It’s a good thing I am not a betting man because I would have bet that there was no way in Hell Lance Armstrong was going to come clean on the doping. He had spent a decade doping, involved hundreds of individuals, won 7 Tour de Frances and viciously attacked anyone who accused him of wrong doing all in an effort to protect himself.
Take Christophe Bassons for example,
” . . . and then Lance Armstrong reached me. He grabbed my by the shoulder, because he knew that everyone would be watching, and he knew that at that moment, he could show everyone that he was the boss. He stopped me, and he said what I was saying wasn’t true, what I was saying was bad for cycling, that I musn’t say it, that I had no right to be a professional cyclist, that I should quit cycling, that I should quit the tour, and finished by saying [*beep*] you. . . . I was depressed for 6 months. I was crying all of the time. I was in a really bad way.” – Bassons, from BBC Radio 5, 2012 10 15
Here is the actual BBC 5 special, Peddlers: Cycling’s Dirty Truth
Armstrong has sued, bullied, and intimidated people into either lying for him or keeping silent including former team mates, employees and sponsors. After such vehement denial of wrong doing Armstrong isn’t coming clean to save cycling, or save his soul. He is doing it because he wants to compete again. As usual Lance Armstrong is self-serving. If he was truly remorseful he would not have met with USADA officials prior to his confession.
After destroying so many people and raking their names through the mud, he wants forgiveness. It will be interesting to see what chickens come home to roost.