downs.
If I could justify doing something bad because I offset it doing something nice...well then I'd getting away with a lot of bad shit.
This may not be as bad but the principle is the same: The mafia makes tons of money off of crime and drugs/weapons yet they do donate to many charities and help the community. Does that make the mafia not so bad?
Lance was rich and he was in the public eye of course he's going to donate money to cancer HE'S A CANCER SURVIVOR.
I guess I would give him maybe .5% credit if he started a charity that had nothing to do with him and built it from the ground up. However, Lance did it when he was popular, successful and in the public eye. Trust me it's a lot easier to do.
So please don't excuse his actions just because he started Live Strong. It has no relevance to his crime.
Agree completely !! He is going to be in some legal trouble, as he should be....but for what he has done for many other sick and dying people.....it is hard to "hate" the guy.
like someone earlier said, the innercities have the drug dealers do the samething and the mofia does the samething too.
boyko as a competitor i find it funny that you dont care that somone is gettting the prize money and support that another rider deserved.
and before somef*cking retard says that it was a level playing field shut the f*ck up , maybe 1 person on this entire mtb site has actually raced in the pros against someone like lance, racing pro in a local cali race doesnot count as a real pro team or race
i ll stick to the monsters and from time to time ill stick to a sticky ^^