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

And the part owners of Oprah Winfrey Network are guess who?

Discovery Channel. Brilliant.

Called "If I Did Win the Tour 7 Times".

"It was never actually about the bike" is a better title.

It's not about the spike

In performance or the end of a hypodermic?

Oh and repped.

Kinda hoping for surprise guests to turn up

Betsy, Floyd, Travis Tygart

Kinda hoping for surprise guests to turn up

Betsy, Floyd, Travis Tygart

... LeMond, Fat Pat, Phil & Paul.

or sheryl crow

My guess is it will be an easy ride and he will come out of it with the sympathy of the American public at large. Cancer will feature heavily. Probable narrative as follows.

I was incredibly talented naturally, but the deck was stacked against me. I got cancer and realised you only live once. I wanted to test myself and be the best I could be and I made the difficult choice to do what everybody else was doing. I regret that I had to take drugs to let my natural ability shine through. What is done is done, and whilst I regret the drug taking, I won't apologise for taking my story of hope to cancer sufferers. Lists achievements of foundation. I am committed to this cause in the future.

Kinda hoping for surprise guests to turn up

Betsy, Floyd, Travis Tygart

no doubt this is why it's taking place at his home - so he can be assured that nothing like that can happen..

My guess is it will be an easy ride and he will come out of it with the sympathy of the American public at large. Cancer will feature heavily.

definitely.

I wonder if it'll be held in The Jersey room, oh the audacity.

I wonder if it'll be held in The Jersey room, oh the audacity.

I want this to happen so badly... maybe even wearing one of the jerseys (or all of them simultaneously for good measure).

I hope he comes out fighting so I can douse myself in even more hatred.

Worse. He'll play it as mentioned above with full sympathy shields and an vehement anger at the hypocrisy of his haters...

I can tell you now that I am actually not going to watch. I'm going to do what I always do these days when something I find uncomfortable is unfolding; peak at twitter and wait for the forum / world of memes to formulate my future opinions for me.

They should have got Martin Bashir to do the interview. Would have loved to see Lance climbing a tree in his back garden.

...peak at twitter and wait for the forum / world of memes to formulate my future opinions for me.

It does save a lot of time and unnecessary thinking.

That it does.

RT That it does.

I wonder if it'll be held in The Jersey room, oh the audacity.

Lance Armstrong's new book: 'The Audacity of Dope'

RT That it does.

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Is Oprah even on in the UK? I've never watched it in my life so I don't know if we're even able to see the interview. I do like it being described as "no holds barred" as though Oprah is some kind of titan of investigative journalism, though.

It's going to be so tightly controlled it's unreal. Oprah seems to be the arbiter of US taste and a very very powerful opinion maker. This might be the most intelligent move Armstrog has made since the roof fell in on him.

Triathlon can fucking have him. Dad sport

the fuck is 'Dad' about swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and then running a marathon?

If anything, wanking over each others bikes at the velodrome or admiring tight clearances on vintage NJS is 'Dad'.

With or without drugs, Armstrong is a fucking beast.

Yes but let us not forget that he's a smug, arrogant, manipulative, power crazed, egotistical, lying, treacherous, vindictive, emotionally blackmailing beast.

Granted he is all of the above. I'd still love to have a beer with the guy to see just how mental he is in real life.

I imagine that if Oprah get's a little near the knuckle for Lance's liking the vein on the side of his head will sprout a little mouth and it will hiss "shut up bitch - I will crush you".