Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping - Armstrong Confesses to Oprah
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2013
- Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong told the world Thursday evening that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his seven Tour de France titles. Video courtesy of Oprah Winfrey Network.
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"Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice-shame on me fool me seven times-you must be Armstrong"
My mom says that sometimes.
The problem is that he tried to destroy other people who confessed that he doped. He SUED them for slander, fighting against the truth! He SUED friends, athletic colleagues, and went against everybody who told the truth.
My favourite line in Family guy was : Peter: I always wanted to be an astronaut like Lance Armstrong!
Chris: Dad, that was Neil Armstrong.
Peter: HE LIED ABOUT HIS NAME TOO?!
He cheated to benefit himself, he lied about it to benefit himself, and he did battled with his accusers to benefit himself. Who does this apology benefit? Any satisfaction others may gain by embracing it is nothing more than a secondary byproduct of another attempt to benefit himself. They say it's takes a big man to admit when he's wrong, this is not that. This is him hoping for credit by bowing downing when he can longer stand up. This is an apology to benefit himself, nothing more.
He was the best cheater out of the other bunch of cheaters.
Even a better cheat than Ben Johnson
@@medricadu8706 what do you think yourself ? But at that time a lot did the same as Lance himself.
ALL PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE ON SOME KIND OF DOPING. DONT LIVE IN A LIE LOOOL
@@atomicfantom6392 no
all cheat. even crosfit athletes lol. do you really thing a human body can endure tour de france at the elite level without some sort of drugs lol
I would like to hear Lance talk about how he was able to conceal his doping over the years so that more stringent and successful doping tests can be created. Either that or let all the bike riders use PEDs' under a Doctors supervision of course. There are too many ways to mask the drugs being used today and in my opinion, almost every big cycle rider is using one way or another.
Lol, i watched the movie dodgeball a week after he admitted to doping and in the film he says, "You know peter, i once thought of quitting when i got lung, brain and testicular cancer at the same time. But then i kept going and went on to win the tour de france 5 years in a row." All i kept thinking was, 'well this is awkward..'
Sooner or later it was going to come out. He confessed because he got caught, not because he was sorry for the many lives he hurt and betrayed. Pre-dope Lance Armstrong was a great stage rider, but was never considered a contender to win the Tour de France. The red flag that got some to look into Armstrong's track record was seeing him perform somewhat adequately, yet sub-par, before his first TdF win, then after his "comeback from cancer," going on to win that race not once, but seven times in a row.
thye all took it tho, it was just as enhanced as all of them lol
Personally I admire Lance Armstrong for what he did. He was part of dozens of organizations and charities to better the world. The Lance Armstrong Foundation alone donated over $470 million to the fight against cancer. Winning events like these are often a combination of skill and dishonesty. Many great athletes admit to using banned PEDs after their careers are over, and even more stay silent while reaping the rewards. He used his fame and fortune to better the world in a way no other champion would've. He made a great contribution to the lives of millions of struggling people and he is a great man, regardless of what people say. It's all a game in a culture of PEDs and he won and used that in an honourable way. Some things are just more important.
Admire? It's an entreprise dude, they have money and using it for charity is normal. It's not like Armstrong took money out of his pocket to givr to the poor. He needed propaganda, he was the idol for many people, it was all about the image. Don't make him look like a God, he was bever one and will never be. He is just a loser, who deceived the world.
Mayuraah Rajasri Good people do things for the benefit of others not to cover up third wrongs
@@lafleur6952Yes, it was to stroke his ego. That's why I rarely donate to someone or to an organization so they can donate to charity. I'll just donate directly to the charity myself.
Rich people make charities to ensure their name stay famous. It's done with cameras and writeups. They also do it to be on the payroll. That money they do for charity is your money. Selfless people donate their own time and money and don't need others to know.
well at least he was the best doper for seven yrs in a row - brillant!
all professionals use it. dont kid yourself
No they don't. Not everyone is on drugs bud.
Then why did he lie about it?
In the history of sport, Lance Armstrong will be known as the biggest cheater ever. That will be his legacy
samyb786 nah that would be Ben johnson
The patriots
Except every single bicyclist doped. Truth is it was rigged from the start.
Rap Brown the patriots cheating has been widely debunked
@@kyle7574 When? And prove it
Doping is never acceptable. Sport is meant to be a fair competition, athletes shouldn't resort to cheating which then pushes out people competing clean. Too little too late
Bruh hate to break it to you but the sports world is running extraordinarily rampant with performance enhancing drugs, and it will never go away. As long as PEDs give performers millions of more dollars than they’d otherwise earn, there will be cheaters.
Everyone's on steroids
I think that Lance Armstrong is a great bloke for two reasons: reason one, nearly all of them were doping. So, it was, pretty much, a level playing field. I am not saying that people should cheat by doping, or that what went on was right. I believe that if none of them were doping that it is possible that Armstrong would almost certainly have won at least six of those Tour de France titles. It was also pointed out in the 2 part documentary that he was upset about the doping when he first appeared on the Tour De France circuit.
Reason 2: The cancer charity he set up has saved countless lives, and provides priceless care for many. He has never taken a penny of that charity's money, and he could have been paid a wage legitimately for the work he did. He's a great bloke.
Ok nate
@@thegrimreaper4915 yeah he's an awesome guy I didn't care about the doping one bit
Dope.
Why didn't he tell the real truth... everyone of the racers is doping and none of them would even qualify to be in any professional race if they didn't dope. So he got caught... so what. Now get everyone else to admit it. Any pro racer knows they ALL dope!
It's the same in most sports, I mean athletics especially, you know most of them dope
It's because he's an American and they wanted to be the whistle blowers on him.
Ah conspiracy theorists are great no evidence just "its obvious" so hillarious.
MAN COMES BACK FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH AND RUNS THE HARDEST SPORTING EVENT OF ALL TIME FOR A DECADE, INTO HIS 40'S, WHILE YOU SIT ON YOUR LAZY ASS ON THE COMPUTER, AND CALL HIM A DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING?! You can call him a cheat all you want, but call him despicable because he won the Tour multiple times against a field of even bigger cheaters is rediculous
People defending him and making excuses for him and saying stuff like "well all major athletes dope" they're missing the point. The problem is that if 95% of guys are doping then they have a major advantage over the 5% of guys that are clean. And in my opinion doping is a sign of a lack of confidence.
Then why not allow everyone to dope?
@@yyyusuf2019 Because it's immoral to take performance enhancement drugs.
@@edgar22452 if everyone does it its not.
@@yyyusuf2019 It still doesn't make it ok. Sports should be clean.
Who else was doing it to that was behind him tho that’s the real question.
yes
Well if you look at it in a more positive way. The man had metastasized testicular cancer. He lost one of his testosterone factory (very important for sports) and underwent a treatment that literary destroys your body (for a time). Not only did he survive this but with a little help from medicine became the multiple champion in one of the toughest sports out there. That must be really encouraging for people in similar position - not to got to these kinds of extremes of course but to continue their normal lives with modern medicine.
A typical example of what America has come to. Garbage like this, for what- a trophy in a fucking bicycle race? Are we that lame in the USA? Yes, we are and have been for decades. You wonder why we have psychos shooting people by the roomful? God knows we deserve it, more than most any society on earth.
EPO all in my veins
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why
‘Scuse me while I pass this guy
Good grief man it's not that black & white. He potentially robbed other ahtletes from winning the hardest endurance race in the world for 7 years, he accepted millions of pounds of prize money and millions in sponsorship deals which enabled him to live a privelaged lifestyle the majority of us can only dream about. He was an icon to young kids and sports fans around the globe and vetted as one of the greatest athletes in history. But he was just a cheat. Despicable human being.
Relax homes, they're all on drugs...
Yep, they never found anyone to give the yellow jersey to instead of Armstrong. Nobody came forward and said that they deserved the title. What does that say about Armstrong? He was the fall guy for the entire Tour de France, which has always been full of drugs.
@1:10 i hear Mumford&sons playing in the background
I believe that the NFL has their Lance Armstrong. His name is Tom Brady.
They all do it. All the time.
He did nothing wrong. They were ALL on drugs.
It was that one ball that was talking to him
He still did more good for the world than what most people hating on him would do in 10 lifetimes.
More good for the world? Or more good for himself?
He couldn't have if he never cheated
In one moment he fall from monument for big legend to Big Cheater.
and BTW @2:45
the best thing i know is at least the french didn't win xD
Lance isn't the only one who doped during his era, or others. But he was caught and everyone who is caught loses their wins...that is how it goes and he knew that going in. Maybe Oprah could clean up the peloton by breaking them all down like the ZERO time tour winner.
Still a legend though! All the charitable work he's done can not be forgot! And well done for letting it all out and not deny anything. Brave man
thats not true buddy
Not deny anything? Lol
You’re in denial, buddy…
Brave man? He was awful to people who came forward he was trying his best to bully and threatened people's jobs he was a cheater who got caught then tried to get people to go aww well least he said sorry and is brave as he had cancer.
Cheating in any sport is unacceptable. Armstrong deserves his lifetime ban.
Because sports in general are one big cheat. Ego play. Where is ego - there are no honesty or love because EGO is in the first place (and money for those who make money out of EGO). The only real competition in sports is who is better at cheating. One cheater got caught, but at that time when he wasn't caught - he was the best cheater at that short period of time. Because victories are temporary, then you get old and replaced... So whats the thrill then about sports and victories?
Bradley Wiggins?
I'm only here because SNL said he was, “the most despicable, vile human being ever to set foot on planet Earth.”
>:( that jerk!
I dont like cheats, but he was the best cheat because everyone is on it
Epo can thicken your blood so much that your heart cant pump anymore. Suprised he survived in those periods of dehydration.
I still have huge respect for Lance Armstrong who gives a shit if he doped? He's still a great guy and a hero to many people. Life is bullshit, the guy still won the Tour de France and he's still a great cycler. Who cares if he doped seriously.
Armstrong - strong arm
I think that Lance Armstrong is a great bloke for two reasons: reason one, nearly all of them were doping. So, it was, pretty much, a level playing field. I am not saying that people should cheat by doping, or that what went on was right. I believe that if none of them were doping that it is possible that Armstrong would almost certainly have won at least six of those Tour de France titles. It was also pointed out in the 2 part documentary that he was upset about the doping when he first appeared on the Tour De France circuit.
Reason 2: The cancer charity he set up has saved countless lives, and provides priceless care for many. He has never taken a penny of that charity's money, and he could have been paid a wage legitimately for the work he did. He's a great bloke.
Everyone's on something smh.. that's just how the world works.. sad
If it was a level paying field, then why did he lie about doping?
Oh right, because that’s cheating and he is a fraud.
Nope, Armstrong wasn't seen at all as a potential Tour der France winner in his early years. He was a good time trialist, but not a good climber. But after his comeback he was all of a sudden pretty much unbeatable as a climber. So it's quite safe that he wouldn't have won at least six of those Tour de France titles without doping. This is all the more true, because we know that Armstrong was the king of doping. It's obvious that he took even more drugs than the others. A level playing field? Nothing could be further from the truth.
I have zero respect for liars or cheaters. An athlete who dopes is both!
You must not like any professional athletes then...
There are many greats that haven't used any drugs for their advantage. Main sports I'd see this as a concern is baseball and football.
Even though he did this everyone else did this but he did a great thing for cancer, if everyone didnt take any of these than he would have still won 7 in a row
Should have admitted this on Spike TV or something, not Oprah. She's no
@mannyvelo do you think He would have done so much for cancer if He did,nt suffer from it Himself?
*couldn't. My god why can't people get this right? "could" doesn't even make sense.
who cares if he used steroids. the best of the best, are almost always on something. Plus, most of the other cyclist were using dope too and he still beat all of them.
Pogačar 2/7 atm ;)
we need more english teachers hahaha
documentary years ago about armstrong:
"his body obtain oxygen 4 times better than a normal person" etc
we all knew....
Thomas Larsen it's not cheating if they all do it
@@slenjamiah then why did he lie about it?
he was honest although what he commited was wrong
Stop the war on drugs.
he did this really late. he is a good guy for finally saying he cheated, but just to late
Yeah, that about sums it up in a nutshell. Very unfortunate, but at least he came "clean" in the end and admitted it. How many have never admitted it? If the medal was to be given to the "2nd best rider" instead of him, they'd have to give it all the way down to rider no.23! Makes you think.
Вот такие "чистые" американские спортсмены, десятилетиями их покрывают, но всё тайное становится явным.
Right, at least with Russian athletes you know that it is a 100% guarantee that they are doping. No need to guess or test them.
Напомнить тебе сколько русских поимали на допинге?
Doesn't deserve a name in cycling history
Has anyone ever won the Tour de France clean?
There'll always be a dark cloud hanging over the Tour, so most people, including me, will be skeptical of what we see on tv. So to answer your question, I don't know.
I really used to look up to him. What a fool I was.
They alle used drugs, he was just the best
nothing wrong with what he did honestly....it's badass...not like he had a motor in his bike
I detest these people. How can they lack that much in ethics?! Huge parental failures!!
Not the hero the people needed, but the one we deserved.
Humanity tends to get what it deserves
The problem with your comment is you said ''These honest, hard working men and women were robbed of medals, money, and glory'' when most of the riders in that era were doped. Don't think that lance is the only one that doped, many cyclist have doped as well but lance is the one that won the championship. Still Armstrong is a big loser
That's life buddy. Nice guys finish last.
Funny thing is that when I was on HGH and test I lost a bicycle race against the neighborhood paperboy while he was loaded with Sunday editions.
it seems he got a big weight off his back
then let's cancel all sport events. they have no point anymore. if some people win only because they cheat. it's good that he finally admitted but he he was somehow forced to do it, if not that he ;d never tell the truth and he woud die as a legend., this is unfair to sportsmen who don't cheat.people who are prefessional sportsmen shouldn't be allowed to take any drugs. look at marit bjoergen and other of her norwegian athma cheaters.everyone has asthma in norway- interesting.. this is shame.
In my opinion Armstrong is still the best cyclist ever. Period.
He's Merkx
WHAT'S WITH THE BULLSHIT CUTAWAYS??!
Haaa, i was rollin when u sed, he doped to win a bike race
I want to try blood doping soooooo bad
thumbs up if a what in the world article led you to this.
There was no need to admit - ever; he shd have portrayed it as politics. Even after doping not many can win tour de france - all riders dope anyway.
i thinks he is making it up... media wom
Lol @sameer n
You have a good point, sir. However, doping, whether or not we want to admit it, is a part of the sport. In an ideal world, it would not exist. But it DOES exist, and likely always will to varying degrees. To not accept this is to not live in the real world. And those cyclists who chose to retire early instead of deciding to dope should be commended for their sacrifice. Honestly though, what were they expecting? Call it a filthy and dishonest reality, but such is life, my friend.
7 times in a row ?? Not in my opinion. And he is right. Because Miguel Indurain won the tour de France 5 time in a row. And we know what happend with him when he went for his 6th tour de France victory. His legs say "NO" i can't anymore...
i dont get it why is everyone hating on lance armstrong?
every professional cyclist is on PED's
No.
You are wrong
100% true. Honestly anyone who thinks otherwise is delusional, thinking it's just "hard work" and "dedication" that wins races. Everyone who is close to being a champion is on drugs. Deal with it. Anyone that disagrees just go on Jason blaha's channel and stop being ignorant.
jason blaha crew checking
no
everybody is cheating
MY IDOL IS LIAR! FML!
I respect him.
For what?
oprah benefits now
It fucking boils my blood that he says it's "impossible" to do what he did without cheating. God the nerve on this man is implorable.
A cheater is never brave
I still think Lance is awesome.
An awesome cheater lol
HORDE!!!!
Karma came up on this guy!
I could care less about lance Armstrong
Still rich though... Oh well!
I don't get it, did he use drugs ?
liar...cheater...committed perjury... threatened women...hero???? Nahh
In my opinion he is the Biggest liar of all time hiding all this secrete for years!
Jeremiah TMariam Hillary Clinton is the biggest liar ever
Who cares? If you ain't cheating you ain't trying..every one was juiced up..stop it
Why now? It must benefit him somehow. Will they let him race again if he confesses? And pays back everyones money? Why not retire keep all the money and live on the beach somewhere? Fuck confessing. Lol
Mmmm Yank Wank? im not trying to start shit but how is that insulting i cant tell.....Yank as in Yankee baseball? Wank as in ....?
Tom Brady is probably doing the same. 43 years old and looks like he barely aged from his college years and is playing as well as he ever has in his career. Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky showed their age in their late 30s and these athletes are considered the best in their respective sport but Tom Brady isn't showing his age and is playing as well as ever. Really? Tom Brady was is and always will be a cheater!
Lance Armstrong, a complete waste of skin...
Just a few words, Lance. You didn't just cheat - you revelled in cheating. You turned it into an art form. You didn't just take drugs; you organised, administered, supplied and encouraged the use of drugs. In my opinion you are the biggest individual organised cheat in the entire history of professional sport, on a par with the drug-abusing Soviet and East German swimming and athletics teams of the 1970's and 1980's. Most serious of all was the devastating effect you had on the millions of boys and girls worldwide who worshipped you as a hero and dreamed of being like you. You betrayed them, abused them and, worst of all, you shattered their dreams. You are the paedophile of the world of professional cycling. I hope you are proud of yourself.
Disgrace