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American cyclist Lance Armstrong has admitted taking banned substances, including blood-boosting agent EPO, to help win the Tour de France. After years of denials, the 41-year-old told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that he doped during his cycling career. In an explosive start to the much-anticipated interview, Armstrong confirmed he doped during all seven of his Tour de France wins, from 1999 to 2005, and admitted he used EPO. He also conceded he "blood doped", used blood transfusions and took banned substances like testosterone, cortisone and human growth hormone. Armstrong told Winfrey that at the time of his drug-taking it did not feel wrong, he did not feel bad about it and that he did not feel it was cheating, as he was creating a level playing field with other riders who took drugs - but he said he had now changed his opinion. And he added: "I'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and trying to apologise to people. For the rest of my life. I see the anger in people. And betrayal. It's all there. These are people that supported me, believed in me. They have every right to feel betrayed. And it's my fault. I will spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologise to people." Armstrong said he believed that doping was necessary to win the Tour de France. He said: "That's like saying we have to have air in our tyres or water in our bottles. It was part of the job. I don't want to make any excuses, but that was my view and I made those decisions." Armstrong insisted it was his successful battle with testicular cancer, chronicled in his books and which prompted the establishment of the Livestrong charity, which increased his desire to win at all costs. The Texan, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and his Olympic bronze medal from Sydney in 2000, was banned for life after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) found him to be a central figure in "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". But Armstrong denied this was the case, saying: "It wasn't. It was definitely professional and it was definitely smart, if you can call it that. But it was very conservative, very risk averse." In the interview, recorded on Monday in his home town of Austin, Texas, Armstrong was asked why he had waited until now to admit his misdemeanours. He said: "I don't know that I have a great answer. This is too late. It's too late for probably most people and that's my fault. I view this situation as one big lie, that I repeated a lot of times. It wasn't as if I just said no."
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Lance Armstrong, 41-godišnji nekadašnji biciklist, izbrisao je sa svog Twitter profila da je jednom tijekom biciklističke karijere, osvojio sedam naslova pobjednika na Tour de Franceu 'Roditelj petero predivne djece, sedmerostruki osvajač Tour de Francea. Konstantni borac protiv raka i povremeni natjecatelj na triatlon utrkama'. Tako je stajalo sve do ponedjeljka na Twitter profilu Amerikanca, ali sada taj dio njegove stranice izgleda sljedeće: 'Odgajam petoro djece. Pomažem ljudima u borbi protiv raka. Plivam, vozim bicikl, trčim i igram golf kada stignem'. Podsjećamo da je međunarodna biciklistička federacija (UCI) početkom ovog tjedna ratificirala odluku Američke antidopinške agencije (USADA) o oduzimanju svih sedam naslova na Tour de Franceu i doživotnoj suspenziji američkog biciklista. Armstrong je naslove na Tour de Franceu osvajao od 1999. do 2005. godine. Inače, organizacijski odbor Tour de Francea je pokrenuo akciju po kojoj Armstrong mora vratiti sav novčani prihod s te utrke, kada je pobjeđivao na njoj. Ukupno je Armstrong zaradio 2.4 milijuna engleskih funti novčane nagrade od čega je jedan dio dijelio s momčadskim kolegama, budući da su nagrađivani i kao cjelokupna momčad. No, pitanje je koliko je Armstrong osvajanjem sedam naslova na Tour de Francea zaradio novčanih bonusa s raznih strana. I ti dodjelitelji će vjerojatno krenuti u istu akciju - vraćanja novca. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom