Armstrong to give interview with Oprah

[John D]

Break out the popcorn. "The 90-minute special will air next Thursday at 9pm eastern time in the US, or 2am in the UK, and will be streamed on Oprah.com at the same time."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ah-winfrey

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[Rolf]

A great piece on what to expect.

[leftcoaster]

Considering the legal implications - perjury and a potential jail sentence if he 'comes clean' without a deal from the US Attorney - I'm not sure if there will be much of a confession. I'm expecting more of a blame game.

However, he has met with the head of the USADA, so you never know............

[JohnT]

My prediction: He'll talk about all the good he's done. The goal will be to show that, on the balance, he did far more good than bad. "Whatever they say about me and what I did, I was still the best thing that happened to cycling and the worst thing that happened to cancer.... so fuggedaboutit."

[sylvan]

Not too interested. Not sure how either of those two are particularly relevant nowadays. Could be that Lance knows that Bruyneel is writing a book and knows what's going to be in it (obviously) and wants to kneecap the slimy little weasel. A couple of rats who deserve to be locked in the same cell. What was the question? Oh look, Rob Britton's on Strava.

[sylvan]

I could use some new Tripleshot kit but what I really want is a Betsy Andreu Appreciation Society cap.

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13667 ... Lance.aspx

[sylvan]

Look, even Lance wears one

[leftcoaster]

Did some checking - I believe the statute of limitations on perjury in Texas is only something like 3 years, shich is why Armstrong can get away with confessing without jail time. (perhaps one of our legal beagles can confirm)

I still think it will be..

everybody was doing it...............I would have won on a level palying field..........they are just jealous............I trained harder (which PED's allowed me to do).............look at the good I've done raising awareness for cancer (not a dime for research, just raised awareness)...............

[DavidB]

[Stéphane Tran]

From Twitter: "Lance Armstrong got emotional during his Oprah interview, but numerous sources are reporting that he used performance enhancing onions."

[DavidB]

Russ Hay's is streaming it, starting at six.

[leftcoaster]

If we're wondering why he is confessing..........

Lance and Oprah is about the cash, not about contrition

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13728 ... ition.aspx