The Armstrong Lie Page #2

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So let's start

with the questions

that people around the world have

been waiting for you to answer.

For now I'd just

like a "yes" or "no."

Did you ever take

banned substances

to enhance your

cycling performance?

Yes.

Yes or no, was one of those

banned substances EPO?

Yes.

Did you ever blood dope

or use blood transfusions

to enhance your

cycling performance?

Yes.

Did you ever use

any other banned substances

like testosterone, cortisone

or human growth hormone?

Yes.

Yes or no, in all seven of

your Tour de France victories,

did you ever take banned

substances or blood dope?

Yes.

The first few

minutes of Oprah was just riveting.

To finally witness

him saying that he doped

after the years and

years and years and years

of just the most

amazing denials.

I can emphatically

say I'm not on drugs.

Neither I nor any

member of my team

did or took anything illegal.

We got nothing to hide. We know that.

Everybody knows that.

You have never taken

any performance-enhancing drug?

Correct.

And to call somebody a cheater,

a fraud, a loser,

to call them that,

it has to be,

I repeat, has to be

followed up with

extraordinary proof,

and we've never seen it.

It's cliche'. He looked me

in the eyes and told me he didn't dope.

But when he does that,

he's got a power.

It goes a long way.

Any idiot with half

a brain should have

been able to see

Armstrong was lying.

They've been

testing you like crazy.

They've been

following you, watching you.

Don't the results speak for

themselves at a certain point?

Hello!

Lance Armstrong is a fraud.

I don't believe a word he says.

I want this man to suffer.

And I say that with all sincerity.

I can't believe

we all got duped.

Lying jerk.

The guy's a complete phony.

He could've come clean.

He owes it to the sport

that he destroyed.

Was it a big deal to you?

Did it feel wrong'?

At the time? No.

It did not even feel wrong?

No.

The prime time confession turned

out to be a bumpy ride for Lance.

But it might never

have happened if he hadn't

decided to take

a victory lap in 2009.

And your comeback.

Do you regret now coming back?

I do.

We wouldn't be sitting here

if I didn't come back.

The comeback.

What was he thinking?

I kept wondering

about that question

throughout the year

as I followed him.

It's been a long time.

Will you be ready for the Tour?

I'm comin'.

I'll be there July 4th.

A few weeks

ago, when he first came up with

the idea of a possible comeback,

I was really surprised.

I remember I sent him

a message back and I said,

"Are you at a party?

Are you sober?"

Johan Bruyneel,

Lance's team director

for all seven of

Lance's Tour wins,

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