Lance Armstrong insists he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ about doping
Lance Armstrong insists he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ about doping that led to him being stripped of record seven Tour de France titles
- Lance Armstrong was found out to have systematically doped in cycling career
- In an interview on NBCSN next week he will speak about decisions he made
- Armstrong won seven Tour de France titles but was stripped of them all
- Once a hero to millions, American suffered a spectacular fall from grace
Former cycling champion Lance Armstrong has said he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ about the doping that led to him being stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles, according to details of an interview that will air next week on NBCSN.
The network, owned by NBC Sports Group, said on Thursday it would broadcast a 30-minute interview next Wednesday called ‘Lance Armstrong: Next Stage’ in which the 47-year-old American discusses his career and the decisions he made.
‘We did what we had to do to win. It wasn’t legal, but I wouldn’t change a thing: whether it’s losing a bunch of money, going from hero to zero,’ said Armstrong, who overcame cancer to win the first of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles 20 years ago, said in an excerpt of the interview provided by NBC Sports.
Lance Armstrong said he would not change anything about doping during his career
Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles and banned from the sport for life in 2012 after the International Cycling Union ratified the US Anti-Doping Agency’s sanctions.
The American later admitted to cheating in a January 2013 televised interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Armstrong, once a hero to millions, suffered a spectacular fall from grace that costs him millions of dollars in lawsuits and endorsements.
Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times but was subsequently stripped of his titles
‘I wouldn’t change a thing. I wouldn’t change the way I acted. I mean I would, but this is a longer answer,’ he said.
‘Primarily, I wouldn’t change the lessons that I’ve learned. I don’t learn all the lessons if I don’t act that way. I don’t get investigated and sanctioned if I don’t act the way I acted.
‘If I just doped and didn’t say a thing, none of that would have happened. None of it. I was begging for, I was asking for them to come after me. It was an easy target.’
The American admitted to the extent of his cheating in an interview back in 2013
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