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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A person familiar with the situation says Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
Originally posted by Aleister
Anyway, Lance has hurt both professional racing and the pleasure of people riding their bikes around dressed in tight clothes and helmets.
I wonder what he would have accomplished if he hadn't used these drugs, and we now have to wonder if he would have been able to even peddle up one of those gigantic mountain stages, let alone win the tour.
Originally posted by ArMaP
We would probably be another average (for a top class professional) cyclist, like many others that work as much as he did.
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by Xtrozero
I thought it was blood doping? I think that is EPO generally.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
I don't think so...they test for that right after the race and so it could not have been that...BTW that is not a drug though going up in the mountains for a few weeks does the same thing.
The report painted cancer-survivor Armstrong as a brazen, merciless cheater who supplemented testosterone use with banned blood-doping practices.