Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

I heard somewhere that US compensation rules means they can claim three times the fraudulant amount,

RICO permits triple penalties, not sure about other laws.

Given he made a non-disclosure clause part of his ex-wife's divorce settlement, I expect he's been planning for this possibility for some time.

Non-disclosure is normal business for divorces of the famous, that need not be an indication of anything other than that LA was famous.

I think he can feel aggrieved at the fact he is being singled out and that other riders aren't getting the same treatment,

He'd have got the same punishment as the others if he had behaved the same as the others. USADA asked everybody to come in for a chat, only LA refused. He's not the only one in the frame for perjury, nor is he the only one at risk from civil recovery, so it's not fair to say that he had more to lose by confessing than Levi, George, Floyd et. al.

He can probably still avoid actually serving any time in gaol (on the perjury charge, all bets are off if the Feds make the fraud charges stick) if he confesses now and throws himself on the mercy of the court.

Meanwhile, one has to ask; is Fat Pat the first McQuaid in 200 years who didn't get a shovel put into his hand as soon as he landed off the boat? He seems congenitally inclined to keep digging, no matter how deep the hole he's in gets.