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Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) [4] is an American former professional road racing cyclist.He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in 2012 after an investigation into doping allegations, called the Lance Armstrong doping case, found that Armstrong used ...
Armstrong vehemently denied allegations of using performance enhancing drugs for 13 years, until a confession during a broadcast interview with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013, when he finally admitted to all his cheating in sports, stating, "I view this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times". [2] [3] [4] [5]
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In 2012, Armstrong was banned from competition for life and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles. On January 14, 2013, three hours after appearing on Oprah and publicly admitting to doping, Armstrong conducted a brief interview with Gibney, and he later sat down for a longer interview to set the record straight about his career. [8]
The disgraced superstar told the truth about his secret method for evading anti-doping testers during a recent conversation with Bill Maher.
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Armstrong confessed on 18 January 2013 in a television interview conducted by Oprah Winfrey, that he indeed had doped throughout 1996–2005 (including his seven Tour wins), but denied the allegation of having manipulated his blood during his comeback years in 2009–11.
Lance Armstrong, the Lance Armstrong doping case, was a major doping investigation that led to retired American road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong being stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles, along with one Olympic medal, and his eventual admission to using performance-enhancing drugs.