Lance Armstrong joined Oprah to come clean about drug use during his cycling career.
The 7-time Tour de France champion and Olympic bronze medal winner admitted that he did use performance-enhancing drugs.
He told Oprah that it's part of the sport and that almost everyone does it.
Thursday night, Lance Armstrong finally admitted to what he has been denying for his whole career.
Armstrong told Oprah that he used drugs and that he lied not just to the cycling community and his sponsors, but to all of his fans.
When asked by Oprah if he used drugs during his cycling career, Armstrong simply said yes.
“Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your performance?” Winfrey questioned.
“Yes," Armstrong replied.
In an exclusive interview, Armstrong revealed to Oprah that he used banned substances during his cycling career.
"I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times, and as you said, it's not as if I just said no and I moved off of it," commented Armstrong.
The seven-time Tour de France winner admitted that he used blood transfusions, testosterone, and EPO in route to win his titles.
"I made my decisions, I made my mistake, and I'm sitting here today to acknowledge that and to say I'm sorry for that," Armstrong confessed.
In Central PA, some bicyclists say this interview doesn't surprise them.
"After what we went through with Floyd Landis almost seven years ago now, nothing surprises me anymore," Michael Farrington, owner of Green Mountain Cyclery told us.
Farrington sold Floyd Landis, who went on to win a Tour de France before being stripped of his win, his first mountain bike and he says that all this controversy won't change a thing in the biking world.
"Everybody is so used to drugs in sports, nobody cares anymore to be honest with you,” Farrington admitted. “I mean, people are going to go ride, they're going to have a great time. Those who want to compete are going to compete, those who ride for fun are going to ride for fun. Really, this doesn't change anything."
Armstrong described his cycling career as a fairy tale that he was hoping wouldn't come to an end.
"This story was so perfect for so long, and I mean that as I try to take myself out of this situation,” Armstrong told the world Thursday night. “You come out of the disease, you win the Tour de France seven times. It's just the perfect story.”
The perfect story that no longer exists after Armstrong’s admission Thursday night.
The 7-time Tour de France champion and Olympic bronze medal winner admitted that he did use performance-enhancing drugs.
He told Oprah that it's part of the sport and that almost everyone does it.
Thursday night, Lance Armstrong finally admitted to what he has been denying for his whole career.
Armstrong told Oprah that he used drugs and that he lied not just to the cycling community and his sponsors, but to all of his fans.
When asked by Oprah if he used drugs during his cycling career, Armstrong simply said yes.
“Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your performance?” Winfrey questioned.
“Yes," Armstrong replied.
In an exclusive interview, Armstrong revealed to Oprah that he used banned substances during his cycling career.
"I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times, and as you said, it's not as if I just said no and I moved off of it," commented Armstrong.
The seven-time Tour de France winner admitted that he used blood transfusions, testosterone, and EPO in route to win his titles.
"I made my decisions, I made my mistake, and I'm sitting here today to acknowledge that and to say I'm sorry for that," Armstrong confessed.
In Central PA, some bicyclists say this interview doesn't surprise them.
"After what we went through with Floyd Landis almost seven years ago now, nothing surprises me anymore," Michael Farrington, owner of Green Mountain Cyclery told us.
Farrington sold Floyd Landis, who went on to win a Tour de France before being stripped of his win, his first mountain bike and he says that all this controversy won't change a thing in the biking world.
"Everybody is so used to drugs in sports, nobody cares anymore to be honest with you,” Farrington admitted. “I mean, people are going to go ride, they're going to have a great time. Those who want to compete are going to compete, those who ride for fun are going to ride for fun. Really, this doesn't change anything."
Armstrong described his cycling career as a fairy tale that he was hoping wouldn't come to an end.
"This story was so perfect for so long, and I mean that as I try to take myself out of this situation,” Armstrong told the world Thursday night. “You come out of the disease, you win the Tour de France seven times. It's just the perfect story.”
The perfect story that no longer exists after Armstrong’s admission Thursday night.