Fresh in the memory is the conversation of former cyclist Lance Armstrong with Oprah, early 2013. A chat in which Winfrey emphasizes at the beginning that Armstrong has already promised in the press that she can ask any questions she wants, and that he will honestly answers.
After years of speculation, the American Tour winner admits that he has used doping during his career. Briefly, by answering “yes” to a few simple questions, Armstrong confirms that it involves EPO, blood doping, hormones and other forms of doping. For all his Tour victories, Armstrong has relied on banned substances. “I think it is otherwise impossible for a person to win the Tour seven times in a row”, it sounds.
As the conversation progresses, the masks seem to be falling off, and Armstrong even bursts into tears. But his confession has indeed been calculated and orchestrated, and is not without consequences. The UCI International Cycling Union officially takes Armstrong off his seven Tour victories, and suspends him for life.
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